I noticed the same thing when I read Boneyard a year or so
ago. As for
"inspired," I don't know. It may just be coincidence. It's
entirely possible that two writers can come up with similar
ideas at roughly the same time. And I may be wrong, but I
think Boneyard was Motley's first and last appearance.
And, for what it's worth, Blue Belle, was the
apex of the Burke series. It's been all downhill from
there.
On 11/4/07, Curt Purcell <
curtpurcell@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it just me, or does the villain in Block's TICKET
TO THE BONEYARD
> (1990) seem "inspired" by the villain Mortay in
Andrew Vachss's BLUE
> BELLE (1988)? Both have freakishly elongated
features and physiques,
> both have weird and spooky martial arts talents, and
their pain/death
> fetishes seem quite similar. Was James Leo Motley
mentioned in any
> previous Scudder novels, or is he introduced in
BONEYARD?
>
>
>
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