<They were Last Ditch by G.M. Ford and Dead Letter by John
R. Riggs. I'm a fan of both authors and have read several
other books in each of their series. [good commentary
snipped]>>
I think Riggs is a guy to keep an eye on. This book, in
particular, is outstanding. I agree that hardboiled and noir
can happen anywhere.
According to Shaw, in the old days the term "hardboiled" was
applied to authors and characters (in other words, to
people), not to fiction. So it's not an absurdity to have a
hardboiled author writing, say, traditional mystery tales. If
you take away Hammett, Chandler, and all the boundaries that
have been established by publishers and critics, there is a
lot more hardboiled out there than the narrow categories
would suggest.
A good example is Billie Sue Mosiman, an excellent hardboiled
voice producing a very different type of story, a story that
per se would not necessarily catch the eye of the hardboiled
fan. Her fiction is not marketed as hardboiled, nor does it
indulge in the cliché³ of the subgenre, but in spirit it's
hardboiled.
Best regards,
MrT
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