>In fact, the early Susan Silverman might have been
one of the
>spiritual sparks for the horde of female eyes that
came swooping down
>upon us in the late seventies and early eighties. Of
course, the old
>school boys also felt threatened by that. So blame
Parker for that,
>too.
They're not private eyes, but I've noticed that a handful of
my favorite L.A. writers have recently done books with
hard-boiled female protagonists. Crais' DEMOLITION ANGEL
features a bomb squad detective who's definitely damaged
goods. Likewise T. Jefferson Parker's THE BLUE HOUR and RED
LIGHT's Orange County Sheriff's dick is a piece of work.
Finally Michael Connelly's VOID MOON's cat burglar is a
pretty fucked up chick. Also interesting to note is that
Crais' and Connelly's works are departures from their usual
series detectives. While this is the first time Jeff Parker's
used the same character twice. For him, this is a
series.
John Lau
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