I’ve read some of the popular writers: ha. They call that writing? Formula pablum. Even Mr. Fancy Tony Hillerman. The only good mysteries are from Florida writers or Europeans. Maybe a couple
others, a couple Britishers, but they never did anything for me.
Florida/Euro mysteries are good because they’re modern, gritty, realistic
and smart, they push the envelope. They’re better fiction than most fiction.
Who cares about the crime at hand. See what socialism has done to us. How
are we to be civilized in the face of modernism? Watch a few good guys try
to tough it out and be stand-up guys in the face of this. Carl Hiassen,
James Lee Burke, John D. MacDonald, Charles Willeford, Lawrence Shames,
and Elmore Leonard are the cornerstone of the Florida guys. (They don’t
really have to be from Florida. It’s a *style* don’t you know. Get it while
it’s hot.)
Nicholas Freeling (Dutch), Simenon (French), Skjowal-Wahloo (Scandy)
are the Euros.
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Nicholas Freeling
Hmmm, the Amazon listings have only the newest titles, I guess. The dozen
I read aren’t here. But it’s the WRITER, right?
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Skjowall/Wahloo
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Simenon
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Carl Hiaasen
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James Lee Burke
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Charles Willeford
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John D MacDonald
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