There you go. If Mankell has done it, so could I. I think the
timing is off though. I think I would have to stretch Harry
out another 10 years for that to work. Maybe.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "I don't know how it will end but I know it will
end
> sooner rather than later. LAPD doesn't have
a
> mandatory retirement age -- Jidgsaw john was a
famed
> detective there into his 60s -- but I've always
wanted
> the hallmark to the series to be a certain
accuracy."
>
> Actually, IIRC, John St. John was still an
active
> detective in RHD well into his 70's. So you
could
> keep Harry there for awhile, particularly if
you
> slowed down the aging process just a tad. Maybe
take
> three years to advance the character a
year.
>
> Still, having the daughter fall in her dad's
footsteps
> (actually both her parents; wasn't her mom a
federal
> cop before her fall from grace?) is an
interesting
> idea. Henning Mankell, over in Sweden, has done
that,
> having his main character's daughter join the
police
> force and take over the series after her
father's
> retirement.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
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