Guess I wasn't thinking too clearly. Certainly I didn't mean
to reject female hb writers en masse, and I'm particularly
interested in some of the wilder, lesser-known ones. (Some
time ago there was some discussion about a book written by a
female that you either loved or hated? IGUANA something? Do I
have this right? I might check that one out.) But I am
skeptical of the whole mainstream female PI thing -- the
Paretesky/Grafton school, for lack of a better word -- and
unless someone really persuades me otherwise, I'll probably
live the rest of my life having never opened one of those
kind of books. Life is short, after all, and I've got too
many other things to read.
doug
--- Jess Nevins <
jjnevins@ix.netcom.com> wrote: My one experience
with
> a
> > female PI writer -- Marcia Muller's WOLF IN
THE
> > SHADOWS -- was not encouraging. As I said
before,
> I
> > think this is a bad, dull book by a
mediocre
> writer. I
> > picked it up because people I respect (Ed
Gorman
> in
> > this case, I think) had written that this was
the
> pick
> > of the litter. That may or may not be true,
but
> I'm
> > certainly not going to be picking up any of
her
> > brethern anytime soon.
>
> You'd really reject the writing of -every-
female
> writer
> in the genre just because one book by one
writer
> didn't
> thrill you?
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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