The 1 May 2004 issue of BOOKLIST (from the American Library
Association, so North Americans can probably find it at their
local library) has a feature called "A Hard-Boiled Gazetteer
to Southern California," by Bill Ott. Below are all the books
he mentions, which are mostly series. Some seem a bit light
on the hardboiled/noir credentials (excepting Ellroy, Mr.
Lankford, Crais, etc.), but many names are either new to me
or ones I've only seen on bookstore shelves. What's the
verdict on, say, Seranella's Munch Mancini series? And has
anyone read Stansberry's MANIFESTO FOR THE DEAD, where Jim
Thompson is ficionalized?
Santa Barbara
Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series
Downtown Los Angeles
Joseph Wambaugh's cop novels
James Ellroy's LA Quartet
Hollywood
Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series
John Morgan Wilson's Benjamin Justice
series
Paula L. Woods's Charlotte Justice series
Elmore Leonard's two books with Chili Palmer
(inc. GET SHORTY)
Steven Bochco's Eddie Jelko books
Domininc Stansberry, MANIFESTO FOR THE DEAD
(2000), which is a
"fictionalized treatment of the last
days of noir master Jim
Thompson"
Robert Ferrigno's Jimmy Gage series
Edward Wright's John Ray Horn series
Terrill Lee Lankford, "a Mark Hayes novel," i.e.
EARTHQUAKE
WEATHER (2004) which is the only such
thing
Stuart Kaminsky's Toby Peters series
Robert B. Campbell's Whistler series
Laurel Canyon and the Hollywood Hills
Robert Crais's Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series
Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series
South Central LA
Gar Anthony Haywood's Aaron Gunner series
Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series
Gary Phillips's Ivan Monk series
John Shannon's Jack Liffey series
West Valley
Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus
series
Santa Monica
April Smith's Ana Grey series
Barbara Seranella's Munch Mancini series
Elzabeth M. Cosin's Zen Moses series
Orange County
T. Jefferson Parker's Merci Rayborn series
Palm Springs
Michael Craft's Claire Gray series
San Diego
Steve Martini's Paul Madriani series
Jack Trolley's Tommy Donahoo series
An earlier list, "A Hard-Boiled Gazetteer to Chicago," is
available on the web at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/mysteryshowcase/hardboiledgazetteer.htm
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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