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Jon Talton, author of City of Dark Corners.
Phoenix’s population and attractiveness as a tourist destination took off significantly following World War II, but it was showing hints of becoming a bustling metropolis more than a decade before that. The city was also especially attractive to up-and-comers in a lot of business sectors including organized crime.
For his newest novel, City of Dark Corners, Jon Talton leaves his recurring character David Mapstone and his usual setting of modern-day Phoenix for the 1930s version and introduces a new protagonist former Phoenix detective turned private investigator Gene Hammons. Talton also sprinkles in appearances by real Phoenix legends like Barry Goldwater.