All Comments on 'Dragonfly'

A great read to go with my coffee this morning. You had me thinking it was going to be one of your westerns to begin with, until you mentioned cap gun. Old enough to remember playing with them. Another fine detective story where he gets not only the woman perp, but a new wife.

5 stars and thanks, Andy

Very glad you are back! Very enjoyable read, particularly since I lived for many years in Brentwood.

Another great one. Really enjoy your writing and stories. 5*

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Yes, I thought it was going to be a western to start. Wondered where the drugs came in but soon corrected itself. Lovely short tale and wonderfully written, to be expected.

As always, great story. Character development, backstory, all in all, a complete story with great sex at the end and a clear path how they got there. 5 stars all day. Thanks for being one of the good ones

Damn fine story.

5-stars

Another winner!

5

Different but engaging, and it felt "real"! 5*

Well written, engaging and with a nice misdirection. But some point, Susie Richards became Susie Majors, and Juan Mendez became Carlos Mendez.

He's one lucky SOB because the probability of all that happening is just too astronomical to happen in real life.

That said, really special to read Penny changing her life and Mattie helping her out, to see she had another avenue to walk (pun intended); same with her helping him see private detective as a line of work--although he really should have figured that out alone--which makes him seem far less intelligent than he'd have to be in order to make detective.

You invest in detail well and paint a canvas credibly. Only thing is that I'm starting to notice certain patterns in your stories, and I'd just say for you to make sure to vary those things a little more so they don't come across quite the same way. For example, Mattie here is much like Barbara (motherly) and so if you have some extra tools to vary the delivery, use them.

Rated this a 5. Nice story with a smooth conclusion.

Great story! The switch from crime story to romance was smooth! Well done! 5 stars

Thank you. I enjoyed reading yet again another of your excellent stories. I loved the Western that evolved into the detective story. This was your 98th so I am eagerly looking forward for the next 2. You are a master story teller.

I would say not a smooth transition, and the lack of conflict made for a boring, interminable read.

Well written but dull.

I especially liked the opening scene and the smooth transition to present-day Clarence. Well written all the way around. 5.

Not sure if I was the only one parsing the description as "she (my wife) was a drug dealer and I found out". Not sure if that was intentional on author's part or not. But great story anyway!

Can of dragged a bit, but overall a pretty good story.

5 stars

Enjoyed it thoroughly!

One of these days I’ll have to give one of your stories a 4 just to break up the monotony of 5s.

Wonderful story, 10 stars! Maybe Penny will give her"mother and father" some grandchildren... Maybe, a short story about Penny, becoming a wife and mother would be possible?

good

The usual Ronde read. It's a well researched, specialized story with characters that fit the situations. I was puzzled with the first page, but it was a kind of neat transition into today's world and it was smooth. I'm not in with the commenters that assign "10" 's and even the 5 seems high. I do notice that almost all the Ronde stories rate in the high 4's which tells me that there are a lot of 5 ratings. Once in while I find a 5, but most of the good stories rate a 4. This gives me room to rate something I find exceptional a 5. Mostly your stories are novel and read well although you are very consistent in misusing the I/Me pronoun dilemma.

Clever story. Well written. Almost flawless. Characters, their lives and interactions are in the best

Bosch tradition. Scenarios worked for me. You are an accomplished writer with an eye for detsil and a way with dialogue. Well edited, BTW.