Manchester crime random 10

The list author says:
	"Manchester, the original modern city, invented the working class. How could it not have as its hero a proper hard man? Meet Cal Innes."

The list author says:
	"True-to-life story from Gunchester days of how some get by, in what London media called 'the badlands'. We could argue about ghetto cliches, but what for? Read also the sequel, 'Full Crew'."

The list author says:
	"We care about Kate Brannigan, England's answer to VI Warshawski, that's why we trust her to guide us through the second city's underworld. This series is the foundation stone of Manchester noir."

The list author says:
	"Sal Kilkenny deserved to take the baton from McDermid's Brannigan, the realism of home life draws us in so the violence, death and despair bite deeper. Worth reading the series in order."

The list author says:
	"Proper hard debut. Tough tale tautly told. Rings true. Read this before 'Brown Boys In Chocolate'."

The list author says:
	"Lean's Dave Cunane books are up with the best Yank gumshoe stories. Makes Manchester come alive, dry wit and all - the Ross Macdonald of the North?"

The list author says:
	"Funny, wry, tough underneath - proper Mancunian. His eye and ear are acute - as also in 'Manchester Slingback'. How can you not love a post-op TS hitman as the hero?"

The list author says:
	"Great on the old Hulme, England's smack central before yuppification. Scary true to its time."

The list author says:
	"Great noir from the Stockport all-rounder. The rainy city's answer to both Mike Phillips and Victor Headley."

The list author says:
	"The new school of Manchester noir."