03-15-2008, 05:48 PM
In the same universe as the Dismas Hardy books, but focusing on other characters. Perfectly fine junk-food reading, if you don't mind being able to figure out whodunnit fairly early in the process. I don't mind too much because watching how the hero's personal flaws tend to get in the way of them figuring things out keeps it interesting for me.
And as his characters are wise-asses, he occasionally comes up with some cute lines like, "...as the Buddhist requested when ordering a hamburger, 'Make me one with everything.'"
And as his characters are wise-asses, he occasionally comes up with some cute lines like, "...as the Buddhist requested when ordering a hamburger, 'Make me one with everything.'"
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.