<for my money, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series does
an outstanding job with versimilitude.>>
I agree. He pays a lot of attention to detail. I'm not that
crazy about Harry Bosch, but Connelly knows how to build
suspense within very complicated plots. His prose is clean
and unobtrusive and the pace is well-judged. Already in his
first novel he was technically outstanding.
Another author whose stories I find credible is the late
George Higgins. The books can be tough to read, particularly
when they are told through dialogue, but in the end the thing
convinces.
And this one is for Gores fans: was anyone shocked by the
cottonmouth trick he pulled at the end of one of his novels?
(I'm not saying which novel in order not to spoil it for
those who haven't read it yet.) Outrageous and unbelievable
as it is, the trick fits the novel.
Lastly, Constantine's _Cranks and Shadows_ reads more like a
memoir than a fictional account. There's real emotion
there.
Post-lastly, T. Jefferson Parker's _The Triggerman's Dance_
sounds quite credible to me. The author seems to avoid the
standard tricks and (like Connelly) adopts a journalistic
objectivity without sounding distant. This is a highly
recommendable book and author.
Regards,
MrT
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