-------P.I.'s work for agencies: See Red Harvest among
others
Who said Easy Rawlins is a P.I.? Certainly not
licensed.
-------Neither is Matt Scudder, who says they have to be
licensed?
> Dave Robicheaux is a cop (though he was out of the
police for a
> while). A cop cannot possibly be a P.I.
-------Dave Scudder is OFF the police force. And as noted
licenses, and
fake badges, have --------nothing whatever to do with who is
a P.I.
Again, Robicheaux is not licensed, but he's not a cop any
more; I got
the impression that he was still carrying a badge although I
don't think
he can according to Louisiana law, unless he "retired". I
liked his
first wife much better than "Bootsie"
------so did Dave, but she got killed and I don't think he's
the
necrophiliac type
and a sight better than the "little guy" (who's a girl)
-------but his love for his adopted daughter is not the same
as his love
for either his late or -------his present wife. I don't think
he is
interested in incest either.
And has anyone looked at Charles Kneif with his John Caine
character who
is a PI? But sure not "noir". The last book (SAND DOLLARS) I
was a
trifle disappointed in (three explicit sex scenes-
-------Oh Horror, oh Shame!! Sex!!! Pass the Smelling
Salts!!! I am
going to swoon
makes it romance by
any name even if he won the PI Contest for the first
one)
- --
--
Dick Tartow
"Always do right---this will gratify some and astonish the rest."
Mark Twain
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