By Slanted Light

I've always loved this series, very much for the reasons you've noted. The writing just can't be beat. And I hadn't thought about it but, like you, I read these stories as the beginning of my Pros mania. I find I don't have the same tolerance for oh-so-damaged Bodie and/or Doyle. In some stories, it's hard to imagine that they can function on a day to day level, much less do the job they do.

Still, for whatever reason, I can still read Sebastian's and, in the same vein, Kate Maclean's stories and still enjoy them very much. It seems to me Kate's have been toned down some, so Bodie and Doyle aren't quite so bad (or, as in her last story the craziness is being foisted on them.) Unfortunately, there aren't any new Sebastian stories.