-=> While in the White Hart, Robert White insisted to Fred Runk that <=-
 RW> I generally like the Morse series, but in some of the stories he
 RW> really treats Sargent Lewis as an incredible dolt. I reality, Morse
 RW> isn't so much brilliant as he just stumbles around until his lastest
 RW> lady friend gets murdered and then he often flukes onto the murderer's
 RW> identity. 
Yes, sometimes he's rather hard on poor Sgt. Lewis.  However, Lewis has had
several chances to transfer (threatened to also on several occasions, if I
remember correctly), but has turned them down.  Well, sometimes he's
brilliant, but you are right--his strong suit is persistence and an ability
to not be disheartened when he is wrong--which he frequently is.
 FR> Haven't read that much by Crichton, aside from TERMINAL MAN.  One of
 FR> these days I will pick up his novel set in an alternate universe, one
 FR> when the Germans had invaded and conquered England.
 RW> Which Crichton book is that? You aren't thinking of Len Deighton's
 RW> SS-GB by chance? I've read most of the books by both authors and that
 RW> scenario sounds more like Deighton than Crichton.  I like both authors,
 You are right.  I was thinking of SS-GB.  Deighton is the man.
 RW> but prefer Deighton; especially the interlocking triligies of 'Game Set
 RW> Match' and 'Hook Line Sinker'; and then 'Winter: A Berlin Family' to
 RW> fill in the gaps and background of the main characters. He leaves
 RW> enough unsaid and unknowable to make his world of espionage seem quite
 RW> real. 
That interlocking trilogy was televised some time ago, and I tried watching
it.  I missed  the second or third episode and was lost from then on.  I
eventually stopped.  I should probably find the book version of it, as it
seemed intriguing and rather complex.
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