Jimmyt:

Take a look at what I said at 10:54 and earlier. To repeat, if a book is going to take place in the real world, it's standard practice to make the action and background as real as the plot will allow. In the case of genre books (This is a mystery. Remember?) It's normal to do a little research on procedures and techniques. For an example of one of the many blunders, the main detective - The Bull - would not be in charge of the investigatio.n, In France; a Magistrate would be in charge. This makes a lot of the things the Bull does illegal. Understand?

I've heard that once a writer produces a best seller, the editors are afraid to say anything about his next book. This seems to be an example of that. The fact that it made a lot of money does not mean that it is a good book. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.