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Grady Gammage and I have regularly debated the issue of growth. But he's paid me the supreme compliment by saying he knew that Phoenix had arrived as a big city…
Posted by Jon Talton October 2, 2009No Comments

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Jon Talton

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Jon Talton is a journalist and author of 12 novels, including the David Mapstone series and Deadline Man. His Dry Heat won Arizona Highways’ 2005 Fiction Book of the Year. He also wrote A Brief History of Phoenix.

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My books

Talton, Jon: The Nurse Murders: A Gene Hammons Novel

Talton, Jon: The Nurse Murders: A Gene Hammons Novel

Talton, Jon: City of Dark Corners: A Gene Hammons Novel

Talton, Jon: City of Dark Corners: A Gene Hammons Novel

The Bomb Shelter: A David Mapstone Mystery

The Bomb Shelter: A David Mapstone Mystery

Brief History of Phoenix

Brief History of Phoenix

High Country Nocturne: A David Mapstone Mystery

High Country Nocturne: A David Mapstone Mystery

The Night Detectives: A David Mapstone Mystery

The Night Detectives: A David Mapstone Mystery

South Phoenix Rules: A David Mapstone Mystery

South Phoenix Rules: A David Mapstone Mystery

Deadline Man: A Novel

Deadline Man: A Novel

Powers of Arrest: A Cincinnati Casebook

Powers of Arrest: A Cincinnati Casebook

The Pain Nurse: The First Cincinnati Casebook

The Pain Nurse: The First Cincinnati Casebook

Includes my short story 'Bull.': Phoenix Noir

Includes my short story "Bull.": Phoenix Noir

Arizona Dreams: A David Mapstone Mystery

Arizona Dreams: A David Mapstone Mystery

Dry Heat: A David Mapstone Mystery

Dry Heat: A David Mapstone Mystery

Camelback Falls: A David Mapstone Mystery

Camelback Falls: A David Mapstone Mystery

Cactus Heart: A David Mapstone Mystery

Cactus Heart: A David Mapstone Mystery

Concrete Desert: The First David Mapstone Mystery

Concrete Desert: The First David Mapstone Mystery

More on my fiction writing at jontalton.com

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