tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post8464990910286928891..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: 2 BY KENNETH ABELcol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-10153563641663407532018-02-19T22:04:37.925-08:002018-02-19T22:04:37.925-08:00I like the sound of both of them. Hopefully you cr...I like the sound of both of them. Hopefully you cross paths with both at the book sale, you know you want to!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-65347221542583799332018-02-18T12:00:39.271-08:002018-02-18T12:00:39.271-08:00These both sound good. Don't know that I will ...These both sound good. Don't know that I will add them to my TBR piles right now, but if one turns up at the book sale, I will grab it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-69890179189222201802018-02-17T11:45:28.039-08:002018-02-17T11:45:28.039-08:00Cheers for that. I don't know anyone who hasn&...Cheers for that. I don't know anyone who hasn't heard of Gotti. I did wonder Abel heralded from NY, but I don't know though I suppose this incident might have made national news. Not sure of the setting for Bait, but the other one seems to be NY. His latter ones were down in New Orleans.<br /><br />Kenneth Abel is a pseudonym for Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/594578.Kenneth_Abelcol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-45091140003467306662018-02-17T07:19:02.208-08:002018-02-17T07:19:02.208-08:00I looked it up to check my memory. It has been qui...I looked it up to check my memory. It has been quite a while since I read about the incident. In 1980 in New York, one of John Gotti’s son’s, who was 12, was hit by a car. The driver, a neighbor, later disappeared. Gotti’s daughter, Victoria, who became a columnist for the NY Post, wrote about it in a book. Here is an excerpt:<br />https://nypost.com/2009/09/28/gotti-the-day-our-boy-was-stolen-away/<br />Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-55456430734635030892018-02-16T23:59:52.270-08:002018-02-16T23:59:52.270-08:00Elgin, how long ago was that? Maybe it did inspire...Elgin, how long ago was that? Maybe it did inspire it.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-63398521240900197472018-02-16T23:58:37.642-08:002018-02-16T23:58:37.642-08:00It might be a while....It might be a while....col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-44706212101104425402018-02-16T07:07:08.224-08:002018-02-16T07:07:08.224-08:00Thanks for spotlighting the books. Abel is new to ...Thanks for spotlighting the books. Abel is new to me. His story, BAIT, sounds like an actual incident from years ago where a guy accidentally hit and killed a mob chief’s kid. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-60217782069174378492018-02-15T13:35:15.092-08:002018-02-15T13:35:15.092-08:00Good setups. I'll wait to see what you say whe...Good setups. I'll wait to see what you say when you read them...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-26537179507624919912018-02-15T09:13:06.900-08:002018-02-15T09:13:06.900-08:00Good to know I'm not the only one. It's a ...Good to know I'm not the only one. It's a weird one, how he hasn't figured really too much of late, but I guess a lot of mid-list authors got crunched (and still do). col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-6492026342998493272018-02-15T06:47:41.221-08:002018-02-15T06:47:41.221-08:00Like you, I read an Abel years ago, enjoyed it to ...Like you, I read an Abel years ago, enjoyed it to pieces, and can't imagine why I haven't read any more. I wonder if he had bad luck with his publisher, or something, so I just never saw the books around? Anyway, many thanks for the reminder.noirencyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843963811822980754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-91048671928287360902018-02-15T05:15:30.613-08:002018-02-15T05:15:30.613-08:00Can't beat a tale with a bit of police corrupt...Can't beat a tale with a bit of police corruption! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-22745573341229879372018-02-15T04:32:46.819-08:002018-02-15T04:32:46.819-08:00These do sound interesting, Col. I'm particula...These do sound interesting, Col. I'm particularly drawn to <i>The Blue Wall</i>, and I'll be interested in what you have to say about that when you get to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com