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Della Banners was born into poverty. It had been a hard life up in the hills. But she discovered early that a girl with her figure could get things from men. So when she r...
"...I got in through the French window. It was a place of satin and Louis Quintz. The sound of a shower told me where Lady Claire was. I sat on a silly little chair and li...
A case of corpses.
They piled up so fast that private eye Johnny Liddell figured he was ahead if he found them while they were still warm.
It started when he was hired...
A case of corpses.
They piled up so fast that private eye Johnny Liddell figured he was ahead if he found them while they were still warm.
It started when he was hired...
ONE—
The redheaded secretary lay crumpled on the office floor, her blouse ripped to the waist. Blood trickled from her mouth.
TWO—
The redheaded divorcee sprawled...
ONE—
The redheaded secretary lay crumpled on the office floor, her blouse ripped to the waist. Blood trickled from her mouth.
TWO—
The redheaded divorcee sprawled...
She was as pretty a man-trap as Liddell had ever set up. Five-feet-six. Black hair. One hundred and twenty-eight lusciously distributed pounds. Very, very nice... Liddell ...
The sub machine gun started blasting...
It raked the shore. Boxes smashed off the shelves, and a neat line of holes was chopped off into the wall...
Then a man appea...
JUDGE NOT—LEST YOU BE JUDGED.
Judge William Zeiger (retired) was one of Central City’s most respected citizens—until someone stole into his office and blew a hole throu...
WILL ONE MAN STAND UP FOR JUSTICE
WITH HIS CHILD’S LIFE ON THE LINE?
The creation of two cousins from Brooklyn—Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-197...
YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CELEBRATE
50 YEARS OF MURDER...
Since his first appearance in 1976, Max Allan Collins’ quintessential killer-for-hire, Quarry, has starred ...
A SECOND VOLUME OF
PSUEDONYMOUS SUSPENSE
FROM JOYCE CAROL OATES
Four decades ago, acclaimed literary author Joyce Carol Oates penned her first novel of psychological ...
THE GREATEST PRIVATE EYE OF ALL TIME RETURNS TO FINISH THE JOB
Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Fal...
TIME MAGAZINE on LEMONS NEVER LIE:
"This first-rate hard-boiled mystery...reads like
Raymond Chandler with a dark literary whisper—as faint
as the vermouth in a marti...
STAIRWAY TO HOMICIDE
In the shadowy stairwell of a New York City brownstone, a man stealthily begins to climb. In the pocket of his coat, a loaded revolver. At the to...
"A master of the short story."
STEPHEN KING
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME—
20 UNFORGETTABLE STORIES BY
HARD CASE CRIME FOUNDER CHARLES ARDAI
Since debut...
"My favorite fiction novel this year was written by a taxi driver who used to hand it out to his passengers. It’s a terrific story and character study...Kudos to Hard Case...
