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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "caroli1975"
<karabair@...> wrote:
>
> I like Hill a lot. I'm curious what you disliked
about the style. He
> writes procedurals, but I personally wouldn't
consider him noir --
> there's a psychological darkness to some of his
work, but it doesn't
> really fit the noir sensibility. He's closer to P.D.
James or Ruth
> Rendell.
That may well be the problem for the original poster... while
I don't dislike Hill, there is a certain cosiness that makes
me not take his stories all that seriously. I prefer authors
who put a little more distance between themselves and the
reader, a little more aggresiveness. Fun for reading at the
beach, but not all that memorable. His plots are good,
though.
Best,
MrT
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