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* Once every few novels of the ''[[In Death]]'' series, someone is bound to bring a box of donuts into "Cop Central." Usually it's intrepid reporter Nadine Furst, who routinely bribes her way into Eve Dallas's office by this method, but sometimes it's just "someone brought donuts."
* In the [[Tamora Pierce]] novel [[Tortall Universe|Bloodhound]], Beka Cooper, a Guardswoman (or "Provost's Dog"), dines on "fried dough spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg", which she later describes as "dough knots".
* Rare British example: The Ankh-Morpork City Watch, in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels. Captain Vimes has a doughnut at Harga's House of Ribs in ''[[Men At Arms]]'' (and describes the recipe in full, to express his annoyance at Harga's literal-minded response to his asking for coffee "[[Twin Peaks|black as midnight on a moonless night]]"). In ''[[Thud!]]'', it's mentioned that Sergeant Colon and the ex-Watchmen who come in to chat with him get through a lot of doughnuts, but it's worth it for the information. And in ''[[Unseen Academicals]]'', one character refers to the Watch being annoyed about breaking up a riot because it would be keeping them from the doughnut shop. Of course, while ''[[Discworld]]'' is a British creation, it takes its tropes from everywhere.
* Everyone Jo knows from [[Da Chief]] to her cabbie buddy Gary knows her favourite types of drink and her favourite pastries from the local donut shop in [[The Walker Papers]].
* The shtekeleh, a Filipino-style Chinese donut in ''[[The Yiddish Policemen's Union]]''. Tears come to the detective protagonist's eyes when he realises that nothing in his life is better than eating one of them.
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