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Try anything by Dashiel Hammett or James Ellroy. Ellroy has had a few of his books turned into movies: LA Confidential and the upcoming The Black Dalhia. But whatever you do, stay clear of The Cold Six Thousand. I made the mistake of buying it from the library, and then I realize why they were trying to get rid of it.
Also, William Gibson's Pattern Recognition reads a lot like a detective novel. Check it out.
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"I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something - or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip."
Roger Zelazny
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