Mysteries that take place in sultry Southern California

Bochco, Steven (Eddie Jelko) (Hollywood)

• Death by Hollywood (2003)

Connelly, Michael (Harry Bosch) (Laurel Canyon & the Hollywood Hills)

• Black echo (1992)
• Black ice (1993)
• Concrete blond (1994)
• Last coyote (1995)
• Trunk Music (1996)
• Angels flight (1998)
• Darkness more than night (2000)
• City of bones (2002)
• Lost light (2003)
• Narrows (2004)
• Closers (2005)
• Echo Park (2006)
• Overlook (2007)
• 9 Dragons (2009)
• Reversal (2010)

Robert Crais (Elvis Cole) (Laurel Canyon & the Hollywood Hills)

• The Monkey’s Raincoat (1987)
• Stalking the Angel (1988)
• Lullaby Town (1992)
• Free Fall (1993)
• Voodoo River (1995)
• Sunset Express (1996)
• Indigo Slam (1997)
• L.A. Requiem (1999)
• The Last Detective (2003)
• The Forgotten Man (2005)
• Chasing Darkness (2008)
• also The Watchman, Joe Pike (2007)

Ellroy, James (L.A. Quartet) (L.A.)

• Black Dahlia (1987)
• Big nowhere (1988)
• L.A. confidential (1990)
• White jazz (1992)

Ferrigno, Robert (Jimmy Gage) (Hollywood)

• Flinch (2001)
• Scavenger hunt (2003)

Kaminsky, Stuart (Toby Peters) (Hollywood)

• Bullet for a star (1977)
• Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1977)
• You bet your life (1978)
• The Howard Hughes affair (1979)
• Never cross a vampire (1980)
• High midnight (1981)
• Catch a falling clown (1981)
• He done her wrong (1983)
• Fala Factor (1984)
• Down for the count (1985)
• Man who shot Lewis Vance (1986)
• Smart moves (1986)
• Think fast, Mr. Peters (1987)
• Buried Caesars (1989)
• Poor butterfly (1990)
• Melting clock (1991)
• Devil met a Lady (1993)
• Tomorrow is another day (1995)
• Dancing in the dark (1996)
• Fatal glass of beer (1997)
• Few minutes past midnight (2001)
• To catch a spy (2002)
• Mildred Pierced (2003)
• Now you see it (2004)

Kellerman, Faye (Rina Lazarus & Peter Decker) (West Valley)

• Ritual bath (1986)
• Sacred and profane (1987)
• Milk and honey (1990)
• Day of Atonement (1991)
• False prophet (1992)
• Grievous sin (1993)
• Sanctuary (1994)
• Justice (1995)
• Prayers for the dead (1996)
• Serpent’s tooth (1997)
• Jupiter’s bones (1998)
• Stalker (1999)
• Forgotten (2000)
• Stone kiss (2001)
• Street dreams (2002)
• Burnt house (2003)
• Mercedes coffin (2004)
• Blindman’s bluff (2005)
• Hangman (2010)

Kellerman, Jonathan (Alex Delaware) (Hollywood)

• When the bough breaks (1985)
• Blood test (1986)
• Over the edge (1987)
• Silent partner (1989)
• Time bomb (1990)
• Private eyes (1991)
• Devil’s waltz (1992)
• Bad love (1993)
• Self defense (1994)
• The Web (1995)
• The Clinic (1996)
• Survival of the fittest (1997)
• Monster (1999)
• Doctor Death (2000)
• Flesh and blood (2001)
• Murder book (2002)
• Cold heart (2003)
• Therapy (2004)
• Rage (2005)
• Gone (2006)
• Obsession (2007)
• Compulsion (2008)
• Bones (2008)
• Evidence (2009)
• Deception (2010)

Leonard, Elmore (Chili Palmer) (Hollywood)

• Get Shorty (1990)
• Be cool (1999)

Martini, Steve (Paul Madriani) (San Diego)

• Compelling evidence (1992)
• Prime witness (1993)
• Undue influence (1994)
• The judge (1995)
• The attorney (1999)
• The jury (2001)
• The arraignment (2002)
• Double tap (2005)
• Shadow of power (2008)
• Guardians of lies (2009)
• Rule of nine (2010)

Mosley, Walter  (Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins) (South Central L.A.)

• Devil in a blue dress (1990)
• Red death (1991)
• White butterfly (1992)
• Black Betty (1994)
• Little yellow dog (1996)
• Gone fishin’ (1997)
• Bad boy Brawly Brown (2002)
• Six easy pieces: Short Stories (2003)
• Little Scarlet (2004)
• Cinnamon kiss (2005)
• Blonde faith (2008)

(Socrates Fortlow) (South Central L.A.)

• Always outnumbered (1997)
• Walking the dog (1999)
• Right mistake (2008)

Parker, T. Jefferson (Merci Rayborn) (Orange County)

• Blue hour (1999)
• Red light (2000)
• Black water (2002)

Seranella, Barbara (Munch Mancini) (Santa Monica)

• No human involved (1997)
• No offense intended (1999)
• Unwanted company (2000)
• Unfinished business (2001)
• No man standing (2002)
• Unpaid dues (2003)
• Unwilling accomplice (2004)
• Unacceptable death (2005)

Shannon, John (Jack Liffey) (South Central L.A.)

• Concrete River (1996)
• Cracked earth (1999)
• Poison sky (2000)
• Orange curtain (2001)
• Streets of fire (2002)
• City of strangers (2003)
• Terminal Island (2004)
• Dangerous games (2005)
• Dark streets (2006)
• Devils of Bakersfield (2007)
• Palos Verdes blues (2008)
• On the nickel (2010)

Smith, April (Ana Grey) (Santa Monica)

• North of Montana (1994)
• Good Morning, Killer (2003)
• Judas horse (2008)

Stansberry, Domenic. (Jim Thompson) (Hollywood)

• Chasing the dragon (2004)
• Big boom (2006)
• Ancient rain (2008)
• Naked moon (2010)

Wambaugh, Joseph

• New Centurions (1970) (Los Angeles)
• Blue Knight (1972) (Los Angeles)
• Choirboys (1975) (Los Angeles)
• Black marble (1977) (Los Angeles)
• Glitter dome (1981) (Hollywood)
• Delta star (1983) (Los Angeles)
• Secrets of Harry Bright (1985)  (Los Angeles)
• Golden orange (1990) (Orange County)
• Fugitive nights (1992) (Palm Springs)
• Finnegan’s Week (1993) (San Diego)
• Floaters (1996) (San Diego)
• Hollywood Station (2006) (Hollywood)
• Hollywood Crows (2008) (Hollywood)
• Hollywood moon (2009) (Hollywood)

Wilson, John Morgan (Benjamin Justice) (Hollywood)

• Simple justice (1996)
• Revision of justice (1997)
• Justice at risk (1999)
• Limits of justice (2000)
• Blind eye (2003)
• Moth and flame (2004)
• Rhapsody in blood (2006)
• Spider season (2008)

Woods, Paula L. (Charlotte Justice) (Hollywood)

• Inner city blues (1999)
• Stormy weather (2001)
• Dirty laundry (2003)
• Strange bedfellows (2006)

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