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Both Lawrence Block and James Lee Burke's novels are hardboiled mysteries featuring recovering-alcoholic private investigators who are often introspective and wrestle with personal demons. Their bleak outlooks are often reflected in rugged but beautiful landscapes. -- Katherine Johnson
Stuart Kaminsky's books have a similar feel to Block's. Like Block, Kaminsky writes a range of characters and stories, from the humorous to darker tales. Satisfying mysteries, interesting characters, and a strong supporting cast make these good suggestions. -- Krista Biggs
These authors write gritty, violent, and witty suspense and mystery novels featuring macho, personally troubled protagonists with a soft spot for vulnerable victims. Both writers craft engaging hardboiled stories with their taut prose, memorable galleries of shady characters, and vividly atmospheric descriptions of seedy criminal underworlds lurking in American cities. -- Derek Keyser
These thriller writers create troubled loner detectives who feel a strong sense of duty to their clients. Both offer richly detailed settings, whether Las Vegas or London (Tim Weaver) or New York City (Lawrence Block). Their gritty stories are marked by intricate plots and occasional violence. -- Mike Nilsson
Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder adventures are similar, using first-person conversational narrative, detectives caught between unreliable clients and crooks trying to eliminate them, and a seedy underbelly-of-the-city setting. Readers of each author may want to try a range of the other's works. -- Katherine Johnson
Peter Temple and Lawrence Block are known for their intricately plotted, hardboiled detective fiction set in Melbourne and New York City, respectively. Boasting a strong sense of place and a gritty feel, their crime novels are banter-filled, compelling, and fast-paced. -- Mike Nilsson
Readers who enjoy Lawrence Block's novels of suspense, such as the Evan Tanner series and many of his standalone novels should investigate the work of Jack Higgins. International settings, breakneck pacing, colorful characters, and political conspiracies combine to make tales enduringly popular. -- Katherine Johnson
These authors' works have the appeal factors gritty, sardonic, and strong sense of place, and they have the genres "hardboiled fiction" and "noir fiction"; and the subjects "private investigators," "former police," and "women murder victims."
These authors' works have the appeal factors banter-filled and intricately plotted, and they have the genre "mysteries"; the subjects "murder investigation," "murder," and "women murder victims"; and characters that are "flawed characters" and "sarcastic characters."
These authors' works have the appeal factors gritty, bleak, and strong sense of place, and they have the genres "hardboiled fiction" and "noir fiction"; and the subjects "private investigators," "former police," and "women murder victims."
These authors' works have the appeal factors gritty, sardonic, and banter-filled, and they have the genres "hardboiled fiction" and "noir fiction"; the subjects "private investigators," "former police," and "women murder victims"; and characters that are "flawed characters" and "sarcastic characters."
These authors' works have the appeal factors gritty, violent, and strong sense of place, and they have the genres "hardboiled fiction" and "noir fiction"; and the subjects "private investigators," "former police," and "women murder victims."