>In my previous post I forgot to mention a
counterexample to the "padding
>effect" commonly observed in hefty mysteries. I am
referring to _The
>Triggerman's Dance_ by T. Jefferson Parker, a
spectacular hardboiled
>thriller running 565 pages.
I am also a fan of T. Jefferson Parker and enjoyed the film
made from
_Laguna Heat_ as well.
How about Roderick Thorp? Have you read many of his books?
What are your
thoughts?
The only one I've read was _Rainbow Drive_ and I liked it
quite a lot. I
thought the film made from it was really fine. The star was
Peter Weller,
who was also in one of my favorite films made from an Elmore
Leonard novel
- _Cat Chaser_. It was directed by Abel Ferrara and is tough
as nails.
Fred
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