Morrigan wrote:
That's a pretty convincing MS. Probably why I prefer P.D. James' Adam Dalgleish. He comes with lots of annoying and human traits and doesn't have a social life. I can identify with that.
PD James is a massively better writer, she has a great sense for place (eg The Black Tower, Devices & Desires). It's a shame she gave up writing her female detective Cordelia Gray (eg An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) as she was rather fun.
Scarpetta, well let's put it this way, I've packed up all my Scarpetta novels to go to Oxfam (in fact, ObB7, will probably give them to Richard at Redemption if anyone's intrigued to know how bad they are). I tried to do the same with my PD James and they cried at me from the box to read them...
Tavia
PS In fact, on the male--female debate, I've been surprised how many men enjoy PD James' Dalgliesh novels.