It was unusual to see a contemporary series published under the Harper Perennial imprint, though the Clark books are, in fact, very much classic style plot-oriented mysteries, written in the form of police procedurals. It used to be easy to pick up these titles in used bookstores back in the 1990s. The series having been out-of-print now for over a quarter-century, copies are becoming harder to find, at least in good condition. (But perhaps the series may be reprinted, I'm hoping to see this happen.) Featured below are twelve of Harper's Clark paperbacks.
I plan to discuss some of the Clark mysteries this month. A number of the titles he wrote already have been reviewed, I noticed, by the indefatigable Bev Hankins over at her blog, My Readers' Block. First to come up here, The Longest Pleasure!
Curtis, thanks so much for the mention. As you might guess, I really enjoy this series. I've been fairly lucky in finding these at used book stores over the years--18 of the 27. But I've only got four of those left to read.....
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you featuring them.
Yes, they used to show up a llot at the used bookstores, I miss those old Harper Perennials.
DeleteDo I sense a hint that these will be reprinted soon?
ReplyDeleteI read a lot of these in the 80's, but have read none since I started blogging. I look forward to your posts on Douglas Clark's novels.
ReplyDeleteMore to come soon!
ReplyDeleteNew to me! I'll need to keep my eye out!
ReplyDeleteShould have a review up on him later tonight!
DeleteI'm currently reading this series in order and have been able to find copies of almost everything (some reasonably priced & others more costly) except for 2 titles. "The Libertines" is out there but extremely expensive, and "Sweet Poison" is just nowhere to be found at least in private hands. I have done a bit of research on that title, and some university libraries have copies of it.
ReplyDeleteAlmost all now on Kindle
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