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

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

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