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Originally Posted by CRussel
Too many authors don't know when to let their cash-cows go and find a new set of characters. Sue Grafton is a perfect example. My DW and I read the first several, and enjoyed them a lot. Then the next several, enjoying them less and less. And finally gave it up. Sometimes authors recover, but all too often they seem to just start going through the motions.
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Too right! Though the 'Spenser' novels did well all the way through, and Jesse Stone, despite using the same dialog techniques as Spenser, manages to make it as well. Will we be able to say the same for Virgil Flowers? His last time at bat was just a bit not up to par...
Stitchawl