tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post1852787125222048211..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: DAVID PUTNAM - THE RUTHLESS (2021)col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-91967206248497387392021-05-05T11:50:04.210-07:002021-05-05T11:50:04.210-07:00Recommended.Recommended.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-10949270937506064442021-05-04T18:59:29.269-07:002021-05-04T18:59:29.269-07:00This sounds great. Still need to catch up with Put...This sounds great. Still need to catch up with Putnam’s work. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-87637217989678051632021-05-02T07:15:00.058-07:002021-05-02T07:15:00.058-07:00It is interesting and a difficult juggle for an au...It is interesting and a difficult juggle for an author to manage. In real life, I think I'm less sympathetic to cops who break rules. Kind of the give them an inch principle, where will we end up.... col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-26269234156582169802021-04-08T04:07:06.866-07:002021-04-08T04:07:06.866-07:00He really does seem to have a heavy load to bear i...He really does seem to have a heavy load to bear in this novel, Col. It's interesting you mention just how willing a cop is to bend the rules in the interests of justice (whatever that is). Sometimes I think that works very well (Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch does that sometimes). Sometimes I don't think it works well, because it's a bit unrealistic. I'm glad you thought it worked here.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com