The Drowning Pool
By: Ross Macdonald
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are…
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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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- mystery thriller
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- noir
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- mystery
- crime
"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. Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
By: Georges Simenon , Eileen Ellenbogen
3.83
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
A decapitated male corpse, found in a Paris canal, leads Inspector Maigret to suspect the sexually … read more
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- mystery thriller
- detective
- noir
- fiction
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- crime
"Could you tell me, Maigret, why plainclothes policemen always go around in twos, just like plumbers?"-Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
"Maigret had often tried to get other people, including men of experience, to admit that those who fall, especially those who have a morbid determination to descend ever lower, are almost always ideal…"-Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
"She must have been pretty once. At least, like everyone, she had been young. Now her eyes, her mouth, her whole body exuded weakness. Could it be that she was ill and waiting for her next attack? Som…"-Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
3. The Drowning Pool
By: Ross Macdonald
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are… read more
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- mystery thriller
- detective
- hard boiled
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
4. Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)
By: Richard Stark
4.41
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s … read more
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- mystery thriller
- hard boiled
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
"He's a man who didn't hear the twig snap."-Richard Stark, Butcher's Moon (Parker, #16)
5. Blood on the Moon (Lloyd Hopkins, #1)
By: James Ellroy
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can't stand music, or any loud sounds. He's got a beautiful wife, … read more
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- detective
- noir
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
6. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
By: Richard Stark
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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7. The Glass Key
By: Dashiell Hammett
4.12
Format: 652 pages,
Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of S… read more
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8. Red Harvest
By: Dashiell Hammett
4.12
Format: 652 pages, ebook
The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also… read more
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9. 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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10. 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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11. The Hunter (Parker, #1)
By: Richard Stark
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more
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12. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
A couple of missing wives--one a rich man's and one a poor man's--become the objects of Marlowe's i… read more
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13. Journey Into Fear
By: Eric Ambler
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Returning to his hotel room after a late-night flirtation with a cabaret dancer at an Istanbul boit… read more
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14. 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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15. The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin… read more
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16. Game Without Rules
By: Michael Gilbert
3.62
Format: None pages,
A collection of 11 stories: - A Prince of Abyssinia (Mar 1962) - On Slay Down (Apr 1962) - The Cat … read more
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17. Other Paths to Glory
By: Anthony Price
4.32
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Paul Mitchell spends his days researching WWI; his quiet life in the library can hardly be in great… read more
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18. The Bride Wore Black
By: Cornell Woolrich , William Irish
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
AMERICA'S MASTER OF SUSPENSE...FIRST IN THE DEFINITIVE SERIES OF THIS AMERICAN GENIUS No one knew w… read more
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19. The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Chandler's 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter… read more
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20. The Night of the Hunter
By: Davis Grubb
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his… read more
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21. 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
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