As I recall, all of the ones I tried were similar. Though I assumed the lack of thrill was because I had so much trouble relating to the protagonists. I hadn't thought about plot arcs (or the lack thereof).
I do know that some of Agatha Christie's more adventure-y mysteries date from about the same time (or a little earlier) and they read more how you'd expect. Though I think detective style mysteries in general have more roller coaster style plotting - even the 70's/80's TV shows I like tend to have multiple exciting events over the course of a single case.
(But in all of those cases, I like the protagonists, which makes a huge difference as far as both tension and satisfaction goes.)
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Date: 2018-06-16 02:19 am (UTC)I do know that some of Agatha Christie's more adventure-y mysteries date from about the same time (or a little earlier) and they read more how you'd expect. Though I think detective style mysteries in general have more roller coaster style plotting - even the 70's/80's TV shows I like tend to have multiple exciting events over the course of a single case.
(But in all of those cases, I like the protagonists, which makes a huge difference as far as both tension and satisfaction goes.)