I always loved the books of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and others like Jim Thompson. While many are noir, hardboiled detective fiction mixes well in this world - at least to me. In this case, San Francisco and Los Angeles seem the most fitting home for these genres.

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Originally, "A Cold Knife in a Warm Back" started off as a script but moved right into novel mode. The snappy comebacks and down trodden characters just come alive for me off the page.