Doubtless it's too subtle. The sorts of characters one tends
to see in
hard-boiled fiction are much more direct in their violence.
Not that
poison can't be exquisitely shuddersome. Fay Zachary's _A
Poison in the
Blood_ is profoundly unsettling, but is more serial killer
than boiled.
Then too, these days poisoning is not all that clever a way
to kill. Far
too readily detectable and more dangerous for the perp than a
handy
glock.
Cheers, --- Phil
Lycé¥ Astier, Aubenas, France
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