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Serenade
Serenade
  • James M. Cain
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
  • James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • James M. Cain
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
  • James M. Cain
You Have Killed Me
You Have Killed Me
  • Jamie S. Rich
  • Joëlle Jones
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Meat is Murder

Meat is murder
  • Joe Pernice
It feels so good when I stop
It feels so good when I stop
  • Joseph T. Pernice
The Guards
The Guards
  • Ken Bruen
The Death of Bunny Munro
The death of Bunny Munro
  • Nick Cave
Cockfighter
Cockfighter
  • Charles Willeford
The Hot Rock
Gli ineffabili cinque
  • Donald E. Westlake
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The Burnt Orange Heresy

The Burnt Orange Heresy: NOW A MAJOR FILM
  • Charles Willeford
New Hope for the Dead
New Hope for the Dead
  • Charles Willeford
The Way We Die Now
The Way We Die Now
  • Charles Willeford
Miami Blues
Miami Blues
  • Charles Willeford
Sideswipe
Sideswipe
  • Charles Ray Willeford
Pick-Up
Pick-Up
  • Charles Willeford
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The Woman Chaser

The Woman Chaser
  • Charles Willeford
March Violets
March Violets
  • Philip Kerr
Fat City
Fat City
  • Leonard Gardner
Please Step Back
Please Step Back
  • Ben Greenman
Nobody Move
Nobody Move
  • Denis Johnson
The Singer
The Singer
  • Cathi Unsworth
Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son
  • Denis Johnson
Ficciones
Ficciones
  • Jorge Luis Borges
  • John Sturrock (Translator)
  • Anthony Kerringan (Translator)
The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture
The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture
  • Nathan Rabin
Losing Mum and Pup
Losing Mum and Pup
  • Christopher Buckley
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
    Christine Falls
    Christine Falls
    • Benjamin Black
    The Complete Henry Bech
    The Complete Henry Bech
    • John Updike
    Berlin Noir
    Berlin Noir
    • Philip Kerr
    The Silver Swan
    The Silver Swan
    • Benjamin Black
    Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
    Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
    • Joe Gores
    Black Friday and Selected Stories
    Black Friday and Selected Stories
    • David Goodis
    Pretty Monsters: Stories
    Pretty Monsters: Stories
    • Kelly Link
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    Crime Stories and Other Writings

    Crime Stories and Other Writings
    • Dashiell Hammett
    Darkness, Take My Hand
    Darkness, Take My Hand
    • Dennis Lehane
    Sacred
    Sacred
    • Dennis Lehane
    Black Hole
    Black Hole
    • Charles Burns
    • Jean-Paul Jennequin (Translator)
    • Anne Capuron (Translator)
    Shame the Devil
    Shame the Devil
    • George Pelecanos
    Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    • Ian McEwan
    The Breaks
    The Breaks
    • Richard Price
    The Wanderers
    The Wanderers
    • Richard Price
    Samaritan
    Samaritan
    • Richard Price
    Cover 7

    Meet on the Ledge

    Meet on the Ledge: Fairport Convention - the Classic Years
    • Patrick Humphries
    Cover 8

    Abandoned Cars

    Abandoned Cars
    • Tim Lane
    More Information Than You Require
    More Information Than You Require
    • John Hodgman
    Low
    Low
    • Hugo Wilcken
    Decline and Fall
    Decline and Fall
    • Evelyn Waugh
    Vile Bodies
    Vile Bodies
    • Evelyn Waugh
    The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy
    The Loved One
    • Evelyn Waugh
    Take a girl like you
    Take a girl like you
    • Kingsley Amis
    The Wrecking Crew
    The Wrecking Crew
    • Thomas Frank
    Sharp Teeth
    Sharp Teeth
    • Toby Barlow
    Boiled in Concrete
    Boiled in Concrete
    • Jesse Sublett
    Rock Critic Murders
    Rock Critic Murders
    • Jesse Sublett
    Tough Baby
    Tough Baby
    • Jesse Sublett
    Everyday Drinking
    Everyday Drinking
    • Kingsley Amis
    The Drowning Pool
    The Drowning Pool
    • Ross Macdonald
    The Chill
    The Chill
    • Ross Macdonald
    The Moving Target
    The Moving Target
    • Ross Macdonald
    The Galton Case
    The Galton Case
    • Ross Macdonald
    Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth
    Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth
    • David Browne
    No Country for Old Men
    No Country for Old Men
    • Cormac McCarthy
    After Dark, My Sweet: A Suspense Thriller
    After Dark, My Sweet
    • Jim Thompson
    Pop. 1280
    Pop. 1280
    • Jim Thompson
    Getaway
    The Getaway
    • Jim Thompson
    The Killer Inside Me
    The Killer Inside Me
    • Jim Thompson
    Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
    Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
    • David Michaelis
    Radio City
    Radio City
    • Bruce Eaton
    Woman in the Dark
    Woman in the Dark
    • Dashiell Hammett
    The High Window
    The High Window
    • Raymond Chandler
    The Dain Curse
    The Dain Curse
    • Dashiell Hammett
    The Maltese Falcon
    The Maltese Falcon
    • Dashiell Hammett
    The Thin Man
    The Thin Man
    • Dashiell Hammett
    Playback
    Playback
    • Raymond Chandler
    Poodle Springs
    Poodle Springs
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Raymond Chandler
    The little sister
    The little sister
    • Raymond Chandler
    The Long Goodbye
    The Long Goodbye
    • Raymond Chandler
    The Lady in the Lake
    The Lady in the Lake
    • Raymond Chandler
    The Glass Key
    The Glass Key
    • Dashiell Hammett
    Prayers For Rain
    Prayers for Rain
    • Dennis Lehane
    A drink before the war
    A Drink Before the War
    • Dennis Lehane
    A Scanner Darkly
    A Scanner Darkly
    • Philip K. Dick
    Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
    Born standing up
    • Steve Martin
    Red Harvest
    Red Harvest
    • Dashiell Hammett
    Lucky Jim
    Lucky Jim
    • Kingsley Amis
    The Day of the Locust
    The Day of the Locust
    • Nathanael West
    The Ice Harvest
    The ice harvest
    • Scott Phillips
    The Sound and the Fury
    The Sound and the Fury
    • William Faulkner
    Purple America
    Purple America
    • Rick Moody
    • Michel Lederer (Translator)
    Mary and O'Neil: Fiction
    Mary and O'Neil
    • Justin Cronin
    Hocus Pocus, or What's the Hurry, Son?
    Hocus Pocus
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    Wilco
    Wilco
    • Greg Kot
    Love in the Time of Cholera
    Love in the Time of Cholera
    • Gabriel García Márquez
    • Edith Grossman (Translator)
    CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
    CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
    • George Saunders
    Nick's Trip
    Nick's Trip
    • George Pelecanos
    The Lovely Bones
    The Lovely Bones
    • Alice Sebold
    Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
    Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
    • J. D. Salinger
    The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music, 1972-1993
    The Dark Stuff
    • Nick Kent
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