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Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr

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The Private Lives of Private Eyes, Spies, Crimefighters & Other Good Guys by Otto Penzler

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The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen

Chase's early stuff was the best. "Dead" was his 2nd book, I think,
after "No Orchids". Wasn't he sued by Chandler for plagarism?
Just read you Willeford review. I've finished all of Willeford.
He ranks right up there. Ever read "The Machine in Ward 11"?
Horace McCoy is another old favorite. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" is an
all-time great book.

posted by tros at 9:42 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2009

Nice review on Casino Moon. I finished it last week and just couldn't get my head around exactly what was deficient about it, but you hit the major defects dead on.

posted by Wova4 at 12:13 am (EST) on Apr 26, 2009

I have an old ed. of "12 Chinamen ...". My ed. says "Chinks".
I guess they had to clean Chase up to be politically correct. ;-)

posted by tros at 11:17 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009

I just finished "River Girl". Williams is an old favorite, as well as
"The Dead Stay Dumb" by Chase. One of the most hardboiled.

posted by tros at 11:12 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2009

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