Mark S asked,
> So what is it about Boston? Sure, these
> writers are native to the area, so they're writing
about what they know,
> but is there any other reason so many ficitional PIs
have clustered in
> this city? Is it due to anything more than
crapshooting publishers
> thinking, Hey, maybe it's the setting that made
Spenser popular, so
> let's find some more PIs from Boston?
I think it's academic atmosphere. The many colleges have been
the reason so many tech and biotech companies in the area.
Professors may continue to teach until their scientific or
literary enterprises become successful enough to sustain
them.
As far as other detectives in the area I mentioned Tapply's
Brady Coyne who is a lawyer who functions as a detective but
is softer than most list members would prefer. There is Rick
Boyer's Doc Adams who also functions as a detective and may
be a little harder. Mark and I earlier mentioned Robert
Reeves whose protagonist is a university professor who plays
a similar role as the others. There is also Richard Rosen's
Harvey Blissberg who is a retired baseball pitcher turned
private eye. I read the first three and have the fourth but
not read it. As I remember I liked the books less well as the
series progressed. I also mentioned Francis Xavier Flynn who
is a Boston police inspector. He appeared first in the second
Gregory McDonald Fletch book and went on to be in a three
book series which is harder than the one it originated in. I
know there are others, but I'm not familiar with them
Mark.
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