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Steve Anderson · 05-19-2010, 07:05 PM

I go for all kinds of crime-related fiction but right now I'm reading City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley, which is set in 1940 San Francisco. Another good one along the same vein is Rebecca Cantrell's A Trace of Smoke set in 1930s Berlin. I love anything set in the 1930s/40s with a noir theme, whether it's espionage or mystery or straight crime. These two books have female protagonists so they offer a fresh take on a genre that is too often mimicked and not felt in the writing.

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Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	I go for all kinds of crime-related fiction but right now I'm reading City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley, which is set in 1940 San Francisco. Another good one along the same vein is Rebecca Cantrell's A Trace of Smoke set in 1930s Berlin. I love anything set in the 1930s/40s with a noir theme, whether it's espionage or mystery or straight crime. These two books have female protagonists so they offer a fresh take on a genre that is too often mimicked and not felt in the writing. Last edited by Steve Anderson; 05-20-2010 at 11:52 AM.