Carrie wrote,
> Well, I can't answer this for Mr. Healy, but I
thought the first Cuddy,
> "Blunt Darts" was a great read. Can't speak to how
well it captures
Boston
> as I've only spent a very short time there, (maybe 2
days total, in the
> early '90s, doing very touristy stuff) but I did get
a good sense of place
> from the book. I've been told it is a good idea to
read this series in
> order as Cuddy goes through a lot of
changes.
Carrie, Boston is a city of extremes.It has a high crime rate
yet is a a giant college town and scientific and financial
center. For tourists it still has places like Fanuiel Hall
and Copley Square as reminders of it's White Protestant
history, but now it is controlled by the Irish along with
other ethnic groups Any author showing any one aspect of the
city could be seen as valid to some extent. Mr Healy's Boston
is not as raw as Higgins' or Lehane's, but gets the spirit of
the working or middle class city better than Robert
Parker's..
Even though perforce I haven't always done it, I think
it's usually better to read a series in order and Cuddy does
change through the series. If you want to read only one of
the books solely to get a picture of the city I would vote
for Right to Die. Mark
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