Hard-boiled or minimalist writing?

I love to chat with other authors, even if it’s via the internet. (In fact, I’m ugly and big enough that I might scare them in a face-to-face meeting!) Linda Hall, whose excellent book Night Watch I recently reviewed, mentioned that my style was a bit like Raymond Chandler’s. She was referring to my mystery/thriller/crime/detective series featuring NYPD homicide detectives Chen and Castilblanco (the series is now featured in my new look). Oh, the memories! I thought back to those many “hard-b...