![]() I read the first one, thought it was OK, but haven’t yet gone on to read any of the others. ![]() Guess I should have dipped my toes in again. Like Barry the first one put me off despite my liking Lupoff’s books. Ĥ Responses to “An Archived Mystery Review by Barry Gardner: RICHARD A. There’s a nice intro by Bill Pronzini, too. Lindsey isn’t quite as much of a wimp as he was, at least. This still isn’t going to be one of my favorite series, but it has definitely improved, and I enjoyed it because of the background. He has something of a regal air about him. Well, I think you may recognize a paperback collector even before his real-life inspiration is named in the afterword. A personal nemesis from his first case reappears, adding danger and angst. Hobart finds himself plunged into the world of paperback collectors, while his lover, police Sergeant Marva Plum, struggles with the suspected murder. ![]() ![]() A tycoon had died in a suspicious helicopter crash, leaving millions either to the unknown model (if she can be found) or to a foundation for indigent artists. I quit this series after the first, The Comic Book Killer, because I thought the lead was a wimp, but someone told me that I ought to read this one for reasons, so I did.Īce insurance investigator Hobart Lindsey is searching for the model who was the subject of a cover painting for a rare and obscure paperback published in the late 1940s. ![]() Apparently no contemporaneous paperback edition (!). ![]()
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