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John Shannon


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John Shannon is a contemporary American author, lately of detective fiction. He began his career with four well-reviewed novels in the 1970s and 1980s, then in 1996 launched the Jack Liffey mystery series. He cites as his literary influences Raymond Chandler, Graham Greene, Robert Stone and Jim Harrison.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
December 2024

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Boystown
(Jack Liffey, book 15)
Series
Jack Liffey
   1. The Concrete River (1996)
   2. The Cracked Earth (1999)
   3. The Poison Sky (2000)
   4. The Orange Curtain (2001)
   5. Streets on Fire (2002)
   6. City of Strangers (2003)
   7. Terminal Island (2004)
   8. Dangerous Games (2005)
   9. The Dark Streets (2006)
   10. The Devils of Bakersfield (2008)
   11. Palos Verdes Blue (2009)
   12. On The Nickel (2010)
   13. A Little Too Much (2010)
   14. Chinese Beverly Hills (2014)
   15. Boystown (2024)
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Novels
   Broken Codes (1986)
   The Taking of the Waters (1994)
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