Some San Francisco Treats
“You said you were going’ to Frisco, stay a couple of months.
I always liked San Francisco, I was there for a party once.”
— from the song “Maybe Someday” by Bob Dylan,
who swiped it from Out of the Past.
- Sam Spade by Dashiell Hammett
- Carver Bascombe by Ken Davis
- The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett
- Dan Kearney & Associates (DKA) by Joe Gores
- Nameless by Bill Pronzini
- Bragg by Jack Lynch
- Nick Chambers by the Bay Area Writer’s Group
- Jerry Cool by Gerry Maddren
- Miranda Corbie by Kelli Stanley
- Odyssey Gallagher by James N. Frey (Cow Hollow, part of the Marina District)
- Hector Gonig by Walter Walker
- Dante Mancuso by Domenic Stansberry
- Carroll Quint by Jerry Kennealy
- Jess Randolph by Margaret Lucke
- Mike Haller by Max Byrd
- Fremont Jones by Dianne Day
- Maggie Laurent & Nick Moore by Claire M. Johnson
- Sharon McCone by Marcia Muller
- Adrian Monk by Andy Breckmann
- Gus Monk by Blake Edwards
- Tom Reed by Rick Mofina
- Jack Palms by Seth Harwood
- Nick Polo by Jerry Kennealy
- Derek Thompson by Kelly Bradford
- Dan Banion by Robert Finnegan
- Frankie Fagan by James Dalessandro
- August Riordan by Mark Coggins
- Carly Paladino & Noah Lang by Ronald Tierney
- Alexander Rush by Dashiell Hammett
- John Marshall Tanner by Stephen Greenleaf
- Cape Weathers by Tim Maleeny
- Scott Weiss & Jim Bishop by Andrew Klavan
- Peter Strand by Ronald Tierney
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- Golden Gate Mysteries
Those pursuing out crime novels set in the San Francisco Bay area should check out this site by our pal Randal Brandt which boasts a comprehensive bibliography.
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
