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Andrew Diamond

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Mystery, Thriller, Crime

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Andrew Diamond writes mystery, crime, noir, and an occasional comedy. His books feature cinematic prose, strong characterization, twisting plots, and dark humor. Amazon editors named Impala a best of the month mystery, and IndieReader named it to their best of 2016 list. Impala also won the Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for mystery and the 24th Annual Writer’s Digest award for genre fiction.

Gate 76 was named named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018, while BestThrillers.com selected both Gate 76 (2018) and To Hell with Johnny Manic (2019) to their best of the year lists. The Sellout (2024) won the IndieReader Discovery Award for humor.

His next book, Grid Zero, will be available on June 30, 2025.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 3,089 ratings · 515 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gate 76 (Freddy Ferguson, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Impala 3.95 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	32 Minutes (Freddy Ferguson, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 413 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kill Romeo (Freddy Ferguson, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 380 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warren Lane 4.04 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reisman Case (Claire Chastain, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 105 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Friday Cage (Claire Chastain, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grid Zero 4.32 avg rating — 85 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Hell with Johnny Manic 4.05 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wake Up, Wanda Wiley 3.67 avg rating — 90 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Andrew Diamond wants to read Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Andrew Diamond rated a book really liked it In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In the Café of Lost Youth opens in the Condé café in Paris in the 1950s. The narrator of the opening chapter, a student in his early twenties, introduces us to some of the café’s regulars, men and women of varying ages who all seem to be adrift. We l ...more
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A very interesting an enlightening read. Russell writes with great clarity and insight, plus occasional wit. I wrote a lengthy review here, in case you're interested: https://adiamond.me/2026/09/a-history... ...more
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Andrew Diamond rated a book it was ok The Perenial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am deeply interested in the material Huxley covers here, but boy what a slog this is to read. The prose is wordy, conceptually dense and often too abstract to distill into meaning. This kind of writing reminds me of why I left academia. The ideas H ...more
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Ross Macdonald’s 1951 novel, The Way Some People Die, is the first book in the Library of America’s Ross Macdonald Collection. It’s one of the earlier books in the Lew Archer series, and as I’ve read a number of the later ones, I know this is not Mac ...more
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After harrowing encounters with a violent psychopath (Psycho-Tropics) and a murderous crime mob (Funeral Daze), laid-back Danny Teakwell would like nothing more than to enjoy the Florida surf and craft custom boards in his beachside surf shop. Now th ...more
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“It scares you to think of having someone else’s heart in your hands when you can’t even manage your own life. I know”
― Andrew Diamond, Warren Lane

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“I think an author who writes crappy novels should be punished by having to live inside the novel of an even crappier author”
― Andrew Diamond, The Sellout

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“An author is like a mafia boss. He's gotta shepherd a bunch of characters through a plot. He has to maintain control. Any gets outta line, they have to go”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.”
― Benjamin Brewster

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“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
― Dorothy Parker

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