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From this section of the New York Times Book Review ("Sara Paretsky: By The Book") I discovered another "new" author, whose books sound very intriguing:
Which do you consider the best detective stories of all time, and why?
Anna Katharine Green, for defining the consulting detective for the 19th century; Wilkie Collins, for playing with the form and transforming it; Dashiell Hammett, for reinventing the form for the 20th century; the Holmes oeuvre, for making detective fiction popular in both Great Britain and America; Amanda Cross and Lillian O’Donnell, for opening the door that enabled Marcia Muller, Linda Barnes, Sue Grafton and me to challenge the form in new ways.
What makes a good detective novel?
Believable characters first, a good story, an understanding of how to pace dramatic action. I like commitment by a writer, to the form, to the story — there are lots of slick writers of crime fiction who aren’t writing out of passion, but for the market. They write good English sentences, but for me, the lack of commitment makes them uninteresting.
for the rest of it, just jump here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/books/review/sara-paretsky-by-the-book.html?_r=0
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