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When my own writing is not going well, I often go and pull a Ross Thomas off the shelf. Reading him is a lesson in efficient story-telling, precise, economical expression, dry wit and polished, razor-sharp dialogue.
This is one of his later ones, published in 1988 and set in southern California, in the fictional title town somewhere north of Santa Barbara (the other three Durangos are in Spain, Mexico and Colorado). The story is a typical Thomas intrigue, devious but credible, rooted in the real ...more
This is one of his later ones, published in 1988 and set in southern California, in the fictional title town somewhere north of Santa Barbara (the other three Durangos are in Spain, Mexico and Colorado). The story is a typical Thomas intrigue, devious but credible, rooted in the real ...more
This might be the first Ross Thomas that dropped sufficient clues to allow me to guess (most of) the ending before it happened. It also was the first that, after starting hilariously, seemed to be turning gruesome, before a more typical Ross Thomas ending.
Still, despite three or four of his most whimsical writing, it’s no better than his fifth best, and perhaps less. Unusually for Thomas, he flubs a legal detail: in the case of husband and wife dying within an hour of each other—sometimes within ...more
Still, despite three or four of his most whimsical writing, it’s no better than his fifth best, and perhaps less. Unusually for Thomas, he flubs a legal detail: in the case of husband and wife dying within an hour of each other—sometimes within ...more
