"The room was empty. It was full of silence and the memory of a nice perfume. One of those perfumes you don't notice until they are almost gone, like the last leaf on a tree."
Enjoying some unread Chandler this morning, while there's still a few leaves up
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@stancarey is there some deduction to deduct along in noir genre? Never read it, even though I'm a huge fan of mystery.
@stancarey understood. Btw, idk if you like cosy crime. If you do – Anthony Horowitz does crazy cool things with the genre, as well as writing absolutely "honest" (solvable) stories.
@jonn Depends on the writer and the work, but there is generally some. Not like Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle – there's more emphasis on mood, repartee, and the realistic chaos of underground life, rather than being a puzzle with clues. But it does invite one into the detective's shoes to try and figure it out as they do.