It was announced Saturday, September 5, that author
Warren Murphy died. Mr. Murphy was a talented novelist who brought hours and
hours of enjoyment to me through his work. He co-created the outlandishly
successful The Destroyer series, the
brilliant Trace novels, and a bunch
of straight suspense thrillers in the 1980s and 1990s. I am particularly fond
of his suspense novels. The best was probably The Grandmaster (1984), which won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback
Original.
A handful of years ago I read several of Mr. Murphy’s
suspense novels, and even wrote a few reviews. In his memory, and since there
is nothing else I can do, I am going back in time to the reviews I wrote for
four of his novels (click the titles and you will be taken to the review).
I just may go back to his work as well; maybe read a
few of his Trace novels, and revisit Grandmaster.
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