tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206295108056025483.post505470058272825807..comments2023-09-28T03:59:52.434-07:00Comments on The Corpse Steps Out: My Top 5 Cool and Lam titlesJeffrey Markshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422459407138331707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206295108056025483.post-47708283836738143292014-09-13T11:04:17.507-07:002014-09-13T11:04:17.507-07:00Thanks for this list. I recently read The Count of...Thanks for this list. I recently read The Count of Nine (1958) and I enjoyed it but it wasn't great. But I remember enjoying those books years ago so I plan to try more.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206295108056025483.post-64479713069144573572014-08-03T07:52:29.492-07:002014-08-03T07:52:29.492-07:00We have a little overlap ... mine would be, in no ...We have a little overlap ... mine would be, in no particular order:<br />* Spill the Jackpot, because I like Donald's experience with getting into shape, and the slot machine background;<br />* Bats Fly at Dusk, because I like Bertha going it on her own with telegrams from Donald, and the introduction of Frank Sellers;<br />* The Bigger They Come, because the legal premise underlying it all is so darn clever;<br />* Double or Quits, because Donald finally wins a fistfight! and really gets a chance to show off his detective skills.<br />* Fools Die on Friday, because it's just so well-written and evocative. This is the one where the characters feel the most real to me. <br /><br />It's always seemed to me that ESG was having more FUN writing Cool & Lam than Perry Mason after the 1940s. All these books, at least until the late 1950s, have a ... sauciness and élan that is hard to describe but very enjoyable for the reader. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com