Procedurals remain staples of the crime fiction genre because they detail the solid investigative skills detectives apply in solving crimes and bringing the guilty to justice. In Down into Darkness, David Lawrence's London crime squad cracks a series of apparently unrelated murders, while Henry Kisor in Cache of Corpses illustrates the tightrope that a Native American cop must walk every day.At the same time, the authors of these mysteries often evoke a strong sense of place. Kathleen George's Afterimage uses the Pittsburgh Homicide Squad to reveal the underside of that city not often seen by civilians. And in Richard Kunzmann's capable hands, contemporary South Africa is vividly brought to life as his detective seeks the hidden reasons behind a gruesome killing (Salamander Cotton).
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