tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2163357024460538029..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Celebrity MysteriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-58103183303085027992014-01-14T17:19:52.892-05:002014-01-14T17:19:52.892-05:00In cases of books like this, I always make allowan...In cases of books like this, I always make allowances when the celeb gives cover credit to the pro who wrote it with him.<br />Al Roker shares cover credit with Dick Lochte, as his predecessor Willard Scott did with Bill Crider.<br />So also, Ricahrd Belzer shares with Michael Black, and Ed Koch had a couple of co-authors over the years.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are certain celebs, past and present, who solo on the cover, but give mention in the acknowledgement page to the pro who provided "editorial guidance".<br />That's Level Two.<br /><br />Then there are a few celeb "authors" who simply don't mention pro help at all; they want their ghosts to remain ghostly.<br /><br />So that's my "pecking order" in this sorta-genre, for what it's worth.<br />Should you accumulate enough volumes, you can work up lists in all three of these categories. <br />Maybe that can be the subject of another entry sometime soon.<br />Meanwhile, I gotta get back home and check my own shelves for these ...<br /><br /> ... well, what do we call them?<br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-4200007517011832172014-01-14T09:37:11.339-05:002014-01-14T09:37:11.339-05:00It was recently revealed that Donald Bain wrote ev...It was recently revealed that Donald Bain wrote every word of the Margaret Truman Washington DC mysteries.Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-27595608681011615802014-01-14T09:26:51.220-05:002014-01-14T09:26:51.220-05:00Goofy weatherman extraordinaire and recent Rush Li...Goofy weatherman extraordinaire and recent Rush Limbauh enemy Al Roker has a couple of mysteries out. We own one of them but I've never read it or any of the others.<br /><br />Ice-T wrote a novel called Kings of Vice with a cat named Mal Radcliff. Mal Radcliff is the pen name of Gary Phillips whose work I'm a huge fan of. Radcliff has also written for Blood & Tacos. So, because of Phillips I'm a fan of this one. <br /><br />Ed Koch wrote four mystery novels.<br /><br />I'm sure there are a ton of others. Brian Lindenmuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519203797661128049noreply@blogger.com