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Ed McBain (1981) King's Ransom. (87th Precinct Mystery) Signet Stupid, but ruthless thugs try to kidnap the son of a rich tycoon, but mistakenly take the son of his chauffeur. This wise-cracking police procedural from Ed McBain, the inventor of the genre (and script writer for Hitchcock's The Birds), is as fresh as if it was written yesterday. More... 
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Michael Chabon (2007) The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel. HarperCollins The "Frozen Chosen" are living in a fictitious Alaskan homeland, as once suggested by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hard-drinking cop Meyer Landsman investigates the murder of his neighbor. Publishers Weekly called it a "murder-mystery speculative-history Jewish-identity noir chess thriller". The funniest novel of 2007 is filled with Yiddish jokes and dark humor. More... 
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Scott Phillips (2001) The Ice Harvest. Ballantine Books Charlie Arglista, a crooked lawyer, is marking time before an important meeting with his shady partner, Vic Cavanaugh. The plot involves organized crime, strippers, grumpy bouncers, a serious snowstorm, and a hero with a profound drinking problem in a frigid Wichita, Kansas setting. More...
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Joseph Wambaugh (2008) The New Centurions. Grand Central Publishing Ex-cop turned bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh portrays American cops as hard-drinking, skirt-chasing, foul-mouthed, and cynical. Wambough follows a class of new police recruits through their trials, triumphs and personal failures. More...
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Colin Watson (1991) The Naked Nuns. Mandarin Inspector Purbright receives a strange cable - stating that "TWO NAKED NUNS AVAILABLE PHILADELPHIA". Featuring white slave traffic and international crime, this novel is one of Watson's best. His Inspector Purbright is the most intellectually dazzling detective in fiction and Watson's dry wit is unique among English crime fiction writers. More... 
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Janet Evanovich (2005) Eleven on Top (A Stephanie Plum Novel). St. Martin's Press Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum lives in a colorful but dangerous world of fugitives that includes everything from exploding cars to wedding preparations, foul-mouthed hookers, evil-eyed grandmas, and romantic affairs. If you like your thrillers with erotic tension and hilarious jokes this one is right for you. More... 
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