James Reasoner wrote:
> For example, I didn't recall that Shayne cooked so
much, or that Dresser
> spent so much time describing food and clothing. To
tie this in with
> another thread, I thought for a second that I was
reading a Spenser novel!
> One of the best scenes in the book is a cooking
scene, however. While being
> interrogated in his apartment by police detectives,
Shayne calmly slices
> bread with a butcher knife which just happens to be
the murder weapon the
> cops are looking for.
Having not read "Dividend on Death", I have to say that the
scene sounds dramatically plausible and necessary, when
Spenser makes food only for making food, not as a part of the
plot.
Juri
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