Hard Boiled category: 6975 books

It’s murder backstage for a cynical Chicago attorney—from “the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction” (William Ruehlmann).   It’s part casino, part nightclub, and part circus. For its new owners, Jake Justus and his socialite wife, Helene, it’s also a gamble. Luckily they have Jay Otto....

A PI heads from DC to Saudi Arabia to save the life of a client targeted by a hit man. Nothing will stop the beautiful Fawzia Totah and her lover, US Army colonel Lyman Tyler, from boarding a plane for the Middle East to make their pilgrimage to Mecca. So Fawzia hires Washington PI Chester...

He's a hard-boiled private detective with no clients and a crazy landlady looking for his overdue rent. After a young gunman walks into his office, telling him to lay off of a case he's not involved with, Ray soon finds himself in the middle of murder, deceit, and deception. Brought in to investigate...

From the pen of R. Archer. Outstanding author of crime fiction comes a tale of a Private Detective with a style and class of his own. Forget Sam Spade, Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe.Gold Digger is the pilot novel of The Case Files of Harvey Valentine Private Dick. Written in the tradition of old time...

A killer is targeting mystery writers and book critics, and Detective Brick Ransom is about to learn that the publishing business really is murder! Two shots on a snowy Seattle street, and a once-bestselling mystery writer lies dead. When Brick Ransom is assigned to the case, the trail quickly...

An envelope full of money and a request to join his client at a tough nightclub downtown brings Race Williams face to face with many of the swarthy faces of crime. The shaded, dirty lights of the “Egyptian Lure” allows the Confidential Agent to slink his way through the club, assessing every hardened...

Battling New York traffic is the least of cabbie Simon Jaffe’s problems. With a shrewish wife, difficult kids, and the usual middle aged angst, his only escape is reading hard boiled mysteries. Chandler, Hammett, McDonald, Spillane, Parker—they’re good, but nothing beats the Red Diamond private...

A John Devin, PI Short Story… Devin is on a fresh case to recover money and bootleg booze belonging to Toots, the owner of Devin’s favorite LA speakeasy. The money and booze found, he gets a little more than he bargains for. A case within a case, that leads Devin to his new best...

Three hard-boiled mysteries featuring a tough as nails narcotics agent from **“a master of intrigue and adventure” (New York Times–bestselling author Clive Cussler). John Bolt is the best narcotics agent in D-3—the Department of Dangerous Drugs—and with his Colt .45, he’s out to...

**Follow a daring reporter in these four hard-boiled suspense mysteries from “a master of intrigue and adventure” (New York Times–bestselling author Clive Cussler). Meet Harker, an investigative reporter willing to do whatever it takes to break a story—even if it might break him first...

Sebastian Parks is drowning in a flood of his own creation. Dishonorably discharged from the Army, he’s wracked with night terrors and an anger that he can't abate. Unemployable and uninterested in anything resembling a normal job, Parks makes his living in fugitive apprehension, finding wanted felons...

Hard-boiled private detective thriller with a dash of pulp and occult. A corrupt city ran by a political machine. Racketeers and gangsters fight for control of the waterfront. Mysterious, bloody murders occur throughout the city. Black-robed figures are offering blood sacrifices to an unknown...

January, 1930 - Chicago Something evil stalks the streets performing human sacrifices every new moon. The police are baffled. High society wants it covered up. The mob wants the murder weapon. Fearing the involvement of a long time parishioner, aging priest Father Burke turns...

“Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series — and its protagonist — have aged well.” — The Toronto Star “Not to be missed.” — The Globe and Mail Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with this four-book bundle, including the latest Crang mystery, 2016's Keeper of the...