Has anyone read Patricia Cornwell
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Has anyone read Patricia Cornwell
I have only ever read her Kay Scarpetta novels. I would recommend these books to everyone and anyone who loves crime thrillers
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It's kind of a book version of "Murder She Wrote".
Also, in recent years -- I don't know when Cornwell started this -- but she had a ghostwriter who did most of her writing, they got into a dispute, she fired the writer, and since then her books have nose dived. Any author who hires ghostwriters to do the real work are despicable. Sorry.
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There was a thread in this forum about ghostwriting. I've been asked to ghost some stories. It's always the same, someone knows you're a published author and tells you "I've got some great ideas for stories. What if I give you those ideas and you write the stories, and we split the money?" and my reply is always "Tell you what. You write your stories, I'll write mine, and we each keep a hundred percent of what me make."
I would never ghostwrite.
As for Cornwell, I never cared much for her stuff but I don't like those types of "genteel" mysteries anyway -- too many mansions and rich people and stuff. For me, I'm a fan of the noir and darker stuff. As Raymond Chandler said of Dashiell Hammett, "He took murder out of the drawing room and put it back into the streets where it belongs."
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I feel exactly the same about her. Her latest were stale and boring, I couldn't even remember many details.gali wrote:I have read several of her books, but got tired of her. I loved her early books, but her latest books bored me. After reading the above post, I understand the reason for it.
I didn't have any idea about the ghostwriting though, very disappointing
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I agree! Pretty sure you and I have either had this same discussion or both participated in a similar one on another thread.moderntimes wrote:For me, I'm a fan of the noir and darker stuff. As Raymond Chandler said of Dashiell Hammett, "He took murder out of the drawing room and put it back into the streets where it belongs."
I have read several of Ms. Cornwell's earlier novels and they were okay-ish...my problem with her work is that it becomes somewhat generic after a few books.
I have the same problem with many other popular mystery authors and even popular T.V. shows (C.S.I., Criminal Minds, The Mentalist), after a few books (or episodes) they become more or less interchangeable.
Not to say they aren't entertaining or interesting but they just don't have a lot of distinctive storylines from one to the next. If you have an extremely talented writer they can sometimes make that situation work, but most writer's with that kind of talent don't waste time retelling the same story unless they have a new angle to it.
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