My favourite ball kickin' girlie is probably Lauren
Henderson's Sam Jones. She's an artist, but is more the
welder in dockers than the delicate watercolourist. So she's
definitely an amateur, but leading in another recent thread,
seems to be often in the wrong place, leading to many merry
japes(perhaps that's the coincidence thing; pros are involved
in crime as it's their job and amateurs are just in the wrong
place at the wrong time) And as for pregnant tecs, how about
Francis McDiarmid's character in Fargo, pretty pregnant I
think.
I rate Dave Brandstetter too, very readable,a sensitive
guy that does his job without grandstanding, a character that
ages realistically and a series that finishes at just the
right time. Another gay - well bi,PI(though not in the same
league as Brandsetter) is Duffy, from Dan Kavanagh(the
alternative nom-de-plume of Julian Barnes ) funny, but nicely
gritty, he's a bit like Mark Timlin's Nick Sharman, but he
has a sense of humour, is a touch neurotic and as much as
wants to have a grown up relationship with his girlfriend
can't stop chasing blokes(real blokes-not caricature) and
plays football, badly, but still manages to get in a few
rucks(though he doesn't have the amazing ability of Sharman
to come back from the brink of death at least once a book)
Haven't read them for a bit(very 80's) but he was definitely
not the testorone fuelled hard man and worth searching out
2nd hand(out of print) for those rainy days when you want
something a bit entertaining and not too mind stretching.
Jane
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