In Coastside Detectives: The Grand View, the views of San Francisco so well known from dozens of film noir tales and classic novels are the backdrop to a tale rooted in the smart-bombed skyline of present-day Baghdad, with results in San Francisco just as deadly. br br In Coastside Detectives, Mike Mason, the latest in a long line of West Coast private eyes, takes stock of the state of his soul as he navigates the complexities of a criminal caper, and finds clarity for both in the fog-scrubbed sky viewed from California's winding Highway One.