Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody’s Angel | 2010 | Jack Clark | Buy |
| 2 | Back Door to L.A. | 2016 | Jack Clark | Buy |
The Eddie Miles series by Jack Clark follows a Chicago cab driver who finds himself entangled in criminal investigations that have nothing to do with his job. Miles is not a detective — he is a working taxi driver who sees the city from the street level, and the novels use that vantage point to examine crime in a way that differs from conventional private eye fiction.
Nobody’s Angel (2010), the first book, involves two serial killers operating in the city. Clark originally published the novel himself, selling copies from his cab, before Hard Case Crime republished it. The second book, Back Door to L.A. (2016), followed six years later. The series has two entries, both told in the first-person voice of Miles navigating Chicago’s streets and the crimes he encounters on them.
The Hard Case Crime imprint, known for its pulp aesthetic and commitment to hard-boiled American fiction, was a natural home for Clark’s work. The Eddie Miles books fit the imprint’s tradition of crime fiction written close to working-class American life.