--- JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> AP,
>
> Re your questions below
>
> "1) What's your Fave WM/WM title, and
why...??"
>
> Favorite Miller, GUILTY BYSTANDER. I liked
the
> notion
> of a hard-drinking PI who actually was affected,
and
> not in a comical way, by what he drank. The idea
of
> an alcoholic detective who cleans himself up,
almost
> overnight, to come to the aid of a loved one will
be
> recycled years later in Mickey Spilane's
"comeback"
> novel, THE GIRL HUNTERS.
>
> Favorite Masterson: A toss-up between 711
-OFFICER
> NEEDS HELP (aka WARNING SHOT) and PLAY LIKE
YOU'RE
> DEAD. The first is a procedural about a cop
who
> gets
> into a questionable shooting when the gun he
says
> the
> man he shot pulled on him turns up missing. It
sort
> of segues into a PI story when, suspended, he has
to
> work on his own to prove his innocence. Also made
a
> great movie with David Jansen.
>
> The second is a more straightforward cop
novel
> dealing, presciently, with the problem of
custodial
> abductions, as a tough cop, angling for a
promotion,
> must track down an unbalanced father who's taken
his
> son from his ex-wife, the custodial
parent.
> Strongly
> suspenseful, with a villain both frightening
and
> sympathetic.
>
> In a way, neither of my "Masterson" choices
count,
> since they were written after the death of
Bill
> Miller. When Bob Wade was left, "Wade Miller"
was
> retired, and Wade carried on alone, most often
as
> "Masterson."
>
> "2) Which WM/WM title would you most like to
see
> back
> in print, and why...??"
>
> Miller's DEADLY WEAPON, a one-off PI novel
(though
> sharing some of the same supporting characters
as
> the
> Thursday series) that was their first
novel.
>
> Masterson's A HAMMER IN HIS HAND, perhaps the
last
> actual collaboration between Wade and
Miller,
> features
> a policewoman on the trail of a serial
killer
> decades
> before Thomas Harris wrote THE SILENCE OF THE
LAMBS.
>
> Main reason for both. I've never seen either
of
> them,
> though I've heard about them for years, and
would
> love
> the chance to read them.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
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