Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories by Robert Sampson, Paul Cain, John D. MacDonald, Elmore Leonard, Norbert Davis, Brett Halliday, Ross Macdonald, Margaret Maron, Evan Hunter, Jonathan Craig, Gil Brewer, Bill Pronzini, Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, William Coe, Faye Kellerman, Jack Adrian, H.A. DeRosso, Lawrence Block, James Hannah, W.R. Burnett, James Reasoner, Jim Thompson, Leigh Brackett, Mickey Spillane, David Alexander, Benjamin Appel, Andrew Vachss, Michael Kerr, David Goodis, Raoul Whitfield, Ed Gorman, Helen Nielsen, Dashiell Hammett, Daniel Mainwaring, James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes

544 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious fast-paced
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What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? "Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing and sex," said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or Phili...

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