> Chris Martin wrote:
> > Has the tradition of detectives having
untrustworthy clients been
> discussed
> > round these parts?
>
> **********
> I remember somebody writing about a recent Robert
Parker novel and
they
> noted the unconvincing plot of the criminal hiring
the detective.
>
> First time I saw that sort of action was Chandler's
THE LONG GOODBYE.
>
> miker
Unfortunately that has become, IMO, the mother of all p.i.
cliches. Whenever I come across it now, even in older p.i.
novels, it makes me groan out loud. Rule no 1 for killers,
femme fatales, etc - do not hire a private dick as part of
your Machiavellian scheme - no matter what kind of a schlep
he/she might be, the dick will crack the case & you will
be caught. Just take the money & head for Mexico. Go
south, young felon, go south.
Rene
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