Recommend me something like True Detective but in book form. Urban, lovecraftian atmosphere, mystery.
>>8125125
There is nothing worthy
How is True detective s1 urban?
Child of God
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
>>8125125
Literally 2666. This is not a meme, I'm sure it was a direct inspiration(unlisted because of extreme plot similarities).
Nic Pizzolatto was influenced (or blatantly stole from) Robert W. Chamber's "the king in yellow", Karl Edward Wagner (namely his short stories "sticks" and "the river of night's dream"), Laird Barron (who also combines pulp with horror), and Thomas Ligotti (some of Cohle's line are taken almost verbatim from his stuff)
tl,dr; get into modern weird fiction
>>8125125
In the Woods by Tana French
>>8125161
Fuck didn't know about Karl Edward Wagner.
So that's what writing in Hollywood is all about.
>>8125125
Stephen King, N.
>>8125161
I don't think I've read most of the books that are cited as influences on True Detective but I can at least vouch that The King in Yellow is pretty amazing.
nic pizzeria himself wrote a book, might like it
>>8125132
Maybe OP just meant modern?
The Wild Hunt by Fred Vargas