The Screaming Mimi (Paperback)

from jonesli

Bill Sweeney is an alcoholic news reporter who stumble upon a grisly crime while he is on a bender. The victim is the serial killer known as the Ripper's latest victim, who is still alive. Fascinated by what he has witnessed, and hoping that breaking the story will help smooth things over with hi...

from TheRavenking

"Der Tod ist eine unheilbare Krankheit, mit der Männer und Frauen geboren werden; früher oder später erwischt es sie alle. Ein Mörder tötet eigentlich gar nicht, er nimmt nur vorweg. Er tötet immer jemanden, der bereits stirbt, bereits zum Untergang verurteilt ist. Und er tut nie denen weh, die e...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

The description is accurate, if maybe a bit of an understatement.  The thing is, I don't like thrillers, mysteries, shady characters who drink and smoke too much... but I am utterly charmed by just about everything Fredric Brown writes.  Really, this is good.  I'm giving it too my ...

from datrappert

Much more serious and darker than the other Brown mysteries I have read, but not lacking his typical sense of humor and frequent digressions - mostly into classical music. Just when you think you know what's going on with this one - it hits you - the same way it hits the hero, a newspaper reporte...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

The description is accurate, if maybe a bit of an understatement.  The thing is, I don't like thrillers, mysteries, shady characters who drink and smoke too much... but I am utterly charmed by just about everything Fredric Brown writes.  Really, this is good.  I'm giving it too my ...