The reader knows the protag will survive because it's a
prequel, but the dim light flickers a lot.
I thought the first book was
fascinating in the way the stereotypes were stretched--the
protag is REALLY broke and works as a dishwater--and
flipped--the PI is a bad guy. Unfortunately, no third book is
listed.
Joy
Michael Robison wrote re POISONED ROSE:
> I haven't read it, but your plot description about
the protagonists'
> struggle to
> escape their impending doom sounds like a typical
noir scenario. The
author
> keeps the light shining ever so dimly at the end of
the tunnel until the
> inevitable
> end.
>
> Based on THE BLACK DAHLIA and THE BIG HEAT, I've
decided that
> noir does not absolutely require crushing defeat in
the end for the
> protagonist.
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