Before I made my first visit to Key West a couple of years
ago, I decided to read some Key West fiction. Vicki's
Voluntary Madness was one of the books. A couple embark on
research for the man's novel, which includes breaking into
Hemingway House, planning to commit suicide on Fantasy Fest
Night and holding up restaurants for gourmet meals. The woman
also flashes men on the street and begins a relationship with
a lesbian wicca. My notes called it weird - that it was - but
a good read. I just dug Miami Purity out of my enormous TBR
piles. I love this blurb from James W. Hall - "James M. Cain
is a timid schoolmarm compared to Vicki Hendricks."
Nevada Blue by John Tilsley, who I don't think has been
mentioned on this list, qualifies as a noir novel worth
reading IMO. Joey O'Sullivan is a former boxer who left
Boston after being involved with a mob killing. He now works
in a Las Vega porno theatre and lives quietly in the hope he
won't be found. But an ex-Boston journalist, who shows up at
the theatre, recognizes him and lets a contact know. The mob
sends someone after both Joey and a gambler, but before the
killer finds him, he kills a black man in a street fight.
Life is not good. I left my copy in England after reading it
a couple of years ago so can't tell you anything more about
Tilsley or the book. Maybe John Williams can help.
Kent Morgan
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