Monday, May 28, 2012

More Bobbs-Merril

Thanks to Jerry House we now have a list of some of the Black Bat titles I'd forgotten. And what novels and writers. Thanks Jerry.

J.S. Blazer is Justin Scott and Deal Me Out is a Westlakian hoot; The Robert Dennis books are fine paranormal mysteries; Carl Dekker is Dennis Lynds and this one is a honey; Bill Hallihan's The Ross Forgery is good, too. Tony Kenrdick's A Tough One To Lose became a major film. Mirian Borgenicht went on to a long fine career.
A quick check on abebooks gives a few of the titles:
- Charles Alverson - FIGHTING BACK
- Robert Barr - THE DARK ISLAND
- Jack M. Bickham - THE SILVER BULLET GANG
- J. S. Blazer - DEAL ME OUT
- Mirian Borgenicht - NO BAIL FOR DALTON and ROADBLOCK
- Karen Campbell - THUNDER ON SUNDAY
- "Brian Coffey" [Koontz] - BLOOD RISK and SURROUNDED
- Beth De Bilio - VENDETTA CON BRIO
- Robert C. Dennis - CONVERSATIONS WITH A CORPSE and THE SWEAT OF FEAR
- Carl Dekker - WOMAN IN MARBLE
- Ron Faust - TOMB OF BLUE ICE
- "Jack Foxx" [Pronzini] - THE JADE FIGURINE
- William M. Green - AVERY'S FORTUNE and THE SALISBURY MANUSCRIPT
- William H. Hallihan - THE ROSS FORGERY
- Reymoure Keith Isely - A STRANGECODE OF JUSTICE
- Beverly Keller - THE BAGHDAD DEFECTIONS
- TONY KENDRICK - A TOUGH ONE TO LOSE
- "John Miles" [Bickham] - THE BLACKMAILER and THE NIGHT HUNTER

1 comment:

RJR said...

I'm reading The Jade Figirine now. I remember buying it when it came out in 1972, in onwe of the Doubleday bookstores in Manhattan. Also read the Kendrick and Coffey books. I met Robert C. Dennis. He was a very nice man, and a good writer. Dennis Lynds (Carl Dekker) was a great friend of mine. I correspopnded with him before I was published, after I read Act of fear, the first Dan Fortune book.

RJR