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David Swinson

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David Swinson is the author of THE SECOND GIRL, CRIME SONG, TRIGGER and City on the Edge, by Mulholland Books/Little, Brown& Co. He is a retired DC police detective, and a former alternative and punk rock promoter in Long Beach, CA in the eighties.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 4,625 ratings · 669 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Second Girl (Frank Marr, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 2,554 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Song (Frank Marr #2) 3.71 avg rating — 857 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trigger (Frank Marr, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Detailed Man 3.87 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City on the Edge 3.85 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Thing: A Novel 3.58 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Dust 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le chant du crime 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	113 Crickets: Spring 2012 by David Swinson (Goodreads Author), Hillary Louise Johnson (Goodreads Author), Kenneth Fields 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Fille de Kenyon Street (Cal-Lévy- R. Pépin) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nice profile piece by Del Quentin Wilber, in Washingtonian Magazine.

This Former DC Cop Just Wrote Your Favorite Summer Crime Novel

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Published on July 29, 2016 20:21 • Tags: del-quentin-wilber, the-second-girl, washingtonian

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“Thank you. And I don’t even know why I have to say thank you.” “Well, you already fucked up the thank you by having to add that.”
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message 4: by Zoë

Jun 24, 2012 10:02PM

Hi David
Thanks for Friending me. A DETAILED MAN sounds fascinating. And I'll echo Amy's message about being highly impressed by the "producing spoken word events with Hunter S. Thompson" bit in your biog!

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message 3: by Carole

Jun 01, 2012 06:45AM