tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post8611812031669660124..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: Let there be blood...Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-267269997540585162012-05-06T08:32:46.773-04:002012-05-06T08:32:46.773-04:00Hi Patrick, I think you are very, very fair toward...Hi Patrick, I think you are very, very fair towards this debut entry in the series. I think sometimes my enthusiasm for the series as a whole has sometimes blinded me a little to some perfectly reasonable criticism, especially to content that can definitely seem a bit like padding (well, because they are padding mainly). And I think you make a really excellent point about the fact the, because it is a procedural, McBain very sneakily and cleverly puts a classic GAD gambit right in there on the assumption that you won;t see it, correctly assuming that we don't think that the two traditions would appear in the same book. More than anyhing, as you say, this is the great success of this volume.Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-26312419721867553102012-05-03T23:54:40.489-04:002012-05-03T23:54:40.489-04:00Nobody did police procedurals better than McBain. ...Nobody did police procedurals better than McBain. I recently read and reviewed a much latter entry in the series: http://gadetection.pbworks.com/w/page/51990496/Fat%20Ollie%27s%20BookBarry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.com