Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blues Don’t Care | 2020 | Paul D. Marks | Buy |
Paul D. Marks’s Bobby Saxon novel, The Blues Don’t Care (2020), is set in 1940s Los Angeles. It follows Bobby Saxon, a musician drawn into a murder investigation.
The wartime LA setting gives the book a period atmosphere that goes beyond the usual detective novel backdrop. Bobby is a pianist trying to break into the jazz scene, and when murder disrupts his world, he has to navigate both the crime and the racial tensions of the era. Marks brings real historical detail into the story.
Marks is also known for his Shamus Award-winning Duke Rogers series. The Blues Don’t Care shares his interest in Los Angeles crime fiction but takes a step further back in time. The book works as a standalone, requiring no prior knowledge of Marks’s other work.