Patrick King wrote:
>>I think Lehane may be the most under-rated writer
of the
present day. Certainly, Dan Brown is the most
over-rated.<<
I think Dennis Lahane gets his due.
Dan Brown, who said he was a great writer? Hardly anybody
overrates him. He wrote a page-turner and managed to bring
heretofore obscure facts.
Great Mystery? Nay, I nailed the big bad guy as soon as he
appeared.
If Dan Brown has another best-seller, it will do the same
thing: bring forth a bunch of obscure facts that we didn't
know much about along with cardboard characters, and rapid
suspenseful action.
The secret to the best seller: give the reading public
something they didn't know they wanted. The problem is that
they don't know it until they see it.
Jack Bludis
http://www.jackbludis.com
Shamus nominee for *Shadow of the Dahlia* Try "Blondes,
Blondes, Blondes" at http://www.ThrillingDetective.com
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