The Continental Op "stars" in Red Harvest, which is the basis of many, many movies (as foosball prodigy mentions) from various decades.  It also shocked me when I read it for its violence, which is something considering that I am a crime fiction addict and the book was written in the 1930s or so.  And a lot of it was…

The Continental Op "stars" in Red Harvest, which is the basis of many, many movies (as foosball prodigy mentions) from various decades.  It also shocked me when I read it for its violence, which is something considering that I am a crime fiction addict and the book was written in the 1930s or so.  And a lot of it was…

Anyone else read Westlake's Sam Holt novels?  The protagonist is an ex-cop actor who looks like Tom Selleck and had a tv show like Quincy M.E.  He's typecast so he can't get more work, so he starts solving crimes.

Anyone else read Westlake's Sam Holt novels?  The protagonist is an ex-cop actor who looks like Tom Selleck and had a tv show like Quincy M.E.  He's typecast so he can't get more work, so he starts solving crimes.

David Hyde Pierce would have made a perfect Capote.

David Hyde Pierce would have made a perfect Capote.

I could get some use out of a killer-for-hire who didn't charge too much, guaranteed his work, and never resorted to blackmail.

I could get some use out of a killer-for-hire who didn't charge too much, guaranteed his work, and never resorted to blackmail.

plinth

plinth

I do believe you'd enjoy www.notalwaysright.com.  Also its allied site, www.notalwaysworking.com.

I do believe you'd enjoy www.notalwaysright.com.  Also its allied site, www.notalwaysworking.com.

It would be awful to live forever and be poor the whole time,

It would be awful to live forever and be poor the whole time,

You should try the book, if you haven't read it already.  One of the few books I've bought multiple copies of to give away.

You should try the book, if you haven't read it already.  One of the few books I've bought multiple copies of to give away.

I expect I'm being petty, but it seems like articles had fewer mistakes when Phipps was still editor.

I expect I'm being petty, but it seems like articles had fewer mistakes when Phipps was still editor.

I always considered Quayle anti-assassination insurance.

I always considered Quayle anti-assassination insurance.