Etienne wrote:
>Serial killer is now to American HB/Noir lit
what
>special effects explosions are to contemporary
American
>cinema:
>a pure nuisance, a bore and an excuse to try
to
>capture a non informed audience...
Serial killer books are the cozies of the new age. Sloppy,
overwritten books about people who kill for no damn good
reason at all. Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE pumped up
with more violence, and some trendy psychobabble. I'm tired
of it. And I'm tired of psycho killers in general, not just
of the serial variety. It's too often a way for writers to
cheat on writing believable motives.
Maybe it's time we give murder back to the people who commit
it for a reason.
Kevin Burton Smith The Thrilling Detective Web Site http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
This month: The P.I. Poll on Short Fiction, plus new stuff
from Hugh Lessig, Peter Parmantie and Dave White.
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