Ross Thomas
Ross Thomas has written at least 16 books. Their most popular book is Briarpatch with 6 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.
Author Bio
Ross Thomas (born February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City – December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. He also wrote several novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. Ives.
His debut novel, The Cold War Swap, won a 1967 Edgar Award, for Best First Novel, and Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. In 2002 he was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, one of only two authors to earn the award after their death (the other was 87th Precinct author Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain in 2006).
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1984 • 6 Readers • 336 pages • 4
1972 • 2 Readers • 240 pages
1970 • 1 Reader • 420 pages
1979 • 1 Reader • 4
1981 • 1 Reader • 245 pages
1967 • 273 pages
2007 • 288 pages
