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The Raymond Chandler Omnibus
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4.46 avg rating — 313 ratings
"Los Angeles "Bay City" - fictional stand-in for Santa Monica"
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A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 191,891 ratings
""Santa Teresa" - fictional stand-in for Santa Barbara, as well as a homage to Ross McDonald"
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Archer in Hollywood: The Moving Target, The Way Some People Die, The Barbarous Coast
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4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings
""Santa Teresa" - fictional stand-in for Santa Barbara"
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The Walter Mosley Omnibus: Devil In A Blue Dress / A Red Death / White Butterfly.
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4.14 avg rating — 246 ratings
"Introduced as living in Watts, Easy Rawlins' cases take him all over Los Angeles"
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The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 31,571 ratings
"Hollywood"
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Fear of the Dark (Aaron Gunner, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 109 ratings
"Los Angeles"
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Bullet for a Star (Toby Peters, #1)
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3.64 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
"1940s Hollywood"
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Just Desserts (A Savannah Reid Mystery, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 3,260 ratings
""San Carmelita" fictional stand-in for Ventura (most likely)"
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The Wombat Strategy (Kylie Kendall Mystery, #1)
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3.68 avg rating — 263 ratings
"Los Angeles by way of Australia"
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Down for the Count (Delilah West, #6)
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3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings
"Orange County"
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The Concrete River (Jack Liffey, #1)
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3.60 avg rating — 152 ratings
"Los Angeles, but his character Jack Liffey's cases take him all around Southern California"
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Yesterday's Echo (Rick Cahill, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,869 ratings
"San Diego"
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Clea's Moon (A John Ray Horn Thriller, Book 1)
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3.77 avg rating — 139 ratings
"1940s Los Angeles "
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The Dawn Patrol (Boone Daniels #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 8,567 ratings
"San Diego"
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The Big Fix (Moses Wine, #1)
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3.47 avg rating — 149 ratings
"Los Angeles"
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Killer Swell (Noah Braddock, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 341 ratings
"San Diego"
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The Innocents (Wil Hardesty, #1
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3.54 avg rating — 123 ratings
"Los Angeles"
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The Missing Link
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3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Decked (Regan Reilly Mysteries, #1)
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3.68 avg rating — 6,275 ratings
"Los Angeles"
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Loser's Town
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3.17 avg rating — 257 ratings
"Hollywood "
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And Where She Stops
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Kill Me Again (Scott Elliott Mystery #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings
"Hollywood "
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This Girl for Hire (Honey West, #1)
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3.35 avg rating — 156 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Day of the Ram (Brock 'The Rock' Callahan #2)
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3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Shakedown: A Joe Puma Mystery
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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If Dying Was All
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3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
"Hollywood "
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Little Elvises (Junior Bender, #2)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Star Struck Dead (Lauren Atwill, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings
"1940s Hollywood "
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Shadows Don’t Bleed
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Small Favors (Sydney Bryant, #1)
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3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings
"San Diego "
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Murder Unscripted
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3.41 avg rating — 34 ratings
"Hollywood "
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The Bay Psalm Book Murder
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3.03 avg rating — 38 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Murder in Scorpio (Elizabeth Chase, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 272 ratings
"San Diego "
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Two Heads Are Better (Bennett, No 1)
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3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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White Heat (Duke Rogers PI #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 117 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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An Infinite Number of Monkeys (Saxon, #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 76 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Death Was the Other Woman
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3.67 avg rating — 208 ratings
"1930s Los Angeles "
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Bloody Murdock (Matt Murdock, #5)
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3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings
"Newport Beach "
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Case of the Vanishing Beauty (Shell Scott #1)
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3.57 avg rating — 196 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Violent Spring (Ivan Monk, #1)
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3.71 avg rating — 139 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Copp for Hire (Joe Copp, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 104 ratings
"Hollywood "
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The Big Enchilada (Sam Hunter #1)
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3.60 avg rating — 47 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Guilty Bystander (Max Thursday and Austin Clapp #2)
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3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings
"late 40s/early 50s San Diego "
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THE ORANGE GROOVE (Kahlo and Crowe #5)
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4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
""Santa Teresa" - fictional stand-in for Santa Barbara"
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The Detective & the Pipe Girl (John Darvelle Mystery #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 599 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Thin Air (Jessica Shaw, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 51,810 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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The First Rule of Ten (A Tenzing Norbu Mystery, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 2,179 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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The Last Voice You Hear
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
"Pasadena "
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Nursery Crimes (A Mommy-Track Mystery, #1)
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3.43 avg rating — 1,234 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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IQ (IQ, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 22,290 ratings
"Los Angeles "
LAPL
rated it 4 stars
See Review
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Follow Her Home (Juniper Song, #1)
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3.41 avg rating — 1,331 ratings
"Los Angeles"
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Close Your Eyes (Kendra Michaels, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 8,573 ratings
"San Diego "
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High Fall (Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, #3)
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3.43 avg rating — 81 ratings
"La Jolla "
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Inherent Vice
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3.80 avg rating — 38,300 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration
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3.79 avg rating — 148 ratings
"Southern California"
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Poodle Springs
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3.60 avg rating — 5,333 ratings
""Poodle Springs" read Palm Springs Riverside Los Angeles
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Perchance to Dream
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3.73 avg rating — 1,535 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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The Black-Eyed Blonde
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3.53 avg rating — 4,522 ratings
"Los Angeles "Bay City" - fictional stand-in for Santa Monica "
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Only to Sleep
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3.59 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
"San Diego
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Poppy Harmon Investigates (A Desert Flowers Mystery, #1)
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3.63 avg rating — 1,396 ratings
"Palm Springs "
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Fugitive Nights
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3.80 avg rating — 756 ratings
"Palm Springs"
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The Feral Detective
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3.01 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
"Claremont Upland Twentynine Palms "
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Eye of God: A Mystery
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2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
"Orange County "
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Death Is For Losers (Bart Challis #1)
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
"Los Angeles "
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Freezer Burn (A Peri Minneopa Mystery, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 265 ratings
"Orange County "
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Mexican Standoff
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3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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The Bigger They Come (Cool and Lam #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 554 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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Corpses and Canyons
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4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
"Los Angeles "
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