David, here are some other suggestions:
James Lee Burke's A Morning For Flamingos
Ross Thomas' Chinaman's Chance
Jim Sallis' The Long-Legged Fly
Jonathan Valin's Day of Wrath
Mike Connelly's Trunk Music
Gerald Petievich's To Live and Die in L.A.
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