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Identity in Detective Fiction
L
yons
, A
rthur
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The Dead are Discreet.
New York: Mason and Lipscomb, 1974.
-A l l God’s Children.
New York: Mason/Charter, 1975.
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Hard Trade.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981.
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Three With A Bullet.
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1985.
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Fast Trade.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1987.
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Other People’sMoney.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1989.
When his first book was published, The New York Times said
“Move over, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and Lew Archer.”The series
stars an ex-newspaperman turned Private Investigator (Jacob Asch).
Through him, we meet all sorts of bizarre Southern California charac
ters and businesses. Traveling with Asch is definitely worth the bumpy
and often bloody ride.
P
arrish
, R
ichard
.
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The Dividing Line.
New York: Dutton, 1993.
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Versions ofthe Truth.
New York: Onyx, 1994.
A wounded World War II veteran (Joshua Rabb) moves from
Brooklyn to Tucson, AZ to practice law. Widowed and with two chil
dren, he decides to work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to supplement
his private practice. Caught up in complicated plots, he fluctuates be
tween passionate affairs with beautiful women and pondering the
meaning of existence. His Yiddishkeit is in short supply, but his out-
of-character struggle with God (recalling Rabbi Yitzchak of Ber-
dichev) suggests that there might be more Jewishness in the future.
PlESMAN, MARISSA.
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Unorthodox Practices.
New York: Pocket Books, 1989.
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Personal Effects.
New York: Pocket Books, 1991.
-Heading Uptown.
New York: Delacorte, 1993.
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Close Quarters.
New York: Delacorte, 1994
-Alternate Sides.
New York: Delacorte, 1995
I enjoy following housing lawyer (Nina Fischman) all over the West
Side o f Manhattan, then out to Long Island and eventually to a sum
mer share on Fire Island. What you will learn about her, her mother,
good Chinese take-out and other essentials for today’s urban life style
will certainly entertain you. The mystery plotting leaves a bit more to
be desired. In the latest she debates whether to move into her new boy
friends’ upper East-Side apartment, and therein lies an amazing tale.
R
esnicow
, H
erbert
.
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The Gold Solution.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983.
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The Gold Deadline.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984.