Comments on: Is Crime Fiction Too Cautious? http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2006/07/31/468/ One more bite of the apple. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Maxine http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2006/07/31/468/#comment-7649 Maxine Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:36:57 +0000 http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2006/07/31/468/#comment-7649 I think there are unique voices in crime fiction (though I am not a fan of Deaver or J. Connolly). I think it is a mistake to equate that concept with selling, though. Sara Paretsky is one example. Of course many best-selling crime fiction books are formulaic (Coben, M. Connelly, J. Kellerman and so on) but I've chosen these examples because all three of these best-selling authors have become best sellers via a character; all of them have switched to new characters/stand alones, and all of them have sold well. If you want to use selling as a yardstick. Without wishing to sound mean-spirited, I found J Deaver and J Connolly's books just not that good. (I read one of Deaver's and three of Connolly's). I think there are unique voices in crime fiction (though I am not a fan of Deaver or J. Connolly). I think it is a mistake to equate that concept with selling, though.
Sara Paretsky is one example.
Of course many best-selling crime fiction books are formulaic (Coben, M. Connelly, J. Kellerman and so on) but I’ve chosen these examples because all three of these best-selling authors have become best sellers via a character; all of them have switched to new characters/stand alones, and all of them have sold well. If you want to use selling as a yardstick.

Without wishing to sound mean-spirited, I found J Deaver and J Connolly’s books just not that good. (I read one of Deaver’s and three of Connolly’s).

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