I am really big fan of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels, so I
sought out other police procedurals.
I went to http://www.answers.com/topic/police-procedural
and it had a British and an American top 10 list.
Based on these lists, I got out and read:
Colin Dexter: The Dead of Jericho (1981) - I liked this, I
didn't know Colin Dexter wrote the Morse novels Martin Cruz
Smith: Gorky Park (1981) - I really enjoyed this, even though
I had seen the movie H. R. F. Keating: The Murder of the
Maharajah (1980) - awful, Agatha Christie-type gather up the
suspects for a dinner to announce the killer Joseph Wambaugh:
The Onion Field (1975) - I didn't like this much, too much
was spent on the characters life stories, rather than police
procedure Tony Hillerman: Dance Hall of the Dead (1973) - I
enjoyed this Lawrence Sanders: The First Deadly Sin (1973) -
I tried reading this today, but it really turned me off, I've
abandoned it Joseph Wambaugh: The Choirboys (1975) - I have
this out, can someone tell me if it is stylistically like The
Onion Field or is there more police procedure?
I also read (not on either of the 2 lists) Henning Mankell's
Faceless Killers - I really liked this, even though I
realized midway through that I had seen it on PBS
I am just starting Reginald Hill: Dead Heads (1983), and also
have out Maj Sjö·¡¬l & Per Wahlö¶º The Laughing Policeman
(1968) (enjoyed the Martin Beck series on PBS), and Tony
Hillerman: A Thief of Time (1988)
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Jordan
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