tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post7761939466431249446..comments2023-08-08T04:01:03.781-04:00Comments on Kingdom Books, Mysteries - Reviews: Vermont Police Procedural: THE ERRAND BOY, Don BredesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-28405171263050124962010-01-17T16:03:08.455-05:002010-01-17T16:03:08.455-05:00Here's a comment from author Don Bredes, recei...Here's a comment from author Don Bredes, received shortly after this review was posted, then buried in my deskwork ... apologies, Don, for being late:<br /><br />I would quibble with the sub-genre you have assigned the books to. Archer writes police procedurals. But mine are standard whodunit suspense novels, wherein police procedure isn't a feature of the unraveling. In straight police procedurals, what the police do to solve the case (or cases; often there is more than one) is central to the development of the plot. In my stories, however, standard procedure is bungled, misdirected, or irrelevant to what unfolds. Indeed, the plots are anti-procedural in that Hector operates in spite of what the police maintain is proper. As a central character, he is actually counter-procedural, since his efforts are more personally driven--and the police and their investigatory tactics and strictures only work to impede him.Beth Kanellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08108922407270772577noreply@blogger.com