Hard Boiled category: 6975 books

Lurid, hard-boiled pulp detective tale of men and women in the throes of passion and anger.

A classic hard-boiled detective thriller.

"Punchy and raw, a blend of hard-boiled old school and new bloody thriller. . . crime at its best." —Waterstone's (UK) Rick Rounder returns to his hometown a decade after failing to save a young girl from her suicidal father. He sets up as a private eye, much to the envy of his...

It Began with a Simple Accident, or was it an Attempted Murder? A femme fatale. Her missing husband. A dead private detective. And a dangerous game of mistaken identity... It all started when Jonas Watcher found a business card along with some keys – curious... some money – a really...

Private Investigator Sam Marlowe was enjoying a dry martini at his usual bar in North Beach. He then got a call from Cosette, a dazzling dame who was nothing but trouble. As a man once burned, he knew he should stay away from her. However, as a PI he was interested in what she had to say. Cosettes...

Lurid, sexy, hard-boiled police, detective, and romantic pulp fiction.

Héctor Fuentes tomó un vuelo hacia Gran Canaria. Después se lo tragó la tierra. Para localizarlo, nadie mejor que Eladio Monroy, conocedor excepcional de las calles de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. El exmarinero violento, sarcástico y sentimental vuelve a verse involucrado en un asunto que le viene...

Mindy Rohnert is bored while studying for an exam. She accepts an offer to have a drink from a good-looking fellow she meets in the university library. She has a good time knocking back a few beers with her new friend and his companions at a local watering hole near campus. Feeling comfortable and...

As women sleuths go, Billie Bly is one tough private investigator. But when her psychic tells her she is to stumble upon a murder, she wishes her psychic also would have told her it was she who was to be the victim in her own private murder mystery. Maybe her psychic doesn't want to give her...

PI Harry Kenmare is back, with a visceral lust for vengeance. Sydney’s elite and powerful are awash in corruption, like rats sunning themselves in an open sewer. And so, in these sordid episodes, Harry’s business is as busy as ever. All the better, then, to finance Harry’s quest:...

Les affaires de Samuel Glockenspiel, détective privé, ne vont pas fort. Ses amours sont en berne, sa femme qui était aussi sa secrétaire, l’a quitté. A part boire, fumer et écouter du jazz, il ne lui reste plus beaucoup de plaisirs dans l’existence, et...

A collection of Hard Boiled, Golden Age and Noir inspired crime shorts by eight of today's top Indie's from both sides of the pond

Keller ist ein Killer. Durch und durch Profi, cool, selbstsicher, kompetent, zuverlässig. Aber er ist auch eine vielschichtige Persönlichkeit: in sich gekehrt und zurückgezogen, eiskalt und gnadenlos effizient, aber zugleich anfällig für Selbstzweifel und Einsamkeit, Albträume und Zukunftssorgen....

This story was written for the anthology of my friend Joe Konrath, THESE GUNS FOR HIRE (Bleack House, 2007). As he wrote in the introduction, this is one of my first attempts with the hard-boiled genre and found it liberating. I was actually pushed into a whole new direction. It is also available...