Ridiculous plots

[Jacqui Horwood]

I've been reading quite a lot of crime books for a book award and I've have to say I've come across some ridiculous plotlines.  It's made me wonder how some books get published.  Does a ridiculous plotline matter if the writing is amazing or will the plot still be silly regardless?  Should writers have a good think before turning that strange fact they've discovered into a plot or should everything be grist for the mill?

[I. J. Parker]

Well, there's sloppy and then there's unbelievable. Most thrillers have unbelievable plots without being sloppy.