Re: RARA-AVIS: Florida Writers

From: Bengt Eriksson / Media I Morron I Dag (bengt@mediaimorronidag.se)
Date: 15 Aug 2008

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    And Matthew Hope is an attorney in Calusa, Florida, in the other series by Ed McBain.

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    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bengt Eriksson / Media I Morron I Dag" <bengt@mediaimorronidag.se> To: <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Florida Writers

    >+ Vicki Hendricks (and a few more). (Michael Connelly is back in Florida as
    >well, isnīt he?)
    >
    > Bengt E
    >
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    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: <BaxDeal@aol.com>
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    > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:40 PM
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Florida Writers
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    >
    >> for me, FLA starts with the 60's boho macho musings of John D MacD;
    >> travels
    >> thru Dutch's sunbaked criminal thrillers, my favorite being CAT CHASER;
    >> takes a
    >> left turn thru delirium with Carl Hiaasen, my choice being SKIN TIGHT;
    >> and
    >> adds a journalistic bent with Edna Buchanan, who's great with an anecdote
    >> if not
    >> a story. then they start to blend a little: Laurence Shames is kind of
    >> Leonard-light mixed with Hiaasen quirk. James W. Hall has a bit of
    >> Hiaasen mixed
    >> with MacDonald. his series character Thorn could be Travis McGee's
    >> bastard
    >> child. both Hall and Shames have solid plotting skills and I'd consider
    >> them
    >> modern thriller writers. and then there's Professor Hall's former
    >> student
    >> Vicki, who sexes it up and makes you pay for your fun
    >>
    >> but the definitive voice of Florida crime fiction has to be Charles
    >> Willeford, with his off-center and incredibly pragmatic if amoral point
    >> of view
    >>
    >> John Lau
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