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  • Lono Waiwaiole The best books to illustrate the catastrophic cost of doing business in the world of crime Book cover of The Hunter Book cover of Hell to Pay Book cover of Eight Million Ways to Die Book cover of The Widening Gyre Book cover of Flood
  • Neal W. Fandek The best books on hard-boiled PIs Book cover of The Maltese Falcon Book cover of The Dain Curse Book cover of The Deep Blue Good-By Book cover of Bright Orange for the Shroud Book cover of The Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • Michael Amedeo The coolest, darkest, most hardboiled American novels centering on private detectives Book cover of The Maltese Falcon Book cover of Build My Gallows High Book cover of The Long Goodbye Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress Book cover of The Far Side of the Dollar
  • G.E. Nordell The best hardboiled noir detective mystery novels & stories Book cover of The Best American Noir of the Century Book cover of Red Harvest Book cover of The Postman Always Rings Twice Book cover of The Big Sleep Book cover of The Best of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective
  • John Bowie The best gritty noir novels full of poetic lines, dirty realism, and dark humour Book cover of Pulp Book cover of I Was Dora Suarez Book cover of The Music of Chance Book cover of Drive Book cover of Say Goodbye When I'm Gone
  • Lee Matthew Goldberg The best noir books that are great films Book cover of The Getaway Book cover of L.A. Confidential Book cover of The Grifters Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress Book cover of The Long Goodbye
  • Ashley Clifton The best literary novels masquerading as crime novels Book cover of Dog Soldiers Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress Book cover of Miami Blues Book cover of The Moving Target Book cover of What Meets The Eye
  • M. Lee Prescott The best mysteries with humor, pathos, and a loveable woman sleuth Book cover of A is for Alibi Book cover of Y Is For Yesterday Book cover of One for the Money Book cover of Indemnity Only Book cover of Edwin of the Iron Shoes
  • Simon Royle The best noir crime novels from old to new Book cover of Farewell, My Lovely Book cover of The Last Good Kiss Book cover of Blacktop Wasteland Book cover of Swag Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress
  • Timothy J. Lockhart The best American noir fiction that takes you to the dark end of a one-way street Book cover of Double Indemnity Book cover of The Hot Spot Book cover of The Friends of Eddie Coyle Book cover of The Crimes of Jordan Wise Book cover of More Better Deals
  • Andrew Diamond The best books from the golden age of American crime and noir Book cover of In a Lonely Place Book cover of Black Wings Has My Angel Book cover of The Big Clock Book cover of The Hot Spot Book cover of Pop. 1280
  • Tom Schreck The best mysteries with a message Book cover of Early Autumn Book cover of Bright Orange for the Shroud Book cover of Onion Street Book cover of Time to Murder and Create Book cover of Fools Rush In
  • Paul W. Papa The best offbeat noir books you need to read Book cover of In Plain Sight Book cover of Southern Bound Book cover of The Lemon Man Book cover of But Not Forgotten Book cover of The Case of the Velvet Claws
  • Joe Kilgore The best private eye books where the detective’s personality is as entertaining as the plot Book cover of The Long Goodbye Book cover of Strega Book cover of The Light of Day Book cover of The Lonely Silver Rain Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress
  • Steven Powell The best books by the king of LA noir James Ellroy Book cover of Brown's Requiem Book cover of The Black Dahlia Book cover of The Big Nowhere Book cover of White Jazz Book cover of American Tabloid
  • Ken Kuhlken The best 20th century PI novels Book cover of The Big Sleep Book cover of The Maltese Falcon Book cover of The Moving Target Book cover of Act of Fear: A Dan Fortune Mystery Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress
  • Will Zeilinger and Janet Elizabeth Lynn The best golden age detective stories Book cover of The Way Some People Die Book cover of The Thin Man Book cover of Kiss Me, Deadly Book cover of Farewell, My Lovely Book cover of Mischief
  • Nick Albert The best books with exciting first appearances of serial thriller characters Book cover of The Lincoln Lawyer Book cover of A is for Alibi Book cover of Deal Breaker Book cover of The Monkey's Raincoat Book cover of Killing Floor
  • Charles Ardai The best hardboiled crime novels that will move you to tears Book cover of Eight Million Ways to Die Book cover of The Big Sleep Book cover of Brighton Rock Book cover of The Assistant Book cover of Blaze
  • Chris Norbury The best debut mystery-thrillers of all time Book cover of Absolute Power Book cover of Killing Floor Book cover of The Black Echo Book cover of The Big Sleep Book cover of A Drink Before the War
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