Having been lukewarm about Gruber's mystery fiction I have dodged his westerns. I can change that.
And I have some Constiner in the archives, which will now ascend to the top of the To Be Read pile.
Thank you.
John
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Hardboiled Westerns-Best Sheriff (was "cowboy vs private eye")
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 11:08 PM
Frank Gruber wrote a bunch of hardboiled westerns, books like Peace Marshal, Johnny Vengeance, etc. And I think Merle Constiner did too. Now, Constiner was really good... why is he forgotten? Gruber was somewhat less good - still effective, but not very rich in the idea department. If he could think of nothing better, he got gruesome with the bullets.
Best,
mrt
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