All Comments on 'Down Among the Dead Men'

Oh I so loved this. Very much in the genre and extremely well-written. Far more than a pastiche and I wish I could give it more than five stars xxxxx

That was great. Thanks

Nicely done.

Thanks!

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Good story. I enjoyed it.

You are a great story teller. Masterfully done 5* thank you

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Great story!

5

A most enjoyable read.

Good job! :)

Excellent work, Maonaigh, and very much in the Spillane style. I like the humorous nods and the ending was perfect. Great job and 5*!

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PS: Like you with mine, I this was the first of your stories I’ve read but now I’m looking forward to checking out more.

Great tale!!!!

I love all your stories, but these Sam Malone tales are vying for the top spot. It's the little things. "He looked like a guy who fell out of a plane and landed on his face," and "the guy with the air-conditioned haircut." Cara, the secretary who dotes on him. All that and a pack of Lucky Strikes. Perfectly suited to the style. And craziest of all, when I envisioned the story in mental images, the scenes all played out in low key black and white. So, here's five shining detective's stars for you!

Now dis is da good stuff, yeah? Yeah.

Just like the paper backs I used to read when I was supposed to be doing my school homework.

Great work and an obvious 5.

Wow 5 stars isn't enough 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 so here's another 5 . You wrote a brilliant story Maonaigh and you captured the era and atmosphere perfectly. I like the bit about Astrids natural hair colour , it was all that was needed in that scene and a nice ending for her too. Stonking good tale Maonaigh, thank you. Jc

Excellent Mickey Spillane tribute. The hard-boiled private eye genre never gets old. Why not a tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle next year?

Man, I thought sure that Mickey Spillane had came back to life, or maybe we had just found one of his long forgotten stories. Well done. Very enjoyable reading and entertaining. Love the part where Stink payed a visit to the office and got his ass handed to him, lol. Thanks

Really great story, just long enough to keep interesting and also to the point of the story. Very nice ending and as one reader noted excellent choice on the blonde

Like Waxphilosophic, I saw the story in muted colors with a lot of shadows playing across faces. I could almost smell the heavy smoke hanging in the air. Really well done, very atmospheric. Good story, well told. The only things missing from your Sam Malones resume is his stint as a relief pitcher and a bar owner from back in the 1980s.

I wonder what case it's going to cross his door way next. Keep them coming Maonaigh. Thank you for sharing

Great story, Maonaigh! Loved the humor and the additional backstory on Sam. Five stars well deserved!

I HOPE YOU WIN very well done be well safe and happy a fan shayne

Little stuff. Story set in late 40’s or early 50’s but had Sam driving on an “Interstate highway” but the interstate system wasn’t even funded to begin construction until late 1956 and nothing was built until well after that. Details that don’t fit are always an issue for period pieces. OK, enough nit picking, it was a good and fun story and I liked it a lot! Well done.

This was a really good read. Some of the vocabulary words had me stopping to check to see what the heck they meant. The non-sex scene seemed to slip in out of nowhere, though, especially with the lady cop marrying the other guy soon afterward. But that's not a worry. It was captivating and held my interest all the way through.

It's always a pleasure to read a new Maonaigh story, and this one delivers! Humor, action, colorful characters and a respectful observance of the noir conventions make for a delightful experience.

Brilliant story, I was so engrossed in it I forgot about dinner. Stink was a very believable character, I've seen a few of them in my time back in Australia, we used to call them the smelly boys for obvious reasons. This story has the feel of a movie, it'd probably need to be lengthened of course but i can see it playing out in my head and that's the genius behind your stories, you paint pictures in people's heads. Hope you do well with the contest. Look forward to more of Sam and Cara, especially that last line, if only. Sorry, it's the romantic in me.

I've always enjoyed your lesbian stories, but your Sam Malone postings show your diverse talents as a writer. They are great reads. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Yuppbrilliant tale and a fabulous writing style, more ART ...... Ok a great bit of a Hero in it, but a friendly onewith compassion and heart ...... I thought Miss lundquist and Mr. Malone may jumpover the single thresholds into marriage, but Willard and Astrid is perfect

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Another excellent noir tale and again you captured the feel of hard boiled 1940s / 1950s fiction which I like. I really enjoyed this dark tale - and as to be expected the good guys win and the evil baddies get their comeuppance. I thought Sam and Astrid would get together but not to be... I would enjoy reading more about Sam Malone's adventures as he must have upset some big hitters in his two outings so maybe they might come looking for revenge against this meddlesome PI?

*****Good read like the old paperbacks. Thanks for sharing,

Simply fabulous, but not simple ... Mesmerising plot, very bright and relaxed style, love it!

THANK YOU !

IT WAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED !

There were many characters, it was very helpful how you, in a subtle way, brought them back to where and how they were originally introduced.

I'm old enuf (91) to have read the originals. This was REALLY good.