The Pain Scale (Long Beach Homicide)
As a child, Tyler Dilts dreamed of following in the footsteps of his policeman  father. Though his career goals changed over time, he never lost interest in the  daily work of homicide detectives. Today he teaches at California State University in  Long Beach, and his writing has appeared in theLos Angeles Times,The  Chronicle of Higher Education,The Best American Mystery Stories, and  numerous other publications. He is the author ofA King of Infinite Space, the  first in the Danny Beckett series.