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Old 11-26-2007, 07:19 PM
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Stealing cars in stories. Sense of place.

Funny this came up just when it did!!

I am just now reading a crime novel by John Sandford "Broken Prey" which takes place in the Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Minn. area where the protagonist is employed there in the BCA.

Any of his books with "Prey" in the title (and there are well over a dozen of them) will run you through the good and bad neighborhoods around the twin cities, and give you a sense of them, by name and ambiance, and the structure and heirarchy of the Police Department.

But beware, they are really good reading, too, and you could get sidetracked enjoying them.

Best wishes and good luck with your writing.

Sounds like a great story, we would like to read it. We'll proof read it for you if you like!!!

Some of the Joe Gores novels about car re possesssors/skip tracers (The DKA agency novels like "Gone, No Forwarding", and "32 Cadillacs", etc.) give fascinating recounting of what it is like when describing the re possessors jobs, when they "steal" cars, too. More fun reading.
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