Miker,
Re your request below:
> Aside from the two Macdonalds, Robert Parker,
and
> Spillane, could you give me the titles of some
good
> hardboiled PI novels published within the 1960
to
> 1972 timeframe?
Dennis Lynds, Bill Pronzini, Joseph Hansen, and (I think)
Roger L. Simon all started within that timeframe.
Lynds's first Dan Fortune novel, the Edgar-winning ACT OF
FEAR (as by "Michael Collins"), appeared in 1967, and
Pronzini's first "Nameless" novel, THE SNATCH, in 1969.
Lynds's first Kane Jackson novel, A DARK POWER
(as by "William Arden"), came out in '68 or '69.
Joseph Hansen's first Dave Brandstetter book, FADEOUT, was
published in 1970.
I THINK the first Moses Wine novel, THE BIG FIX, just barely
makes your cut, coming out in 1972. It was set during the '72
presidential election anyway. However, it might have been
published in '73 or '74, just outside your timeframe.
A lot of authors who started in the '50's or earlier
continued to be active in the '60's and early '70's. The most
popular (aside from Spillane) was probably still Richard S.
Prather. Any Shell Scott that was either published by Pocket
Books or in hardcover by Trident appeared during your time
frame. THE TROJAN HEARSE, published in '64, is set during the
'68 presidential campaign.
Stephen Marlowe's Chet Drum also continued to be active until
'68. Any novel in that series using the title pattern DRUM
BEAT - [PLACE NAME or GIRL'S NAME] was published in the
'60's.
Thomas B. Dewey's Mac continued to be popular in hardcover. A
SAD SONG SINGING, set during the
"hootenanny" folk song vogue of the early '60's, is regarded
by many as one of the best entries in the series. It seems to
me that Dewey's PBO PI, Pete Schofield, might have made his
debut in the '60's, but I'm not absolutely sure of that.
There were certainly Schofield books that were published in
the '60's.
Michael Avallone's Ed Noon, G.G. Fickling's Honey West,
Talmage Powell's Ed Rivers, Frank Kane's Johnny Liddel, and
Henry Kane's Pete Chambers all had at least one, and usually
more, entries in their respective series published during
your timeframe. In addition to continuing his Chambers
series, Henry Kane actually introduced a new series
character, Inspector MacGregor (NYPD honcho who retires and
starts his own agency; hence a rank title instead of first
name), in 1965 with THE MIDNIGHT MAN.
Those are just a few. Kevin can no doubt think of many
more.
BTW, Robert B. Parker didn't introduce Spenser until 1974, so
he's outside your timeframe.
JIM DOHERTY
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