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Scott Smith also wrote The Ruins - which was also made into a movie. While The Ruins was so-so, A Simple Plan was a terrific movie. My favorite scene (which I recall was also in the book) Bridget F...
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need a slang word for U.S. Marshal
You could always pull a Chandler or a Hammett and make up your own. Elmore Leonard has three characters who are Deputy US Marshal Karen Sisco, Raylon Givens and Carl (Carlos) Webster. I don't reca...
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'Best' Humourous Crime Novel
Westlake's - Somebody Owes Me Money and The Fugitive Pigeon.
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Scott Smith also wrote The Ruins - which was also made into a movie. While The Ruins was so-so, A Simple Plan was a terrific movie. My favorite scene (which I recall was also in the book) Bridget Fonda breast feeeding her new born and verbally dir...
You could always pull a Chandler or a Hammett and make up your own.
Elmore Leonard has three characters who are Deputy US Marshal Karen Sisco, Raylon Givens and Carl (Carlos) Webster. I don't recall any slag term, usually they are called Deputy.
Westlake's - Somebody Owes Me Money and The Fugitive Pigeon.
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- At 12:00am on September 3, 2009,
carole gill said…
- arf! arf! (thank you)!
- At 4:04am on September 2, 2009,
carole gill said…
I had to say hello and so did Penny!
- At 10:19am on August 31, 2009,
Dan Coleman said… - Welcome, J.J.,
Your background is interesting. Have a site to look at?
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- Hometown:
- Cleveland
- About Me:
- I've written & published poetry, short stories (literary & some crime stories in ThugLit, Demolition & others online), art criticism and book reviews (though I lost those gigs to downsizing).
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer, Critic
- Books And Authors I Like:
- I cut my teeth on Spade, Marlowe, Archer. Added Spenser & anything by Elmore Leonard including his early Westerns George Pelecanos, Richard Price and Donald Westlake. I'm currently mixing my reading of Hard Case Crime with classic Gold Medal. Megan Abbott, Vicki Hendricks... it is a long & growing list.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Monk, Psych, The Wire...
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