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  • Michael Amedeo 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
  • Ken Kuhlken 20th century PIs 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
  • Lawrence E. Rothstein Mysteries with private detectives who pursue justice with both brilliant intellect and seat-of-the-pants, street smart action Book cover of Death of a Dude Book cover of Shell Game Book cover of The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink Book cover of Peril at End House Book cover of The Big Dig
  • Gayleen Froese Hard-boiled comfort reads for a disappointing world Book cover of The League of Frightened Men Book cover of Ice Blues Book cover of Early Autumn Book cover of Falling Angel Book cover of Fletch
  • Neal W. Fandek 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
  • Ellen McGarrahan What it’s like to be a real-life private eye Book cover of The Big Sleep Book cover of A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Private Eyes Book cover of Cool Hand Luke Book cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Book cover of Saint with a Gun: The Unlawful American Private Eye
  • Gary Earl Ross Mysteries that make characters of cities Book cover of The Maltese Falcon Book cover of Looking for Rachel Wallace Book cover of Deadlock Book cover of The Long Fall Book cover of Hollywood Homicide
  • K.D. Richards Big city private eyes Book cover of Broken Places Book cover of The Man Who Came Uptown Book cover of The Watchman Book cover of The Last Place You Look Book cover of Save Me from Dangerous Men
  • Will Zeilinger and Janet Elizabeth Lynn 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
  • Jack Slater Books that are modern crime thrillers Book cover of Lethal Assumptions Book cover of The Girl Who Wouldn't Die Book cover of Chasing the Dead Book cover of Silent Scream Book cover of Malevolent
  • Norman Green Unexpected turns change and redemption Book cover of Eight Million Ways to Die Book cover of The Con Man's Daughter Book cover of Down the River Unto the Sea Book cover of Deliverance Book cover of A Drop of the Hard Stuff
  • John L. DeBoer Thrillers that don’t skimp on character development Book cover of The Lion's Game Book cover of The Runaway Jury Book cover of The Wanted Book cover of Live Wire Book cover of Killing Floor
  • G.E. Nordell Hardboiled noir detective mystery 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
  • Chuck Greaves Crime fiction with a droll sense of humor Book cover of Plum Island Book cover of Some Buried Caesar Book cover of Get Shorty Book cover of March Violets Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress
  • Chris Norbury Debut mystery-thrillers 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
  • Lono Waiwaiole The cost of doing business in the crime world 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
  • Adam Plantinga Modern books on tough guys Book cover of Hardcase Book cover of Tripwire Book cover of Small Vices Book cover of Devil in a Blue Dress Book cover of Small Mercies
  • Ashley Clifton 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
  • Delia C. Pitts Featuring Black private eyes Book cover of Runner Book cover of Warn Me When It's Time Book cover of Pursuit of the Truth Book cover of August Snow Book cover of And Now She's Gone
  • Simon Royle Noir crime 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
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