A favorite Nebel hero of mine is Donny Donahue, who appears
in "The Black Mask Boys" collection compiled by William F.
Nolan. According to the bio, Nebel created Donahue for Joe
Shaw after the success of Sam Spade. Shaw had wanted more
Spade stories, but Hammett had moved on to Hollywood and
refused to provide them. (So there.) Donahue is spare and
terse, but well worth the time. I've never seen any Donahue
story beyond this collection, so I don't know if there are
more out there. I may start flipping through my anthologies
again.
Hugh Lessig
Nebel isn't on the same level as Hammett and
Chandler.
> He's not the prose stylist they were, nor is there
any sense that he's doing
> anything other than writing fast-moving,
entertaining stories. But judged
> on that basis, he's very successful and well worth
reading.
>
> James
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