Plot and American Gods

Note: This post may contain spoilers, you've been warned.

A while ago, I posted some tips on writing "tightly-plotted" fiction.  This was in large part due to some reviewers using the term to describe my shaggy-dog space opera Apotheosis.  However, after listening to the audiobook American Gods by Neil Gaiman I thought it would behoove me to point out that the "tightly-plotted" label is simply a description of a way someone can put a story together– one well suited to thriller...