Richard Stark was the most famous of Donald Westlake's many pen names, but over the last couple of days I've read some blog posts about one of his lesser-known aliases. As Tucker Coe, Westlake wrote a series of five novels about private eye and ex-cop Mitch Tobin. I had never heard of it. But when guys like Ed Gorman, James Reasoner and Kevin Burton Smith all rave about a series, you know it's worth reading.
The Coe books are all out-of-print, but I'm going to do my damndest to track them down. It could take a while if they're expensive or not available through inter-library loan. So that's one of my goals for 2009: finding and reading all five Mitch Tobin novels. I have a better shot at keeping that resolution than the usual bullshit ones about losing weight or being a nicer person.
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You shouldn't have a lot of trouble finding them. I thought like you and on Abebooks, I got all five, including postage 7 handling, for $28.96.
I just did a quick search and found these in about two minutes. Fear my leet Google-fu. Or something.
http://www.poormansbooks.com/ap_coe_tucker.html
and
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Coe,%20Tucker
Hey, even I can afford those. Thanks, guys.
yeah they're available through Quercus books
I snagged two right away but some of the others were mucho bucks.
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