After I wrote: "Still on BritNoir, I'm now reading Bill
James's _Top Banana,_ and that's no police procedural either"
re, I think, Marianne's comment re Rankin, Al Guthrie <
allanguthrie@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: "I haven't read
it, Joy. Mr T described it as 'a very dark procedural, only
there ain't much procedure to the proceedings.'"
It's dark because the initial crime is the murder of a
13-year-old drug runner and because the police dilemma of the
book is to either infiltrate the all-powerful drug
organizations (the last such infiltrator was killed) or to
reach a power-sharing arrangement with them. The book is too
much soap opera for me, though, lots of breastbeating and
angst and infighting and snide comments about everyone else's
tacky taste. There's no police procedure, and neither side
seems rational enough to keep a large organization running.
Not my cup of tea.
I did appreciate Harpur's
daughters.
Joy, who favors instant black coffee, no sugar
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