John Lau said:
> in The Black Ice however, you peg Bosch's year of
birth as 1950, making him
> 58 this year. I don't know if LAPD has mandatory
retirement at a certain age.
> you've had Bosch retire from the police force and
continue his personal
> mission once already
>
> so I guess what my question is, do you now have an
actual end of the series
> in mind? and if so, are you working toward that
end?
I am a fan of series books. It is the reader's favorite
dream: a story that never ends.
That said, there is beauty in a cycle that has a specific
destination and reaches it. The Lew Griffin series is my
favorite example.
I wish more series authors would do like Block did with WHEN
THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES and tell a story about a series
character that took place earlier. Pelecanos (among others)
has made me a bit of a fetishist for books set in a specific
year. Instead of setting their stories in the generic
present, I wish more authors would tell go back to earlier
years with their characters.
I just remembered: Reed Farrell Coleman has done this so far
with his Moe Prager series.
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