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The Jaguar (Charlie Hood Series #5)

T. Jefferson Parker

The fifth installment of the Charlie Hood saga puts this series into epic territory. No one has chronicled the cartels, drug wars, and border chaos happening today than Jeff Parker, and he's done it in his typical lyrical, well-written way. There's a reason he's won three Edgar Awards.
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The End of the Wasp Season (Alex Morrow Series #2)

Denise Mina

I can't say enough about the way Denise Mina writes, and this book is gritty, sad, bitter, and wonderfully alive. Featuring Detective Alex Morrow, pregnant with twins, Mina writes sentences that make me put the book down and say, "Wow."
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Shock Wave (Virgil Flowers Series #5)

John Sandford

Although I still prefer the Lucas Davenport series, Virgil Flowers (in his fifth outing) is openly seducing me. No one does pacing like Sandford -- his books move -- and this is no exception. Besides, who can resist a hero who trailers his boat around while on a case?
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The Outlaw Album

Daniel Woodrell

Thanks to the excellent movie Winters Bone (based on Woodrell's book by the same name), more readers -- although not enough -- have discovered the unique and brilliant talent of Daniel Woodrell. These stories prove Woodrell is the Twisted Poet of the Ozarks. In a good way.
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The Drop (Harry Bosch Series #17)

Michael Connelly

Sure, everybody readsMichael Connelly. But that's the point. Every novel, and this one features the iconic Harry Bosch, provides full-bodied satisfaction and consistency at a higher level than just about anyone else. He never mails it in, and delivers every damned time.
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Dead I Well May Be (Michael Forsythe Series #1)

Adrian McKinty

Maybe because he's moved around so much he's been hard to pin down, but Adrian McKinty needs to be pinned down and read by readers who want hard-boiled characters, dark Irish humor and pathos. Start with Dead I Well May Be and you'll thank me for it.
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Trackers

Deon Meyer

Talk about an author who should be read and embraced by American readers! Deon Meyer portrays modern-day South Africa -- warts and all -- with intimate knowledge, astute observations, and razor-sharp prose. He owns South Africa in a way that exhilarates this reader.
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What It Was

George Pelecanos

Like the best crime fiction authors (see above), George Pelecanos writes thrillers that are actually perfectly honed sociological portraits of real people in real places with real problems - in this case the street level locals around Washington D.C. In the future, when researchers want to know what urban America was like, they'll read Pelecanos.
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