Sentences with phrase «police procedural plots»
Some authors excel at crafting compelling historical fiction, others at building, brick - by - brick, gripping mystery / police procedural plots.
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The plot has the obvious trappings of a police procedural but little of the conventional execution; the film is so character - driven that it's unlikely to appeal to thriller fans (evidently the reason Warner Bros. has marketed the film so minimally, a particular surprise given its talent pedigree).
Excluding Campion's involvement, the plot sounds incredibly dense (perhaps justifying its length), and according to various reviews, it's heavily atmospheric, channeling the strangeness of a police procedural along the lines of Twin Peaks.
Karin Slaughter, for example, specializes in muscular, action - packed police procedurals; Alafair Burke does expertly plotted legal mysteries; Val McDermid has invented more than her rightful share of homicidal sociopaths for her psychologist - cop team, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, to run to ground.