Joe Ide – The Goodbye Coast
Joe Ide paid Raymond Chandler’s estate so he could use the Philip Marlowe name in a modern version of the hard-boiled detective novel. The result is The Goodbye Coast. Ide Continue Reading
Richard Powell – Say It With Bullets
Say It With Bullets by Richard Powell is a pretty decent hard-boiled mystery novel. Powell has a good story, a solid main and secondary character, and writes in a way Continue Reading
Donald E. Westlake – Double Feature
Double Feature by Donald E. Westlake features the novella A Travesty and a short story titled Ordo. Double Feature was originally published in 1977 as Enough. A Travesty was adapted Continue Reading
Little Girl Lost – Richard Aleas
Little Girl Lost is the first of two (so far) mystery novels featuring private detective John Blake. This being a Hard Case Crime novel, Little Girl Lost is everything you Continue Reading
Fifty to One – Charles Ardai
Hard Case Crime celebrates its fiftieth book with Fifty to One by author / publisher Charles Ardai. Fifty to One follows the recipe of the standard hard boiled detective novel Continue Reading
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Lawrence Block
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead is the eleventh Matthew Scudder mystery novel by Lawrence Block. Also known for his Burglar series, Block has in Matthew Scudder the perfect hard-boiled Continue Reading