I for one enjoyed "Two for the Money." I'd never read any of
Max Allan Collins' novels before (unless you count the
graphic novel "Road to Perdition"), but I enjoyed "Two for
the Money" enough to make me want to read some of his other
works. Has anyone here read his CSI novels?
As for reprinting other works in a series, I cast my vote for
more "Cool and Lam" novels from Erle Stanley Gardner ("Top of
the Heap") -- or even some of the very early Perry Mason
novels from the 30's or 40's, when he was much more "hard
boiled" than the lawyer Raymond Burr portrayed on TV.
I'm currently reading "Dutch Uncle," which is good, but not
as good as "Branded Woman," which I really enjoyed. I liked
the 50's feel of the novel, as well as the woman as main
character: as I wrote in my blog, "If this story were made
into a movie (as the authors' 'Touch of Evil' was), it should
be in black and white, with someone like a young Barbara
Stanwyck playing the lead." And I liked the surprise twist
about who her enemy really was -- as well as the final twist
at the end, which suggests that revenge is never really as
satisfying as we think it will be.
pax/shalom/salaam, Darrell http://wildfaith.blogspot.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: hardcasecrime
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:05 AM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Two for the Money
Hi, Jeff,
Sorry to hear you didn't like the book;
obviously, different people
will like different things, and that's fine. I
can tell you, though,
that many people don't agree with you. Literally
every week I get e-
mail messages from people complimenting TWO FOR
THE MONEY and asking
us to reprint more of the novels in the Nolan
series -- and we
certainly don't get messages like that in
response to every title we
publish.
I'm not saying you should have liked it, of
course, but lots of
people did like it, so I feel comfortable
describing your reaction as
idiosyncratic rather than typical.
Best,
Charles
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