Books by Jonathan Latimer
“This is a great novel. A wild novel. It deals with a corrupt town, illegal activity, a perverse cult, a cesspool of criminality. I don’t want to give too much away, because the pleasure of the book is in discovering what this cult is all about. The book was originally published in the UK because it was too risky for the US. It came out in 1941 in the UK, but wasn’t published in its original form here until the 1980s.” Read more...
The Best 20th-century American Detective Novels
Dave Zeltserman, Novelist
Interviews where books by Jonathan Latimer were recommended
The Best 20th-century American Detective Novels, recommended by Dave Zeltserman
Many well-loved American detective novels feature cynical private investigator protagonists facing down hardened criminals and deep-set corruption. We asked Dave Zeltserman, author of Small Crimes, to recommend five brilliant books from this popular genre, from a 1920s small town murder mystery to a 1980s postmodern trilogy.




