I don't have nearly enough energy to respond personally to
all of you right now., but I'll try to tomorrow or this weekend. Suffice it to say my expectations were exceeded by a wide margin, and now I'm not even sure where to begin. So thank you all, and by the way, if I don't have much See Noir Evil in the next few months, it's because I'm busy reading all these books you recommended. Mwa ha ha ha!
(Just kidding. I tend to write more when I read a good book, one of the reasons I asked in the first place.)