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Looking forward to this - one of my favourite authors. His birthday just went by (same day as P G Wodehouse!), so this will be like a belated celebration, especially since I will be meeting Mayhem Sam first…
— Oct 17, 2025 03:40PM
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Two Envelopes And A Phone
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Should finish this later tonight. Not one of his best, but still very readable, very fast groove.
— Oct 21, 2025 04:52PM
Two Envelopes And A Phone
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Years ago, when I would have said Wodehouse and Ed McBain/Evan Hunter were my two favourite authors, it was of course weird to find out they were both born on Oct. 15. For a while I was all "worship forever the Superior, Brilliantly Creative Libra!". Now, when Hunter is not in my Top 2 Authors, I would criticize two things: the female characters...and the "Intrusive Smart-Ass Narrator" technique. I'm older, I guess.
— Oct 21, 2025 06:33AM
Two Envelopes And A Phone
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If my “Creepy Reading List” for the Fall Season ended up with a recurring theme, by accident, I guess it’s the horrid sexual stuff that keeps cropping up: Uhnak’s False Witness, Slaughter’s Pretty Girls, and Tessier’s Finishing Touches, even scenes in Mayhem Sam. And now this…although this “Erotic Thriller” hasn’t gone down to the depths of those other books. We’ll see. I guess the adultery here is just a prelude…
— Oct 20, 2025 03:45PM
