-=>While in the White Hart, Steven Horn explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 SH> I like P.D. James, Ellis Peters and Elizabeth George, have 
 SH> mixed feelings about Anne Perry, and have not read William 
 SH> Bayers or Martha Grimes.  And I've read only one of the 
 SH> Falco books.
Bayers is an American writer who has a series going that features a NYPD cop
named Janek, played admirably by Richard Crenna. Several of them have been
televised in the past few years.
 SH> It's been some time since I read CAIN and I admit that I 
 SH> had misgivings because what I thought was the solution had 
 SH> been made impossible.  And while I don't mind the assertion 
 SH> of non-existent facts, there should be a clue to the effect 
 SH> that appearance is not reality.  Similarly, if a character 
 SH> is likely to lie, one can expect some statement to that 
 SH> effect.
Right--the author should provide clues that this sort of thing can take
place--as it is, it appears as though she included that solely to lead
readers astray and didn't give a clue that this was a possibility until the
last page or so.
 SH> But what I dislike more about Perry is that her characters don't
 SH> develop.  P.  D. James, on the other hand, is superb in that area -- 
Hey, what you mean--no character development?  Hester and William got a kiss
in there a volume or two ago!
 SH> while reading her work centered around the nuclear 
 SH> powerplant at Larksoken, I was tremendously impressed at 
 SH> the development of the characters.  I particularly remember 
 SH> the admin assistant who turns out to be a German-recruited 
 SH> terrorist.
A good story.
FINISHED: Anne Perry.   CAIN HIS BROTHER
FINISHED: JG Ballard.   HELLO AMERICA
CR: Gredgory Benford. JUPITER PROJECT, 12/184
CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 227/366, ghost story coll.
CR: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN, 280/398
Email: fredr@gci-net.com
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