Dave: the character in question is not a cop, but this is a major plot point
for Cornell Woolrich's BLACK ANGEL.
All the Best-
Brian
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
> No specific examples are leaping to mind right now, Dave, but I agree
> with
> you that it's an infinitely familiar plot device -- cliché, one might even
> say, and the antithesis of "unique."
>
> 'Course, there are a myriad examples of books with familiar storylines
> being
> published, so that's not necessarily an ingredient that'll keep a book from
> finding a publisher somewhere.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: davezeltserman
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:56 AM
> > I heard a thriller writing talking the other night about how his latest
> book has the
> > "unique" plot device of having the detective investigating the crime and
> realizing
> > that he might be the guilty party. This immediately brought Hjortsberg's
> Fallen
> > Angel to mind, as well as one of my own books, and vaguely reminded me of
> a
> > Cornell Woolrich book. I'm guessing this is actually a pretty common plot
> device,
> > with the detective suffering blackouts, amnesia, etc., and am wondering
> whatever
> > books people here have read that use this.
> >
> > --Dave
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