"As one of the great mythic American cities, Los Angeles has inspired crime fiction since the genre began. But do these stories reveal the real city or only help it to hide its true face?

For Thomas Trang, the fictitiousness of Los Angeles was part of the intrigue. His debut novel, Dark Neon & Dirt, is a cat-and-mouse heist story set in the city of angels. Trang joins us to talk about his book, being an outsider, and why he’s done with LA."

https://coldcallermag.substack.com/p/indie-authors-have-to-be-a-thousand