Malcolm Lewis:
Writes great crime novels set in Aberdeen, Scotland. Try Flesh House. Sometimes gory, often laced with dry humor, always funny. If you like Ian Rankin (great crime novels set in... Edingburgh!), check out Stuart MacBride.
Malcolm Lewis:
If you like police procedural novels, as I do, it's interesting to compare the styles of Michael Connelly (LA cop), Ian Rankin (Edinburgh cop) and Henning Mankell (Swedish cop). All three styles are similar in theme but quite different in execution.