[Summer's Not For Dummies]

July, 2008

Crime novels by male American writ­ers, that is. Living ones, too, because why should I compliment somebody in no position to do me a favor?—L.B.Michael Connelly: His books are set in Los Angeles like those of his hero, Raymond Chandler. My favorite is a nonseries thriller, The Poet. Jeffery Deaver: Just when you think it's over, he pulls another rabbit out of the hat. Formulaic? No, because Deaver always makes it work. My pick: The Cold Moon. Alan Furst: No one has ever written spy fiction this...