Keith wrote:
"Y'know, I've read -- well skimmed the last one -- all three
of Ms. Hendricks' books and I just don't get it! Don't see
her as the new woman's voice of noir. Now, that said, second
book was well-plotted and there was angst, to be sure. Clue
me in. Really."
Actually, there are at least 4: Miami Purity, Iguana Love,
Voluntary Madness and Sky Blues.
As for their appeal, I enjoy them as straight noir, stories
of people making bad choices, giving into temptation, and the
consequences of those choices. Sure, she writes about women,
but they're individuals. Why do she and/or her characters
have to represent a whole gender? Do we name any man as "the
man's voice of noir"?
Mark
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