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- From: BL.JYC@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jon Corelis)
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- Subject: Re: Police Procedural (Was Re: Sjowall & Wahloo)
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 13:49:02 -0800
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- I've enjoyed police procedurals by:
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- James Melville. These concern a Japanese police chief called Otani,
- and are very knowledgeable about Japanese culture.
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- K. C. Constantine. About a small-town police chief in the
- Pennsylvania mining country. I've expressed my opinion here before that
- these are among the best novels of any genre currently being written in
- America.
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- Peter Lovesey. Many of his novels concern a pair of police officers
- working in Victorian London. The atmosphere of the period is evoked
- with meticulous accuracy.
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- Robert H. van Gulik. Series by a Dutch Sinologist featuring a famous
- judge from Chinese history who was renowned for his ability to solve
- crimes.
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- Janwillem van de Wetering. Interesting series about a pair of
- contemporary Amsterdam police officers.
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- H. R. F. Keating. His series about Inspector Ganesh Ghote, Bombay
- C.I.D., is one of the most entertaining around, with lots of Indian
- local color.
-