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John Burdett (2011) The Godfather of Kathmandu. Vintage Inspector Sonchai Jitpleecheep, half-caste son of a prostitute and an American GI, is a bad-ass cop and gentle follower of Buddha. He hunts down crazy criminals in Bangkok while trying to get promoted by his drug-dealing boss. Hilarious plot - but more complex than it seems. More... 
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Joseph Finder (2011) Buried Secrets. St. Martin's Press Clearly one of the best action thrillers of 2011. Too bad it is so short! More...
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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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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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Dennis Lehane (2010) Prayers for Rain. Harper; Reprint edition Private investigators Patrick Kenzie, Angela Gennaro and their gun-toting friend Bubba Rogowski investigate the death of a former client. 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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