Pick-Up
By: Charles Willeford
4.01
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
He Holed Up With a Helpless Lush Prowling the grimy streets of San Francisco low-life, Helen is …
Want to Read $ 7.99"No whiskey, no religion, nothing."-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up
"No whiskey, no religion, nothing."-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up
"There is something about a man with a beard I cannot stand. No particular reason for it. Prejudice, I suppose. I feel the same way about cats."-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up
"There is something about a man with a beard I cannot stand. No particular reason for it. Prejudice, I suppose. I feel the same way about cats."-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up
If you liked the crime plot in Pick-Up by Charles Willeford , here is a list of 12 books like this:
1. The Burglar
By: David Goodis
4.00
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
A dreamlike masterpiece of crime, honor, and perverse loyalty by the legendary author of Shoot the … read more
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in David Goodis's The Burglar book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- pulp
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- crime
"At three in the morning it was dead around here and the windows of the mansion were black, the mansion dark purple and solemn against the moonlit velvet, green of gently sloping lawn."-David Goodis, The Burglar
2. Savage Night
By: Jim Thompson
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he'd worked his way to the top of a … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jim Thompson's Savage Night book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- hard boiled
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- crime
3. The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)
By: Chester Himes
4.00
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
When Harlemites set about each other with knives, it's an everyday kind of happening. But when a wh… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Chester Himes's The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2) book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- mystery thriller
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
4. The Name of the Game Is Death (Drake, #1)
By: Dan J. Marlowe
3.87
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
"Two guys with guts and a go-to-hell-with-you-Jack regard for consequences have about three chances… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dan J. Marlowe's The Name of the Game Is Death (Drake, #1) book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- pulp
- hard boiled
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
5. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- classics
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
6. A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
By: Chester Himes
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Rage in Harlemis a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling N… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Chester Himes's A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- mystery thriller
- classics
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
7. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- mystery thriller
- classics
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
8. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
By: Horace McCoy
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The marathon dance craze flourished during the 1930s, but the underside was a competition and viole… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- classics
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- novels
- crime
9. Double Indemnity
By: James M. Cain
4.06
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, o… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in James M. Cain's Double Indemnity book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- mystery thriller
- classics
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- crime
"I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of …"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"There's a shark. Following the ship.' I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs. Walter, we'll have to wait. Till th…"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
10. Pick-Up
By: Charles Willeford
4.01
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
He Holed Up With a Helpless Lush Prowling the grimy streets of San Francisco low-life, Helen is … read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Charles Willeford's Pick-Up book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- mystery thriller
- classics
- pulp
- hard boiled
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- crime
"No whiskey, no religion, nothing."-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up
"There is something about a man with a beard I cannot stand. No particular reason for it. Prejudice, I suppose. I feel the same way about cats."-Charles Willeford, Pick-Up
11. Thieves Like Us
By: Edward Anderson
3.82
Format: None pages,
"One of the great forgotten novels of the 30s." - Raymond Chandler Somewhere between the hardboiled… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edward Anderson's Thieves Like Us book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- classics
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- novels
- crime
12. The Expendable Man
By: Dorothy B. Hughes
4.00
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
The critic HRF Keating chose The Expendable Manas one of his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books. '… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dorothy B. Hughes's The Expendable Man book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
13. Shoot the Piano Player
By: David Goodis
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Once upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs ou… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in David Goodis's Shoot the Piano Player book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
Similar categories in Charles Williams's Dead Calm (John Ingram #2) book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
15. The Cocktail Waitress (Hard Case Crime #109)
By: James M. Cain
5.00
Format: None pages,
Following her husband's death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is f… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in James M. Cain's The Cocktail Waitress (Hard Case Crime #109) book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
16. Hard Rain Falling
By: None , Don Carpenter
4.14
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in None's Hard Rain Falling book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
- classics
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- novels
- crime
"How do you wake up? It was one thing to know that you had been asleep all your life, but something else to wake up from it, to find out you were really alive and it wasn't anybody's fault but your ow…"-None, Hard Rain Falling
17. Dark Passage
By: David Goodis , None
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Sentenced to life in San Quentin for the alleged murder of his wife, Vince Parry escapes in a despe… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in David Goodis's Dark Passage book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
18. I Married a Dead Man
By: Cornell Woolrich
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pregnant, abandoned by her slimy husband and destitute, Helen Georgesson boards a train going west.… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cornell Woolrich's I Married a Dead Man book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
19. Beast In View
By: Margaret Millar
3.37
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A psychological thriller by a mistress of suspense at the top of her form and 1956 winner of the Ed… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Margaret Millar's Beast In View book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
20. The Big Clock
By: Nicholas Christopher , Kenneth Fearing
3.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media co… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nicholas Christopher's The Big Clock book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
21. In a Lonely Place
By: Paula Rabinowitz , Dorothy B. Hughes
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside--and … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Paula Rabinowitz's In a Lonely Place book and Charles Willeford's Pick-Up
