11.   Not the greatest American crime novelist.

12.   Some reviewers have compared Swanson to off-the-wall crime novelists like Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.

13.   Some reviewers have compared him to off-the-wall crime novelists like Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard.

14.   That was just fine with the author, who is a fan of hard-boiled mysteries, including those by crime novelist Jim Thompson.

15.   The books have earned Burke a place in a small circle that includes Tony Hillerman and Elmore Leonard, crime novelists whose work edges into literary fiction.

16.   The greatest crime novelist who ever lived.

17.   Urban crime novelists accuse her of snobbery.

18.   Urban crime novelists call her a snob.