----- Original Message ----- From: "Peedie Monk" <
peediemonk@ukonline.co.uk> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Laura
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JIM DOHERTY" <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>
> > What it really is is the first mystery/romance
genre
> > crossover. It's damned good, but it might not
be your
> > particular thing. Check out the movie. If you
like
> > that, you'll probably like the book.
>
> I'll do that. Romance is a genre I've never
investigated. If I did, I'd
> probably start with an Ashley Carter - since I found
out AC was a Harry
> Whittington pseudonym I've seen second hand copies
everywhere.
Hi, Al. Whittington's books as Ashley Carter aren't really
romance novels. Most of them belong to the now-vanished genre
known as plantation novels and are set in the pre-Civil War
American South. Lots of violence and general, all-around
sleaziness. Whittington is such a solid storyteller that I
enjoyed the books, though they're nowhere near as good as his
mysteries and suspense novels.
James
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