When I started reading "adult" mysteries in the early 1960s (about age 12), my local library had a shelf-fill of GHC's books, and I read them all. And liked them all. I thought the plots were generally solid; even then, though, I knew the characters weren't exactly well-developed. Always a good (quick) read, though. (I particularly liked the two series with a newspaper photographer as the lead--Kent Murdoch and Flashgun Casey.) (And 40 years worth of books, as it happens--1935-1975.)
I should add, in response to Richard R., that I don's specifically remember this book, but I almost certainly read it. I kept reading Coxe for years, so it must have been OK--different, for him, in that it was not set in a big US city.
I enjoyed the Casey and Murdoch books I read long ago but remember little about them other than that. I hear the Flash Casey radio show now and then on XM, and it's okay. Not much distinctive about it, though.
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Did Jane Russell pose for that cover?
Maybe a picture of her did.
My thought exactly--that cover had to've been derived from the famous photo of Ms. Russell in THE OUTLAW.
I saw that movie in the theater. I'm old.
So how is the book? Anyone?
Coxe was usually pretty solid, but I haven't read this one.
When I started reading "adult" mysteries in the early 1960s (about age 12), my local library had a shelf-fill of GHC's books, and I read them all. And liked them all. I thought the plots were generally solid; even then, though, I knew the characters weren't exactly well-developed. Always a good (quick) read, though. (I particularly liked the two series with a newspaper photographer as the lead--Kent Murdoch and Flashgun Casey.) (And 40 years worth of books, as it happens--1935-1975.)
I should add, in response to Richard R., that I don's specifically remember this book, but I almost certainly read it. I kept reading Coxe for years, so it must have been OK--different, for him, in that it was not set in a big US city.
I enjoyed the Casey and Murdoch books I read long ago but remember little about them other than that. I hear the Flash Casey radio show now and then on XM, and it's okay. Not much distinctive about it, though.
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