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RE: Regnad Kcin- Private Eye... The Case of the Erstwhile Accountant- Part IV
no matter how many of them old time stories you read, they are still great page turners,
no matter how many of them old time stories you read, they are still great page turners,
One of my favorites was Ed McBain, AKA, Evan Hunter, AKA Salvatore Lombino. As McBain he wrote the 87th Precinct novels. What made them special was that they were How-done-it's instead of who-done-its. He told you who the culprit was (usually the Deafman) and you had to figure out how he pulled it off.
Now that is an author that I haven't read before, thanks.
I love his writing, he has a really wry sense of humor. The main characters in the 87th Precinct stories are Det. Steve Carella and his partner Meyer Meyer Meyer (whose father also had a wry sense of humor).
I saw an interview in which he was asked about his aliases and he said: "You sell a lot more books as Evan Hunter from Conneticutt than Sal Lompino from Harlem.