d4doome<p>Time To Prey, an enjoyable 1960 entry in Frank Kane’s long-running Johnny Liddell PI thriller series. A pretty girl passes a letter to Johnny and then gets murdered.</p><p>Johnny Liddell is a Mike Hammer clone, but more cold-blooded and less ethical. But Kane is just not in Spillane's league as a writer.</p><p>My review: <a href="https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/01/frank-kanes-time-to-prey.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vintagepopfictions.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2023/01/frank-kanes-time-to-prey.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/noir" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/noirfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noirfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hardboiled" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hardboiled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hardboiledfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hardboiledfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vintagecrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintagecrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/1960scrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>1960scrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/crimefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crimefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FrankKane" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FrankKane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MickeySpillane" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MickeySpillane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MikeHammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MikeHammer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/privateeyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privateeyes</span></a></p>