Fit to Kill

Rating:
Summary: tastes have changed since 1958
Review: Hard boiled Miami private investigator Mike Shayne endures danger, a sexy blonde and disapproval from his secretary to help a friend. When this book was written, parts of it might have seemed risque. In 2001, it seems odd that our sexy hero doesn't seem to actually sleep with anyone. The paperback cover informs us that "...Shayne, the coolest private eye of them all, swings into red hot action" but the action seems lukewarm at best. This book is interesting as an example of the hardboiled detective fiction of 40 years ago, but it won't titillate or interest anyone who is used to the sex and violence in modern fiction.

Rating:
Summary: tastes have changed since 1958
Review: Hard boiled Miami private investigator Mike Shayne endures danger, a sexy blonde and disapproval from his secretary to help a friend. When this book was written, parts of it might have seemed risque. In 2001, it seems odd that our sexy hero doesn't seem to actually sleep with anyone. The paperback cover informs us that "...Shayne, the coolest private eye of them all, swings into red hot action" but the action seems lukewarm at best. This book is interesting as an example of the hardboiled detective fiction of 40 years ago, but it won't titillate or interest anyone who is used to the sex and violence in modern fiction.