"Carrie Pruett" <
pruettc@hotmail.com> wrote:
<< Here's a question: I've often found that writers who
are very adept at writing about a certain place seem to
stumble when the heroes leave it.... So - can you come up
with any books where the author takes the detective out of
his/her "natural habitat" and really succeeds at it?
>>
The newest Burke novel by Andrew Vacchs takes the anti-hero
to the Pacific Northwest. I haven't read it yet,
though.
And DOWN IN THE ZERO takes place mostly outside of NYC, in
the suburbs, and Burke seems to work in his usual fashion
without stumblng too badly.
-- Duane
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