Understudy for Death
By: Charles Willeford
3.20
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Charles Willeford's legendary lost novel, unavailable since its original publication in 1961.AN UNF…
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1. Songs of Innocence (John Blake #2)
By: Richard Aleas
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
While investigating the apparent suicide of a beautiful college student with a double life, detecti… read more
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2. Swag
By: Elmore Leonard
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
This "brilliant caper" (New York Times) from bestselling author Elmore Leonard is a rollicking tale… read more
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3. The Twenty-Year Death (Hard Case Crime #108)
By: Ariel S. Winter
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Hardcover
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BOOK LIKE THE TWENTY-YEAR DEATH A breathtaking first novel written in the form… read more
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4. Sleep with the Devil
By: Day Keene
5.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Ferron was big, tough and ruthless--he'd break your arm as soon as look at you. He had the morals o… read more
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6. Backflash (Parker, #18)
By: Richard Stark
4.10
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Times Notable Book, a new Parker adventure finds the… read more
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"The shirtsleeved bald bartender was tall and fat, looking like a retired cop who'd gone to seed the day his papers had come through. At the bar, muttering together about sports and politics—other peo…"-Richard Stark, Backflash (Parker, #18)
7. The Killer Inside Me
By: Jim Thompson
3.60
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to … read more
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8. The Knife Slipped
By: Erle Stanley Gardner
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
THE LOST DETECTIVE NOVEL BY THE CREATOR OF PERRY MASON! At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gard… read more
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10. Shills Can't Cash Chips
By: Erle Stanley Gardner , A.A. Fair
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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11. Maigret and the Killer
By: Georges Simenon , None
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Maigret, accompanying his physician on an emergency call, is drawn into one of his most stubborn ca… read more
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12. Slayground (Parker, #14)
By: Richard Stark
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his number had finally come up. An armored car heist… read more
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13. Firebreak (Parker, #20)
By: Richard Stark
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Parker put down the body and answered the phone. And from that moment on he had two jobs to do. One… read more
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14. Gun Monkeys
By: Victor Gischler
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Charlie Swift just pumped three .38-caliber bullets into a dead polar bear in his taxidermist girlf… read more
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15. Quarry's List (Quarry, #2)
By: Max Allan Collins
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Killer-for-hire Quarry is trying to lie low when he gets a midnight visit from two other gunmen sen… read more
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16. Quarry's Deal (Quarry, #3)
By: Max Allan Collins
3.55
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
BEHIND THE DOORS OF AN ILLEGAL CASINO, WILL QUARRY FIND LADY LUCK...OR A LADY KILLER? Putting his p… read more
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17. Plunder Squad (Parker, #15)
By: Richard Stark
4.05
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his glass straight back over his right shoulder and dove… read more
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18. Nobody's Angel (Hard Case Crime, #65)
By: Jack Clark
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
While Chicago cabbie Eddie Miles drives the city streets at midnight, two killers--one targeting pr… read more
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19. Memory (Hard Case Crime, #64)
By: Donald E. Westlake
4.12
Format: 192 pages,
After a brutal act of violence leaves him suffering devastating memory loss, actor Paul Cole strugg… read more
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20. The Doll Who Ate His Mother
By: Ramsey Campbell
3.75
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
It was a freak accident. The man had suddenly stepped into the road, and the brakes had failed. Cla… read more
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21. Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2)
By: Gregory McDonald
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Confess, Fletch The flight from Rome had been pleasant enough, even if the business he was on wasn'… read more
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22. Quarry (Quarry, #1)
By: Max Allan Collins
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Broker deals in murder on the open market with the assistance of a highly paid precise killer named… read more
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24. Deadly Edge (Parker, #13)
By: Richard Stark
4.10
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Deadly Edge bids a brutal adieu to the 1960s as Parker robs a rock concert, and the heist goes sout… read more
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25. Call Me a Cab
By: Donald E. Westlake
4.00
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
In 1977, one of the world’s finest crime novelists turned his pen to suspense of a very different s… read more
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26. The Count of 9
By: Erle Stanley Gardner
3.99
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
From the world-famous creator of "Perry Mason," Erle Stanley Gardner comes another baffling case fo… read more
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27. Grave Descend
By: John Lange
3.76
Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition
An Edgar Award finalist from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Jurassic Park: A diver ent… read more
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28. Understudy for Death
By: Charles Willeford
3.20
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Charles Willeford's legendary lost novel, unavailable since its original publication in 1961.AN UNF… read more
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29. The Last Stand
By: Mickey Spillane
3.62
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
When legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in 2006, he left behind the manuscript of one la… read more
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30. The Wheel of Doll
By: Jonathan Ames
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The eponymous and hapless detective Happy Doll returns with a new philosophy and a new case in this… read more
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31. The Hot Beat (Hard Case Crime)
By: Robert Silverberg
3.31
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
A disgraced LA music star faces execution for a crime he didn't commit in the long-lost crime novel… read more
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