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Literary

Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat.
― Adrian McKinty

Dead SoulsReview

Dead Souls

By Ian Rankin

Rain GodsReview

Rain Gods

By James Lee Burke

Black Cherry Blues

Black Cherry Blues

By James Lee Burke

Cimarron Rose

Cimarron Rose

By James Lee Burke

A Fatal InversionReview

A Fatal Inversion

By Barbara Vine

The Fallen Curtain Stories

The Fallen Curtain Stories

By Ruth Rendell

Gorky ParkReview

Gorky Park

By Martin Cruz Smith

Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station

By Martin Cruz Smith

The Great SwindleReview

The Great Swindle

By Pierre Lemaitre and Frank Wynne (Translator)

Farewell, My LovelyReview

Farewell, My Lovely

By Raymond Chandler

Mama Black Widow

Mama Black Widow

By Iceberg Slim

The Face on the Cutting-Room FloorReview

The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor

By Cameron McCabe

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