--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
<abrasax93@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- terry bowman <foolesgold@...>
wrote:
> > For me, this is the essence of suspense. Who is
the
> > best current
> > writer in this regard? Who spins out the best
web of
> > suspense this
> > side of Spiderman?
>
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> Elmore Leonard. He may be the best who's ever
lived.
>
I think that for suspense, Michael Connelly has to rank very
high, and not just among his contemporaries. Here's a guy
who, from his first book, seems to have all the technical
tricks under his belt, including how to create unbearable
suspense. I don't rank him as high in other aspects
(characterization, for example), but for suspense, he's just
plain great. I am not saying that suspense is the most
important ingredient for a great hardboiled or noir novel,
but it's a necessary ingredient... or else ZZZZZZZZ.
Best,
mrt
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