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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorSix Easy Pieces
Walter Mosley · 288 pages
"Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abiding life, but is "nowhere near happy." Easy mourns the loss of his best friend, Mouse. Though Easy tries to leave the street life behind, he still finds himself trading favors and investigating cases of
The Big Kill
Mickey Spillane · 168 pages
A reformed ex-con is the victim of a vicious killer. Mike Hammer goes gunning for justice, but a beautiful woman keeps getting in his way.
Nick's Trip
George P. Pelecanos · 285 pages
"After his "promising" (Kirkus Reviews) debut novel, A Firing Offense, George Pelecanos has come into his own with this complex and powerful new novel of virtue and betrayal."--BOOK JACKET. "Nick Stefanos, having earned his p.i. license, quickly discovers that snapping photos of unfaithful husbands isn't his thing. Tending bar at the Spot, Nick is closing one night when his high school friend Bill
Darkness, Take My Hand
Dennis Lehane · 480 pages
The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know something about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of
Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, Norbert Davis, John D. MacDonald, Benjamin Appel, Elmore Leonard, Jonathan Craig, David Goodis, Ross Macdonald, W.R. Burnett, Mickey Spillane, Gil Brewer, Leigh Brackett, Helen Nielsen, Evan Hunter, Jim Thompson, H.A. DeRosso, Michael Kerr, James Re · 540 pages
The Drowning Pool
Ross Macdonald · 218 pages
“Archer wasn't going anywhere with the case. The women in it were getting to him. The one who had married for money was out to show him how little it now mattered. The one who was being blackmailed didn't care how Archer saved her mockery of a marriage. The young girl was the worst; too innocent to be involved in this sordid tangle. Three beautiful women. They had a way of distracting Archer—even
The Long-Legged Fly
James Sallis, Carol Lea Benjamin · 184 pages
The Emerald Lie
Ken Bruen · 256 pages
Ex-cop Jack Taylor must investigate a serial killer who is murdering Galway residents guilty of using bad grammar. At the same time, a grieving father has hired Jack to exact revenge on those responsible for his daughter's rape and murder.
Pulp
Charles Bukowski · 192 pages
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on M
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
Lawrence Block · 261 pages
Arctic-Nation
Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido · 72 pages
Dead Point
Peter Temple · 305 pages
It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in Jack's life has reconnected with an old flame. He has gambled and lost massively and seen a champion horse put down. Worst of all, hijackers have robbed and brutally beaten one of the gambling team. So it's not surprising that Jack's mind is not fully on the job
Poodle Springs
Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker · 290 pages
Innocent Monster
Reed Farrel Coleman · 291 pages
Seven years have passed since the brutal murder that tore Moe Prager's family apart, when his estranged daughter Sarah comes to him with a request he cannot refuse. Sashi Bluntstone, an eleven-year-old art prodigy and daughter of Sarah's dearest childhood friend, has been abducted. As Moe stumbles around the fringes of the New York art scene, he discovers that suspects abound beyond the usual pred
Perchance to Dream
Robert B. Parker
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1,132 pages
Contains: - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Scandal in Bohemia - Red-Headed League - Case of Identity - Boscombe Valley Mystery - Five Orange Pips - Man with the Twisted Lip - Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Adventure of the Speckled Band - Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Case-B
Motor City Blue
Loren D. Estleman · 219 pages
Marla Bernstein is a pretty, dark-haired teenager who happens to be the ward of Ben Morningstara semi-retired mobster. When Marla suddenly disappears, the gang boss is forced to call in private eye Amos Walker. Unfortunately, the only clue to Marla's whereabouts is a pornographic photograph that clearly proves that she's become part of a world that disgusts even her criminal guardian. The photo l