Friday, December 06, 2019

FFB: Miami Blues, Charles Willeford

8 comments:

George said...

I'm a big fan of Charles Willeford, too. Loved MIAMI BLUES! You're right about the humor in Willeford's books.

pattinase (abbott) said...

And mixing crime and humor is not always easy.

Jeff Meyerson said...

I agree. Loved the book, read the rest of the series. I liked the movie, with Fred Ward perfect as Hoke and Alec Baldwin as the psychopathic Junior Frenger. I have PICKUP but haven't read it yet.

pattinase (abbott) said...

You won't believe it is the same writer although the writing is great.

Dana King said...

MIAMI BLUES is a favorite of mine, both book and movie. I read another Hoke story and didn't care for it at all (I forget the title), but MIAMI BLUES is the goods.

pattinase (abbott) said...

I didn't care for The Burnt Orange Heresy, if that is the one set in the art world. But that is not a Hoke book. The weakest Hoke book for me was The Way We Die Now.

Margot Kinberg said...

Oh, this is one I hadn't heard of before, Patti. It sounds compelling, though!

Mathew Paust said...

I learned about Willeford in a piece Gravetapping's Ben Boulden posted on Facebook nearly a year ago, and was sold. I read both Miami Blues and New Hope for the Dead, back to back, and enjoyed them immensely. Now you've whetted my appetite for more Willeford, Patti!

Here's the link to the retrospective that introduced an exciting new crime writer to me: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-train-hopping-nazi-fighting-literary-hero-youve-never-heard-of?fbclid=IwAR0KcSXDj_Dc9PbJIYH1I03ChidaBaH_S0nQIekl3wk7w7HECYKnYn7YPnQ