Two cops. Twice the murder. Double the trouble on LA's mean streets... Los Angeles, 1990s. Hard-boiled homicide detective Dickie Jones and his cocky partner Matt "Pretty Boy Floyd" Tyler are no strangers to tragic deaths. But the L.A. Sheriff's odd couple is shocked by the vicious slaying of a transsexual prostitute. And when the victim's working-girl roommate turns up dead only hours later, they find themselves hunting a killer with a terrifying agenda. With the clues leading them through LA's sleaziest neighborhoods, Dickie and Floyd run headlong into a brutal, drug-dealing gang. But as they begin to unravel a disturbingly ugly scheme, they land in the crosshairs of a sinister sniper. Can Dickie and Floyd expose a conspiracy before a hail of bullets sends them to the morgue? A Good Bunch of Men is the atmospheric first book in the Dickie Floyd Detective mystery series. If you like headstrong heroes, police procedurals, and unexpected plot twists, then you'll love Danny R. Smith's gripping whodunit. Buy to hunt a human predator today! "You'll never read a better California cop novel than A GOOD BUNCH OF MEN. Never." - Jake Needham, Best-selling author of THE MEAN STREETS CRIME NOVELS "It is by turns funny, poignant, and exciting, remarkably authentic. Only someone who lived it would be able to write this." - Phil Jonas "Finally, someone wrote it the way it should be written and added a few twists along the way. A real page-turner." - J. Sheehy "I was totally blown away. Unable to put the book down. Anyone with law enforcement experience MUST read this book." - JZ "There's nothing like authenticity to set a book apart." - Jackson "This work of fiction will take you into the heart of a homicide investigation, with its many twists and turns. Excellent character development and the story is a page-turner." - A. Argott "If you want to know how murders are truly investigated and solved, and how homicide detectives think, walk, and talk, then A GOOD BUNCH OF MEN is for you." - J. Knight "This book gets you behind the yellow tape of a murder scene and investigation. You will feel as though you're living the life of a homicide investigator." - Cliff Yates "I've read a lot of law enforcement type stories, and this is probably the best one yet. The author obviously writes from experience." - George B. "But once in a while, an author comes along who has not only been there and done that, but comes to the table with an eye for plotting, dialogue, and intrigue. And when that happens, one can celebrate their literary blessings." - Dean Scoville, Author of A Gun, A Badge, and An Attitude . "Dickie Floyd belongs on the bookshelf of every Joseph Wambaugh and Michael Connelly fan. Wambaugh and Connelly write about LAPD. The author has written the quintessential LA County Sheriff's Department novel." - Phil "Crime, fights, guns, with laughs and a dash of booze mixed in giving us an inside look at the life of homicide detectives. " - Richard Powers