CHARLES W. RUNYON, R.I.P.

Not to sure how I missed this one, but Charles W. Runyon passed away on June 8th at age 87.  Runyon wrote 14 mystery novels (including three of the "Ellery Queen" original paperbacks) and four science fiction novels.  He also published works as"Mark West."

His books were solid and workmanlike:

• The Anatomy of Violence (1963)
• Color Him Dead (1963)
• The Death Cycle (1963)
• The Last Score (as "Ellery Queen," 1964)
• The Killer Touch (as "Ellery Queen," 1965)
• The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed (1965)
• Bloody Jungle (1966)
• The Black Moth (1967)
• Kiss and Kill (as "Ellery Queen," 1969)
• No Place to Hide (1970)
• Pig World (1971, SF)
• Power Kill (1972, a finalist for the Edgar Best Paperback Award)
• Ames Holbrook, Deity (1972, SF)
• Something Wicked (1973)
• Soulmate (1974, SF)
• I, Weapon (1974, SF)
• To Kill a Dead Man (1976)
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1977)

Try one of his books.  I bet you'll enjoy it.