Ten Great Hardboild P.I. Fiction Series
Discover the top ten hardboiled P.I. fiction series that define the genre. From gritty detectives to noir mysteries, explore the best books for crime fiction fans.
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Flood
by Andrew Vachss
Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of …
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Day of Wrath
by Jonathan Valin
Harry Stoner, a hard-boiled but sensitive detective, searches for Robbie Segal, a perfectly ordinary, teenaged girl who has disappeared
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Berlin Noir
by Philip Kerr
Now in one volume—the first three novels in Philip Kerr’s New York Times bestselling historical mystery series starring hard-boiled detective Bernie Gunther... “A Chandleresque knight …
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Down by the River where the Dead Men Go
by George P. Pelecanos
Sleeping off a night of drinking in a public park, Nick Stefanos is awakened by a dull plopping sound and a quiet splash that turns …
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The Last Good Kiss
by James Crumley
C.W. Sughrue, a Montana private eye, is hired to track down a failing author and winds up searching for Betty Sue Flowers, a woman missing …
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The Lonely Silver Rain
by John Dann MacDonald
Someone is trying to kill Travis McGee, someone linked to southern Florida's drug traffickers--either Miami's old-time underworld or the new generation of Latino drug barons--and …
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The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the …
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Alice in La-la Land
by Robert Campbell
Whistler was not usually a bodyguard, but Nell Twelvetrees had a body worth protecting. And her husband, a famous talk-show host, hid a psychopathic sadism …
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The Zebra-Striped Hearse
by Ross Macdonald
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on …