{"id":596,"date":"2018-08-09T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999913354"},"modified":"2018-08-09T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:00:44","slug":"video-this-author-takes-us-to-the-places-in-long-beach-where-his-homicide-novels-unfold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/video-this-author-takes-us-to-the-places-in-long-beach-where-his-homicide-novels-unfold","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: This author takes us to the places in Long Beach where his homicide novels unfold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/default\/e\/B002E4441Q?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true\">Tyler Dilts<\/a>\u2019 four Long Beach Homicide novels are excellent police procedurals that are liberally adorned with real Long Beach locations.<\/p>\n<p>The books (\u201cA King of Infinite Space,\u201d \u201cThe Pain Scale,\u201d \u201cA Cold and Broken Hallelujah,\u201d and \u201cCome Twilight\u201d) feature LBPD\u2019s Danny Beckett and make for great reading for Long Beachers, who can follow Beckett through Belmont Heights, around Rainbow Harbor, stopping for the Rancher omelet at Potholder Too, perusing the stacks at the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library and picking a few things up at La Bodega Market No. 4.<\/p>\n<p>Dilts\u2019 latest book is a stand-alone mystery. 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