Mark,
Re your question below:
> But doesn't "taking a dive" mean that they
have
> turned their backs on
> their professionalism, so it no longer
protects
> them?
"Professionalism," at least in the sense that I meant it,
isn't a religion or a talisman. It's a way of making a
living.
All I meant is that, as a GENERAL tendency, you're less
likely to meet either amateur detectives or amateur criminals
in a hard-boiled mystery than you are in a "traditional"
("cozy," "teacake," call it what you like) mystery.
JIM DOHERTY
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