San Francisco is everybody's Favorite City, so it's not surprising that so many crime writers and producers set their books, films and TV shows here.
Jeff (J. Kingston Pierce) asked me to post my Top 10 San Francisco-backdropped Crime Novels. Thought the task would be simple, but it sure wasn't. Think it would have been easier to name my top 10 L.A. crime novels. But I love San Francisco, so I was up for the challenge. I chose books for their specific San Francisco City & County setting, so that excluded many novels that take place in the surrounding cities and countryside. I started with The Maltese Falcon, of course. I also listed David Dodge's Death and Taxes. Check out the list HERE.
Kelli Stanley put together a list of her favorite San Francisco Noir films. I concur with her great selections.
And, Jeff put together his list of San Francisco Crime TV shows. Of course, The Streets of San Francisco are on the list.
Mystery Readers Journal had two issues devoted to San Francisco Mysteries in 2008.
Check out the Table of Contents: San Francisco I. San Francisco II. We also had an earlier issue of San Francisco Mysteries in 1995.
Want to dig a little deeper into all the crime fiction set in the San Francisco Bay Area? Check out Randal Brandt's Golden Gate Mysteries.
See you in San Francisco at Bouchercon!
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