Harry and David are right....LA REX jsut grabs you by the
throat and doesn't let up. As may know this book has been
optioned for a movie too.
I would like to add Pierce Hansen to the mix or must reads
and Marcus Sakey's THE BALDE ITSELF is excellent!
Aldo
Mystery Dawg http://acalcagno.blogspot.com
----- Original Message ---- From: Harry Hunsicker <
harryhunsicker@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 3,
2006 3:17:07 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Best Contemporary
Hardboiled Author?
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.harryhun
sicker.com
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