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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Ron Clinton
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 3:49 PM
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re: Motel noir...
>
> I've read it, and it's a terrific read. I'm not a reader of McBain's 87th
> Prescient series, but I do like his early standalones. While VANISHING
> LADIES may have its share of coincidences and lack of motivational logic
> that typify a number of works from that pbo era, it's undeniably
compelling
> reading.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
On
> > Behalf Of John Woolley
> > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 3:40 PM
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Motel noir...
> >
> > In 1957 Evan Hunter, writing as Richard Marsten, did "Vanishing Ladies"
> > (Perma-Books M3097) ("Original Mystery - Not a Reprint"). I haven't
read
> it
> > yet, but the cover is pure Motel Noir - evening light; a bad girl (a
> really
> > good bad girl, if you take my meaning) in lipstick, heels, and not very
> much
> > of a purple dress, cocking a hip; a gunman in a suit a few yards behind
> her;
> > all backgrounded by just the kind of sleazy 50s motel we love, complete
> with
> > spotlit "Vacancy" sign. The caption-blurb says "The motel was a front
for
> > crime and a setting for murder!", which strikes me as rather uncreative.
> >
> >
> >
> > - John Woolley
> >
> >
> >
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