-- cptpipes2000 <
cptpipes@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hasn't this meeting of different
series main characters
> been
> > > > done in the past?
>
> This is a great topic. Here's a few that I can think
of off
> the top of
> my head.
>
> Connelly has done this wonderfully multiple times,
the
> standout being
> when the Terry McCaleb is investigated Bosch as a
suspect in A
> Darkness More Than Night. I believe recalling that a
distant
> relative
> of Bosch is the Lincoln Lawyer.
>
> In my opinion, Pelacanos has created such a vivid
and real
> version of
> DC, that he can have characters from various series
pop in and
> out
> without it feeling like a gimmick. Stefanos, in
particular, is
> all
> over the place in the books that followed his
series, but it
> always
> feels natural.
>
> I have a vague memory of Jesse Stone turning up in a
Spenser
> book.
> (Yes, I still read them. Sue me). This was nicely
done as
> well,
> because it was just enough of a wink without
being
> overbearing.
>
> A version of Brant turned up in one of Bruen's Jack
Taylor
> novels
> under a different name, but I was too dim to
recognize him
> until it
> was point out on this list.
>
> What am I missing? Fred Otash turns up in both the
L.A.
> Quartet and
> American Tabloid, but he was a real guy, so I don't
think that
> counts.
>
Okay, the Pelecanos characters, right. Did Bill Pronzini's
Nameless team up with Marcia Muller's Sharon McCrone in a
book? And Richard Prather's Shell Scott appeared with Stephen
Marlowe's Chester Drum in DOUBLE TROUBLE. That's a bit more
than a casual meeting.
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