The Big Bounce (Jack Ryan, #1)
By: Elmore Leonard
3.30
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Jack Ryan always wanted to play pro ball. But he couldn't hit a curveball, so he turned his attenti…
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1. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.10
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at… read more
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"She was a cute as a washtub."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
"The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
2. Norwood
By: Charles Portis
3.85
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Out of the American Neon Desert of Roller Dromes, chili parlors, The Grand Ole Opry, and girls who … read more
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"Don't let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash, son."-Charles Portis, Norwood
"They later moved to a tin-roof house that was situated in a gas field under a spectacular flare that burned all the time. Big copper-green beetles the size of mice came from all over the Southland to…"-Charles Portis, Norwood
3. The Getaway
By: Jim Thompson
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal ca… read more
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4. The Seventh (Parker, #7)
By: Richard Stark
4.08
Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Why not? Just because no one had ever tried it before? What better place for a heist, if it was … read more
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"They had this block to themselves. The windows of all the tenements on both sides were marked with the white X of urban renewal; they stood nearly empty, waiting for the wreckers. Within them the coc…"-Richard Stark, The Seventh (Parker, #7)
5. The Cutie (Hard Case Crime #53)
By: Donald E. Westlake
4.26
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Originally published in 1960 as The Mercenaries. SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY Mavis St. P… read more
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6. Miami Blues
By: Elmore Leonard , Charles Willeford
4.15
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room… read more
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7. The Big Bounce (Jack Ryan, #1)
By: Elmore Leonard
3.30
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Jack Ryan always wanted to play pro ball. But he couldn't hit a curveball, so he turned his attenti… read more
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8. The Atrocity Exhibition
By: William S. Burroughs , J.G. Ballard , V. Vale , Phoebe Gloeckner , Andrea Juno , Ana Barrado
4.11
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Easily one of the 20th century's most visionary writers, J. G. Ballard still lives far ahead of his… read more
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9. Cold Service (Spenser, #32)
By: Robert B. Parker , Joe Mantegna , Joe Mantenga
3.00
Format: 144 pages,
When Spenser's closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting bookie Lu… read more
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10. A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee #5)
By: John D. MacDonald
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Travis McGee discovers a face from his past lying in a pool of blood on a cheap motel room flo… read more
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11. The Jugger (Parker, #6)
By: Richard Stark
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, because what he did was steal. But Joe Sheer, a ret… read more
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"Well, it just figures," Younger told him, like a man explaining his religion."-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)
"The technicians worked around him now as though they expected to launch him into space."-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)
"The room was full of law. Apparently somebody on Younger’s force had invited the state police to attend after all; the pack of technical men, with their cameras and chalk, powders and notebooks and l…"-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)
12. The Outfit (Parker, #3)
By: Richard Stark
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more
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13. The Way We Die Now
By: Donald E. Westlake , Charles Willeford
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When Miami Homicide Detective Hoke Moseley receives an unexplained order to let his beard grow, he … read more
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14. New Hope for the Dead
By: James Lee Burke , Charles Willeford
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley is called to a posh Miami neighborhood to investigate a letha… read more
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15. The Dain Curse
By: Dashiell Hammett
4.12
Format: 652 pages, Paperback
Everything about the Leggett diamond heist indicated to the Continental Op that it was an inside jo… read more
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16. The Grifters
By: Jim Thompson
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworki… read more
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17. The Mourner (Parker, #4)
By: Richard Stark
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more
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"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)
18. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
By: George V. Higgins
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eddie Coyle works for Jimmy Scalisi, supplying him with guns for a couple of bank jobs. But a cop n… read more
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19. The Score (Parker, #5)
By: Richard Stark
3.93
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more
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20. Pop. 1280
By: Jim Thompson
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest cri… read more
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21. Sleepless City (Nick Ryan, #1)
By: Reed Farrel Coleman
4.07
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Every cop in the city knows his name, but no one says it out loud. In fact, they don't talk abou… read more
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