Roger's Reviews > So Nude, So Dead

The author of So Nude, So Dead is listed as Richard Marsten on Goodreads but is really Ed McBain of 87th Precinct fame. So Nude, So Dead (McBain obviously belonged to the Bill Davis school of book titling) was a first novel, but it is still entertaining over five decades later. It is also very reminiscent of James Ellroy, who has stated more than once that this type of story was a big influence on him. Violent and visceral like any good pulp thriller, too-and there is a bonus short story ("Die Hard" and no this does not feature John McClane rather it predates that character by many moons) that is also a lot of noir amusement. This is good stuff if the Cornell Woolrich school of literature appeals to you.