Dave Beckett Series by David Putnam

Dave Beckett is a wide-eyed young man when he joins the police department in a small town in Southern California. His naivete allows him to believe in his world, a vision where the cops are the good guys championing the rights of the wronged. He learns quickly that crime is not black and white, and the bad guys aren’t always the ones committing the crimes... moreDave Beckett is a wide-eyed young man when he joins the police department in a small town in Southern California. His naivete allows him to believe in his world, a vision where the cops are the good guys championing the rights of the wronged. He learns quickly that crime is not black and white, and the bad guys aren’t always the ones committing the crimes. This is the story of a victim turned predator, a young man who grows up too fast and becomes an apt pupil in the pursuit of criminals on both sides of the fence. less

Dave Beckett, a homicide detective who doesn't color within the lines, is regulated to the lowest job in the division and is known by his peers as "The Bone Dick." He handles all "bag of bone" cases found in San Bernardino County's twenty thousand square miles. At present count: 256 pending unsolved. It's a boring, mundane job--until it isn't. In A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun, Beckett is called to a house deep in the desert where a dog has brought a bone to the back door... moreDave Beckett, a homicide detective who doesn't color within the lines, is regulated to the lowest job in the division and is known by his peers as "The Bone Dick." He handles all "bag of bone" cases found in San Bernardino County's twenty thousand square miles. At present count: 256 pending unsolved. It's a boring, mundane job--until it isn't. In A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun, Beckett is called to a house deep in the desert where a dog has brought a bone to the back door. Beckett investigates and discovers the victim, two years dead, is someone he knows. With his usual verve and colorful methods, he tracks the killer. The trail leads through a warren of dead ends until he discovers a most unlikely suspect hiding in plain sight. A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun is fiction melded with true-life incidents that makes for a non-stop thriller of the first order. less