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Danny R. Smith

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Elmore Leonard, Dennis Lehane, Joseph Wambaugh

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September 2017


Danny R. Smith spent 21 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the last seven as a homicide detective. He now lives in Idaho where he works as a private investigator and consultant. He is blessed with a beautiful family and surrounded by an assortment of furry critters whom he counts among his friends.

Danny is the author of the Dickie Floyd Detective Novel series and the Rich Farris Detective series. He writes about true crime and other topics in his blog, The Murder Memo.

He has appeared as an expert on numerous podcasts and shows including True Crime Daily and the STARZ channel’s WRONG MAN series, and is the host of Unsolved Murders with Danny Smith on the Dr. Carlos Crime Network podcast.

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Danny R. Smith The best thing about being a writer is creating. I find it therapeutic to write, and I very much enjoy all aspects of writing, but truthfully it comes…moreThe best thing about being a writer is creating. I find it therapeutic to write, and I very much enjoy all aspects of writing, but truthfully it comes down to creating something that you are proud of, that you can call your own, and that others will enjoy.(less)
Danny R. Smith Thanks for the question, Bicky. I originally chose to do so to add conflict to the storyline, the captain separating the two but nothing can keep them…moreThanks for the question, Bicky. I originally chose to do so to add conflict to the storyline, the captain separating the two but nothing can keep them apart, type of deal. No matter that they are no longer partners, they always seem to be working together. The real upside was the addition of some of the new characters who have become favorites of my readers, especially Josie Sanchez, and to a lesser degree Davey Lopes. But Floyd is there throughout.
In the fourth book THE COLOR DEAD, being released May 1, 2019, a situation puts Dickie and Floyd back together again in a way that is much more like the first book. Thank you for the question, and for reading my books! Danny (less)
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“Floyd poured us each a cup and we headed back to the floor, the squad room, a sea of desks with computers and fluorescent lighting where A-type personalities killed themselves trying to find out who killed someone else.”
Dickie Floyd, A Good Bunch of Men

“stepping out into the dark.”
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Danny Smith Thank you, sir! I'm just getting around to trying to figure this site out. And it seems to be a bit of a treasury chest for readers and writers! William wrote: "Thank you for the friendship!"


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