Tobin Fields:
> I've become interested in a particular, unnamed
strand in hardboiled
> mystery where an ordinary character is drawn into a
strange
> world. This
> is not sci-fi but at times reads like it. I would
give
> examples like THE
> SCREAMING MIMI, (really most of Fredric Brown's
mysteries,) HOUSE OF
> FLESH by Bruno Fischer, DEAD LOW TIDE by John
MacDonald, and Cain's
> DOUBLE INDEMNITY.
>
> This is a particular strand of the hardboiled
mystery that effects me
> like no other when it's done well, and many writers
wander in this
> terrain for at least one or two books. Any
suggestions along
> these lines?
YOU'LL DIE NEXT by Harry Whittington and THE CROOKED CITY by
Robert Kyle are two oldie examples. Especially the
Whittington is almost like a schoolbook example of what
you're looking for. Also, several of Patricia Highsmith's
non-Ripleys, e.g. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, DEEP WATER and CRY OF
THE OWL.
You already mentioned John D. MacDonald, and several other of
his non-McGees fit in, e.g. A BULLET FOR CINDERELLA and JUDGE
ME NOT.
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