Zevon and Ross MacDonald! We apparently have the same taste in muses. Boy, do i miss 'em both!
We have the same great taste. I suggest we form a mutual admiration society. Did you know that Kenneth Millar and Warren Zevon actually became friends when Warren moved to Montecito? Crystal Zevon wrote about their friendship in the Warren Zevon biography "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead".
I also liked John D. McDonald, especially 'Meyer' in the Travis McGee series. I wish Ross MacDonald would have been as prolific a writer, although Ross MacDonald followed the show biz addage: leave them wanting more.