In those "complicated caper gone wrong" books, isn't the
usual reason that things go wrong coincidence? I'm thinking
especially of THE KILLING.
doug
--- "Timothy S. Oliver" <
CSEM@zianet.com> wrote:
> I've been reading McBain's The Last Dance. Time
and
> again the crew at the
> 87th consider coincidence a normal factor in
police
> work. I've always
> considered it a nearly universal theme in
crime
> fiction that there's no such
> thing as coincidence.
>
> Also, use of coincidence as a plot device
is
> considered a cheap trick in
> mystery writing, or so I've read.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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