James wrote
"There were several Mannix novels, at least one of which was
written by Peter Rabe under a pseudonym, I think. I've read
Kane's Peter Gunn novel but don't remember much about it
except that I didn't like it very much."
Back when it was on, I read a couple of novelizations of the
Robert Wagner TV vehicle It Takes A Thief. Could I possibly
remember correctly that at least one of them was written by
Gil Brewer? Damn, wish I had held onto them. Or did he write
some Man from UNCLE books; I'm pretty sure Michael Avallone
did.
"I recall liking Lou Cameron's novel based on the one-season
PI series THE OUTSIDER, which starred Darren McGavin. There
were novels based on quite a few Sixties series, such as 77
SUNSET STRIP, SURFSIDE 6, JOHNNY STACCATO, THE LINEUP, THE
FELONY SQUAD, etc. I haven't read many of them,
though."
I enjoyed the "original suspense novel" (as it says on the
cover, but it's actually three short stories with slight
transitions added between them), 77 Sunset Strip. I haven't
read the Johnny Staccato novelization I have by Frank Boyd,
who someone said is really Frank Kane.
And didn't Stuart Kaminsky do several Rockford novels a few
years ago, long after the series, but, I think, before the
handful of made-for-TV movies?
Of course, Max Allan Collins has written a whole slew of
novelizations.
Mark
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