In a message dated 11/21/03 5:52:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca writes:
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:10:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com>
Subject: RARA-AVIS: LUCKY DIP
JT Lindroos wrote:
Otherwise I've been reading LIZA CODY's short
stories
in the Crippen & Landru collection LUCKY DIP and
I'm
loving this stuff. I went to the library and got
one
of her novels, BUCKET NUT, and halfway through that
I
can recommend it without reservations.
****************
I just got mail from Crippen and Landru with
several
new offerings from them. I've got a couple C&L
books,
and they are both beautiful. Nice covers and
bindings, high-quality paper and big sharp print.
>>
I've just made the plunge to be a Crippen&Landru
subscriber. The decision was made on pure merit...I
discovered that hard or solft-boiled I liked what they were
serving. What pushed me over the edge was my discovery of the
stories of Baghdad detective Chafik J. Chafik stories by
Charles B Child. I fell in love with them when I belatedly
read them in my run of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. A
Google search told me that Crippen & Landru had already
issued a collection of these stories.
But hard or soft, the dedicated mystery fan can turn to
Crippen & Landru with confidence in the quality. So okay,
the Chafik stories are not hardboiled. C&L also offers a
collection of Jo Gar stories by Raoul Whitfield, one of the
most enjoyable reads I had in the last several weeks. Very
hardboiled, this contemporary of Hammett deserves your
attention.
Also, MikeR, I recommend in the highest terms Clark Howard.
Crippen & Landru has published collections of his
wonderful shorter fiction such as CHALLENGE THE WIDOW-MAKER
(2000). But if you enjoy true crime, also highly recommended
are books by Howard including BROTHERS IN BLOOD and SIX
AGAINST THE ROCK.. And his novels are also of high
quality.
Add it all up and Howard is one of the most underrated
writers in America today.
Richard A, Moore
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