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by - written on 13/04/07 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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There are two camps in which crime novels can sit – Columbo or Poirot. I don’t mean that all crime fiction must either have a man with a glass eye or a funny moustache. I mean that the author either lets the reader know who the murderer is from the start or makes the reader wait for the conclusion. The decision whether to reveal the killer at the beginning or end of a book completely changes the dynamic. I argue that a book that waits is often a mystery, whilst the early bird is often a thriller. John Sandford’s top selling books follow the pattern of revealing the killer at the beginning and following Lucas Davenport and his team as they track them down. However, ... Read the complete review
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