Miker,
Re your question below:
> I was looking on Amazon for Jack Bludis's new
book
> SHADOW OF THE DAHLIA and I found a book called
ALL
> WHITE GIRLS by Michael Bracken. Anybody read
him?
> I read a review or two and at least one of
them
> mentioned that his world view was too dark for
most
> people. Sounds interesting. Maybe Jim has heard
of
> him. The setting is Chicago.
I've never met him f2f, but we've become acquainted through
the 'Net and letters. Coincidentally, I'm reading a book of
his right now, TEQUILA SUNRISE, a collection of short stories
about a hard-boiled PI in St. Louis, MO. Good stuff, so you'd
probably like ALL WHITE GIRLS.
Michael's one of the honchos of the Short Mystery Fiction
Society, and though he's one of the most prolific short story
writers in the mystery community, he's actually better-known
as an editor of short mystery fiction. Among his anthologies
are the FEDORA series, HARDBROILED (combining PI stories with
food), and the upcoming CITY CRIMES - COUNTRY CRIMES. Jack
Bludis and I were both in HARDBROILED.
Because he sets some of his fiction in Chicago, he's
sometimes contacted me for technical advice re police work up
here. On the 'Net he's a real nice guy. Looking forward to
meeting him in person some day.
You can find out more about him at:
http://www.crimefictionwriter.com
JIM DOHERTY
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