Do you like hard-boiled Chandler-type noir?

[zappaman]

Check out BEAUTIFUL, NAKED, AND DEAD by Josh Stallings.
I got keyed into this first time novelist from a blog and have to say it's quite good.
It's about a strip-club bouncer who gets in way over his head while trying to do the right thing.
Very old school.

http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Naked-Dead-Josh-Stallings/dp/0615449867/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301937876&sr=1-1

[thereismore]

1. Love Chandler. I love Powers Boothe as Marlowe, even though he is a republican. nt

[Ohio Joe]

2. If you like that, you should check out....

George C. Chesbro. He has several series of books, first is the Mongo books, then the Chant books and the Veil books (plus a number of other novels). He was self publishing for the last few years of his life and now that he has passed, I'm not sure how to get them new. You should keep an eye out for them used though as any of them are worth reading. Plus, he always created the best titles :D

You should start with the Mongo Books, the other two series are spin offs:

Shadow of a Broken Man 1977
City of Whispering Stone 1978
An Affair of Sorcerers 1979
The Beasts of Valhalla 1985
Two Songs This Archangel Sings 1987
The Cold Smell of Sacred Stone 1988
Second Horseman Out of Eden 1989
The Language of Cannibals 1990
In the House of Secret Enemies 1990
The Fear in Yesterday's Rings 1991
Dark Chant in a Crimson Key 1992
An Incident at Bloodtide 1993
Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm 1995
Dream of a Falling Eagle 1996
Lord of Ice and Loneliness 2003

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Chesbro

[zappaman]

3. Thanks!

Those look right up my alley!

[emulatorloo]

4. Thanks for the tip! You might like the Burke series by Andrew Vachss

About as hard boiled as they come.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachss

Some summaries at Vachss' website:

http://www.vachss.com/av_novels/index_theburkeseries.html

[zappaman]

6. Love Vachss

Kinda icky with the subjects he deals with, but good stuff!

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