Charles replied to my question about how he chose books to
publish:
"The answer is that I didn't like the other Al Colby books
when I read them; PLUNDER OF THE SUN is the only one I felt
holds up well after more than half a century. As for why we
didn't reprint TOUCH OF EVIL and TO CATCH A THIEF, I thought
that, other things being equal, it would be more fun to
introduce readers to books they'd never heard of than to
re-introduce them to stories they thought they knew."
As I said, I'm not complaining about your choices. I really,
really liked Plunder of the Sun. Thanks for 361, one of the
very few early, hardboiled Westlakes I haven't read. And I'm
enjoying Branded Woman so far. I wish more of Wade Miler's
non-series work was available. Devil May Care was great and I
have yet to read my copy of Deady Weapon, but that's all I've
been able to find of them.
Oh, the nitpicker in me has to ask, wasn't Touch of Evil
actually written under the name Whit Masterson, not Wade
Miller? Did they write other books under the Msterson
name?
Mark
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