Mike Faraday
Created by Basil Copper

Hard-boiled, laconic Los Angeles private eye MIKE FARADAY has been around for years, without attracting much attention on this side of the Atlantic. However, the books keep coming, so British author Cooper just might be doing something right.

Sure, it may be a little difficult to swallow an American eye slang spouting BritTalk, muttering about "getting a tyre out of the boot", but this is pure pulp, and any linguistic rough spots are soon overshadowed by the fast-paced action.

Faraday's your typical pulp P.I.: hard as nails, quick with the wisecracks and fisticuffs and always up for the ladies . He's actually rather convincing, as mystery critic T.J. Binyon ponted out in Murder Will Out.

Still, Copper may be best known for his continuation of the Holmesian Solar Pons series after the death of Pons' creator, August Derleth.

NOVELS

  • The Dark Mirror (1966)
  • Night Frost (1966)
  • No Flowers For the General (1967)
  • Scratch on the Dark (1967)
  • Die Now, Live Later (1968)
  • Don't Bleed On Me (1968)
  • The Marble Orchid (1969)
  • Dead File (1970)
  • No Letters From the Grave (1971)
  • The Big Chill (1972)
  • Strong-Arm (1972)
  • The Breaking Point (1973)
  • A Great Year For Dying (1973)
  • Shock-Wave (1973)
  • Feedback (1974)
  • Ricochet (1974)
  • A Voice From the Dead (1974)
  • A Good Place To Die (1975)
  • The High Wall (1975)
  • Impact (1975)
  • Crack in the Sidewalk (1976)
  • The Lonely Place (1976)
  • Tight Corner (1976)
  • Death Squad (1977)
  • The Year of the Dragon (1977)
  • Murder One (1978)
  • The Big Rip-Off (1979)
  • A Quiet Room (1979)
  • The Caligari Complex (1980)
  • Flip-Side (1980)
  • The Long Rest (1981)
  • The Empty Silence 1981)
  • Dark Entry (1981)
  • Hang Loose (1982)
  • Shoot Out (1982)
  • The Far Horizon (1982)
  • Trigger Man (1983)
  • Pressure Point (1983)
  • Hard Contract (1983)
  • The Hook (1984)
  • You Only Die Once (1984)
  • Tuxedo Park (1985)
  • the Far Side of Fear (1985)
  • Snow-Job (1986)
  • Jet-Lag (1986)
  • Blood on the Moon (1986)
  • Heavy Iron (1987)
  • Turn Down an Empty Glass (1987)
  • House-Dick (1988)
  • Print-Out (1988)

Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.

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