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Originally Posted by Asawi
Recently I read a crime novel that I really enjoyed, in part because of the strong female protagonist and her great non-romantic friendship with her male work-partner. About 80-90% into the book it had been romance free. Then it was like the author though "hey, wait a second, we're almost at the end and I've forgotten the romance part" and sure enough, they end up in bed together <sigh>.
Why oh why is it so hard to let men and women stay FRIENDS???
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There's a series I really enjoy,
Long Beach Homicide. I've read three of the four books and so far no hint of romance between the male and female detective partners. Another aspect I appreciate: though the male (Danny Beckett) is the lead character, his partner Jennifer Tanaka is clearly the more competent of the two.