I second all the suggestions already made (Bruen, Connelly,
McCarthy, Charlie Huston, Pelecanos, Hendricks, etc.) but
would like to add a debut author to the list.
I am about 75 pages into Will Beall's first
novel, LA REX, nominally a police procedural if you want to
classify it, but that really doesn't come close to describing
what I have read up to this point. David Thompson at Murder
By the Book in Houston gave it his highest recommendation,
and so far I have to agree. Hard-boiled in the extreme. The
author is a working cop in the 77th division of Los Angeles
with a unique voice and an excellent eye for details which
make the action jump of the page. Check it out if you are
looking for something different.
--Harry
http://www.harryhunsicker.com
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