Cool Detectives#35

Advance, slug factor 1!

Welcome, new readers, and welcome back, returning ones!

I have the go-ahead for the new air conditioner. Now, I have to wait for approval of the subsidy and the list of available models.

I needed this in June. I can’t handle heat. July has been brutal, and it’s cost me writing time.

I’d better have it before August!

As I researched hard-boiled crime fiction for a post about serials, I came across unfamiliar names. I’ll cover them now.

Detectives and related

• Shotgun Honey, from its site

  Hardboiled crime and Noir fiction as flash (1000 words or less)? I’m intrigued.

• Shotgun Honey books, from the same site. My intrigue grows.

This week, I’m moving to pianists. Art Tatum. He performed in the 30s and 40s, and his talents influenced many.

Jazz and related

• Art Tatum, from Britannica

• Art Tatum - The Art Of Jazz Piano -documentary from YouTube

• Art Tatum -- Yesterdays, from YouTube

I’m still melting.

Hope I get that A/C soon.

Have any suggestions? Feel free. I won’t bite.

Share this issue around. More shamuses and cats may join us from it.

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