FORGOTTEN BOOKS #260: KITTEN WITH A WHIP/KISS HER GOODBYE By Wade Miller

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Stark House has done it again! Here in one attractive package are two noir classics by Wade Miller. “Wade Miller” was the collaborative team of Bob Wade and Bill Miller. Together they wrote some great private eye adventures featuring Max Thursday (sadly, only six books in that series). The team of Wade Miller produced 30 novels, hundreds of short stories, radio scripts, and plays. This new Stark House collection brings two of Wade Miller’s best stand-alone novels together. Some of you may remember the movie version of Kitten With a Whip from 1964 starring John Forsythe and Ann-Margret. Kiss Her Goodbye is a chase novel where the two main characters try to escape their past. If you’re in the mood for some noir fiction, try this Wade Miller collection. It’s terrific!

18 thoughts on “FORGOTTEN BOOKS #260: KITTEN WITH A WHIP/KISS HER GOODBYE By Wade Miller

  1. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)

    This looks wonderful – thanks George, I really have to get my hands on this – Stark House have been putting out some wonderful stuff of late and the Wade Miller / Whit Masterson books definitely deserve this kind of attention – thanks chum.

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    1. george Post author

      Thanks, Rick. Like you I like the Max Thursday books, too. But, I’ve enjoyed all the Wade Miller books I’ve read, either series or stand-alones.

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  2. Beth Fedyn

    This looks great, George. I’m in the mood for some noir. I’ll look it up at the bookstore tomorrow.

    Thanks.

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  3. Jeff Meyerson

    I like the Thursday books too. Of course Bill Crider is a huge fan of Ann-Marget in KITTEN WITH A WHIP. If the book is half as memorable it must be worth reading.

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    1. george Post author

      Jeff, I liked the book version of KITTEN WITH A WHIP better than the movie version. But, the book doesn’t have Ann-Margret.

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  4. Deb

    I love these Stark House reprints. It’s wonderful to see the criminally-neglected Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, among others, back in print.

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  5. Todd Mason

    I think the film’s script pushed a little too hard without deciding how blackmailed the Forsythe character actually felt, and while Lyon might well’ve nailed it, A-M was just a bit more fierce in her presentation. I’ll certainly believe the novel better and worth the look, and its companion, too…

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