If you know me, you probably know I like crime fiction, and you've probably heard me talk about how I like writers who are great at creating and evoking a sense of place--like James Ellroy's Los Angeles (or Michael Connelly's), or Carl Hiaasen's Florida (or Charles Willeford's), or Donald Harstad's Iowa. Here are two more I've discovered recently: William Kent Krueger writes beautifully about northern Minnesota (Minnesotans, either born-and-raised like Paul or Elizabeth or transplanted like Rebekah, might give him a try), and Jenny Siler's first couple books draw the best Montana since the late James Crumley. Recommended.