Richard,
Re your comment below:
> [Maureen] Daly also, as I recall, edited a
mystery
> anthology
> the paperback of which I
> see all the time in used bookstores.
I think the book you're recalling might be called MY FAVORITE
MYSTERY STORIES. It includes, among other things, Howard
Browne's only Paul Pine short story,
"So Dark for April."
It also included a Thomas Walsh short cop story. The intro
Ms. Daly wrote for the Walsh story is one of my favorite
anecdotes about a writer. Ms. Daly had occasion to visit an
NYPD police precinct. The desk sergeant happened to be
reading a copy of the latest SATURDAY EVENING POST as she
entered. The sergeant stopped reading for a second, turned to
one of the other officers and said, "By GOD, this guy knows
how to write about cops!" He turned out to be reading a
Thomas Walsh cop story. Probably the best endorsement a
police procedural writer ever got.
And all this talk about McGiverns, Dalys, and Walshes reminds
me: Happy St. Patrick's Day! May you all live as long as you
want and never want as long as you live!
JIM DOHERTY
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