Bill C wrote:
"I read all the Brandstetter books and got several of my
copies signed at a Bouchercon some years ago. The only
quibble I have with the series is that in several of the
books the crime scene seems to have been visited by most of
the population of the city just around the time of the
murder."
As I remember them, I'd say that statement applies to most of
the books in the series. Every suspect had passed through the
crime scene and it is up to Brandstetter to separate those
who were there before the death from those after, finally
leaving the killer, who was there at the moment of death. It
became such a formula, that I kind of got the feeling near
the end of the series that Hansen had an element of parody in
his plotting. But never in his characterization. And that's
really what made these so great books. And why they should be
read in order.
I didn't start with the first because I couldn't find the
first few when I first read him. However, when I later found
them, I read them in order, including the few I'd already
read. And I got a lot more out of them.
Hey, Bill D, why not honor the dead and follow Ross Thomas
month with Joseph Hansen?
Mark
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