tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post7325772041475614335..comments2024-02-20T11:29:02.535-05:00Comments on The Dark Time: FFB: Horns for the Devil by Louis MalleyElgin Bleeckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-21341133865021103502020-06-22T16:58:01.119-04:002020-06-22T16:58:01.119-04:00Robert – Thanks for the information on your cousin...Robert – Thanks for the information on your cousin. I found an old newspaper clipping that reported on the shooting, but I was not 100 percent sure it was the same man as the author. Over time, I have managed to get my hands on copies of his books. Stark House Press recently republished his book STOOL PIGEON. Your cousin was a terrific writer and, as you say, who knows where his career might have gone. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-28482256783175006572020-06-16T10:05:00.386-04:002020-06-16T10:05:00.386-04:00Louis Malley was my cousin but 28 years older than...Louis Malley was my cousin but 28 years older than me and I never met him. Another cousin, his age and close to him, told me he left town and lived in secret because the book was based on real life characters who were unhappy with it. I'm not sure about that but in 1962 he and a girlfriend were shot to death in a Miami motel by her husband. At the time Malley was the city manager of Dania. Malley was born in Detroit in 1918 and by 1930 was back in NYC residing with an AUnt. In 1940 he was living with his mother and stepfather in the Bronx and working in his stepfather's butcher shop. He was married at some point but no known children. That is about all I know about him. I am in touch with a nephew of his who also knows nothing more. Had he come a generation later he might have become a brand name like those perennially on the shelves of airport bookstores.Robert Pullmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319768372176274714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-51367348885129824022018-06-22T15:55:45.172-04:002018-06-22T15:55:45.172-04:00He was new to me, too, until a few weeks ago. Now ...He was new to me, too, until a few weeks ago. Now I am looking forward to reading some of his other books. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-75729985612697417642018-06-22T05:04:19.768-04:002018-06-22T05:04:19.768-04:00Sounds very good and its totally new to me. Neithe...Sounds very good and its totally new to me. Neither heard of either the author or the book previously, so cheers.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com