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“Hardboiled”

Hardboiled

Smoke paints the dawn. /

Heat climbs to triple digits. /

LA is hardboiled.

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Robert Crais’s original words: Smoke painting the dawn, unhealthful air quality, heat climbing to triple digits—LA is hardboiled. Photo by Robert Crais, writer of the Elvis Coke and Joe Pike private detective novels, and others.

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