Mario wrote:
"By the way, Willeford wrote high quality stuff until the end
of his life, as did Ross Thomas."
And with a few notable exceptions, both spent most of their
careers writing non-series books. I seem to remember reading
that Loren Estlemen once made a rule (which he has since
broken with Amos Walker) never to write more than seven books
in a series. Are there any series that go much beyond that
number that did/do not show severe dropoff?
Well, some would argue that the Lew Archer series didn't hit
its stride until after at least that many, beginning with The
Galton Case, but I can't think of many others.
Mark
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