Doug Bassett wrote:
>THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART -- Lawrence
Block
>... As for the book itself, I'm not a huge Block fan
but
>was surprised to find a mild satisfaction in this.
If
>you like Block adjust your sights
accordingly...
>... Sort of a better stab at the kind of thing
GRIFTER'S
> GAME (IMO, not a very good book) was trying
for.
I haven't been a Block fan, based on about 5 of his books,
most of them relatively recent, but I thought "Grifter's
Game" was a terrific book, beautifully written. I'll have to
try "Girl With The Long Green Heart" soon.
>THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE -- Ed McBain
>I was surprised that I really liked this, too....
GUTTER reads
incredibly
>fast and while I can't say the whodunit aspect is
an
>incredible surprise, McBain handles it extremely
well.
I also enjoyed it (though not as much as "Grifter's Game")
and thought it very well executed.
Regards,
Stephen Burridge
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