I happened across this article about an author named Cleve Adams. Interesting, if you enjoy pulp fiction. Which I do.
I would direct your attention down to Chapter 3, “The Fat Lady”, as it discusses one of the most interesting hardboiled female characters I’d encountered in a while—Violet McDade. I remember reading one of her stories in Otto Penzler’s b…
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