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To Write More From Memory And To Be More Creative - I Think - Because I Am Still Writing About Los Angeles But I Can't Walk Out My Door And Immediately Drive To Places I Am Writing About. So I Think It Has Been A Very Good Change For Me After 11 Books To Start Writing This Way.

The Chicago Way Is A Wonderful First Novel. Michael Harvey Has Studied The Masters And Put His Own Unique Touch On The Crime Novel. This Book Harkens The Arrival Of A Major New Voice.

I'm A Disciple Of Raymond Chandler, Who Said In His Essays That There's A Quality Of Redemption In Anything That Can Be Called Art.

The Best Crime Novels Are Not About How A Detective Works On A Case; They Are About How A Case Works On A Detective.

When I Was A Teenager, I Was A Voracious Reader Of Crime Fiction, But Only Contemporary Books.