Hard Boiled category: 6975 books

The Ramsay brothers are keen to move up in the world and get the hell out of town. They gather all their hopes in one basket and set up the Scottish Open dog-fighting tournament. In Leo they have the animal to win it. All they need to complete the plan is a fair wind. Carlo Salvino returns...

Four hard-boiled detective and mystery tales.

Marek Miert, schwergewichtiger Hinterhof-Detektiv aus Harland, ist nicht gerade vom Erfolg verwöhnt. Die trostlosen Jobs, mit denen er sich über Wasser hält, sind nicht gut fürs Renommee. Den verschwundenen Liebhaber eines verzweifelten Mädchens zu suchen, gehört da schon zu den besseren Aufträgen....

The Family Business is a fictitious tale based on a composite of actual cases, and featuring Mike Roth, P.I. badboy unlike any you've ever met. It's today, with settings for this hard-boiled detective thriller in Manila, Bangkok, Los Angeles, and New York. Femme fatale Lori MacMillan and her...

Mexican Joe was a sore eye and a bad tooth to the New York City Police Department. So, when he spread-eagled out of a twenty-second story window of a skyscraper and ended as mush amid the Brooklyn traffic, no one batted an eye. Except for Race Williams. A sure buck and a good lead compelled him to...

Koans and killings, mayhem and metaphysics, the DoubleNickel Detective stories serve up the usual mix of characters, clues and conundrums. Called 'DoubleNickel' as a boy for his thick glasses, 'Nick' as a college man, he otherwise remains without a name. This nondescript fellow is, in appearance,...

Until pain, memory, resignation and fury are all subsumed by the one possible conclusion, a thing or two may just be worth doing. Thus a nameless former cop who should never have become a private detective awaits clients in a dingy office across the street from a Chinese restaurant. Impeccably...

Church by novelist Joseph W. Michels follows William Church, ex-FBI agent turned freelance recovery specialist, as he is called from his comfortable life in San Francisco to pursue ruthless art thieves who steal priceless masters from a private residence, thus sparking an adventure of cat and mouse...

Hard-boiled detective fiction in its purest form, comparable to Seven or the True Detective series.  “I read a lot of detective fiction and about crime, but never before had a story left me with such a long literary hangover. For more than a week I was incapable of beginning any other book....

In the heart of Montreal in 1953, private investigator Eddie Wade witnesses the brutal late-night murder of Saul Blumenthal, a Jewish German immigrant. The police suddenly and mysteriously close the case on this unsolved murder in less than twenty-four hours. Smelling a rat, Eddie decides to investigate...

Dark Traces is Martin Steyn's English-language and North American debut novel. Dark Traces delves deep into the psychology of both a serial killer and the detective who seeks to find him. Though fast-paced, it exposes violence against women as a men's issue, one that all men should consider. This...

On a warm September morning, an unconscious man is found in a cage at the entrance to the offices of one of Germany's biggest magazines. He's soon identified as a manager of the company, and he's been tortured. Three days later, another manager appears in a similar way. Chastity Riley and her new...

Private Investigator Phil Allman is in pursuit of Jesse Garon Presley, the heretofore thought stillborn twin brother of Elvis Presley. Along the way, Allman also seeks wealth, family stability, and love, not to mention the perpetrator(s) of three murders as he travels from his hometown of Philadelphia...

Tough bits of gritty hard boiled action. And it is always about a girl.The Burning Thing - 1300 wordsOne Man has Murder in his heart and is determined to make things right.The Last Little Bit of the Dream - 1450 wordsThe other may have more of his blood on the floor, than in his veins.My Touch is Deadly - 190 wordsPoem length bit.