Tell Me More, Tell Me More

Another Friday, another abundance of “forgotten book” mentions. In addition to Michael G. Jacob’s choice of The Ebony Tower, here at The Rap Sheet, this week’s picks include: The Mike Hammer Omnibus, Volume 1, by Mickey Spillane; Sugartown, by Loren D. Estleman; Loving Geordie, by Andrea Badenoch; Skylark Mission, by Ian MacAlister; and Death of a Harvard Freshman, by Victoria Silver. Randy Johnson plugs a trio of Shell Scott novels. Bill Crider weighs in on Simon Quinn’s “The Inquisitor” series. And on her own blog, Patti Abbott hosts several writers’ write-ups about now-neglected novels from the past, among them Cormac Brown’s comments on Heads You Lose, by Mike Shayne. Abbott also features a complete rundown of today’s series participants.