HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES




BOOKS DIGEST



Hereunder you will find a list of HB books we recommend.

We give them a value as following :

TOP A Classic- a real author giving a masterpiece

Top novel- must read

Excellent- shines by style and treatment

Very Good- interesting and well above average



References about some authors can be found in the section: AUTHORS





FREDERIC BROWN

The Screaming Mimi
Knock Three One Two

JAMES M CAIN
TOPThe Postman Always Rings Twice


The Butterfly


Galatea

VERNE CHUTE

Flight of an Angel

TIMOTHY HARRIS

Heat Wave
Kyd for Hire
Good Night and Good Bye

DAY KEENE
Joy House
Sleep with the Devil
Forests of the Night

JONNATHAN LATIMER

TOPThe Lady in the Morgue
TOPThe Red Gardenia


Murder in the Madhouse

DAN MARLOWE

The Name of the Game is Death
Backfire

HORACE MC COY

TOPThey Shoot Horses, don't They ?
TOPKiss Tomorrow Goodbye


No Pockets in a Shroud

WILLIAM P McGIVERN
The Big Heat
Rogue Cop
The Darkest Hour

JOHN D MacDONALD
TOPThe End of the Night


A Key to the Suite
The Empty Trap
The Drowner
On the Run
The Girl, the Goldwatch and Everything *

JOHN McPARTLAND
TOP I'll See You in Hell


The Wild Party
The Kingdom of Johnny Cool

RICHARD SALE
Lazarus N° 7

CURT SIODMAK
Donavan's Brain *

MICKEY SPILANE
I, the Jury
Kiss Me, Deadly
The Long Wait

JONATHAN VALIN
Final Notice

RAOUL WHITEFIELD
Green Ice
Death In a bowl

NOTE: (*) Indicates books of borderline genres or defying classification

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