In a message dated 2/20/02 1:25:53 PM,
BaxDeal@aol.com writes:
<< Jeff Parker's LITTLE SAIGON and the extremely
generically titled PACIFIC BEAT are just as powerful as
LAGUNA HEAT. After reading those three, SUMMER OF FEAR is
that much more of a disappointment. In my view however,
Parker redeems himself in his subsequent work. While not on a
par with his first three, his next four books are all quite
good. I especially enjoyed THE BLUE HOUR, although the coda
is a bit wonky. >>
I agree that the first three Parker
books were the strongest he's done. The Blue Hour works best
when it isn't focused on Merci but on her partner, and the
wonky ending in this one is, I believe, one of the
reoccurring problems with Parker's more recent books.
Nevertheless, he is a skillful,
imaginative writer who sometimes creates great characters and
who lays out his landscape so well that it's hard not to see
and feel the world he'd describing. I'd say that all of his
stuff is worth reading.
Jim
Blue
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