Chandler "Red Wind"

Chandler’s “Red Wind” had left me in awe. I usually do not like to read mystery/crime or suspense stories but this one I could not put the book down. It kept me wanting to read more and more to see what was going to happen next. And as a reader that is what I expect from a great novel or a story. What a great change of reading from our previous reading assignments it was actually entertaining.
Red Wind, like I said is a story about a detective who witnessed a shooting and now is a liability to the murderer. Chandler goes into great detail and I could picture clearly what he is saying. I actually could visualize in my head the street, the bar, the cars, the people you name it. As an author you want to do that to keep your reader interested through out the story. As a writer this is a great thought to always keep in mind. Imagery is one of the most important things in a short story or a book. At least I think so.
I have read so many books or short stories where the start is great and when you get to the middle or few pages into it you lose sense of what the author is trying to say. You basically get bored and don’t want to read anymore.
I would have to say that my favorite part of this story is when the kid in the bar says “I don’t like drunks in the first place and in the second place I don’t like them getting drunk in here, and in the third place I don’t like them in the first place.” So simple yet so catchy. Something I could easily see in a movie or a TV show.
It think it was very clever the way Dalmas captured the killer. He was calm and didn’t panic. Dalmas was a very smart man who as a detective have probably been dealing with people like that before.
Great story and I would recommend to everyone.