Best hardboiled fiction anthologies

Discover the best hardboiled fiction anthologies featuring gripping crime tales, gritty detectives, and noir classics. Perfect for fans of intense, action-packed mystery stories.

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Dark Crimes

by Edward Gorman

Offers works by a variety of the best suspense authors and encompasses the breadth of modern suspense fiction, especially its darker and more ominous side, …
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Dark Crimes 2

by Edward Gorman

Offers works by a variety of the best suspense authors and encompasses the breadth of modern suspense fiction, especially its darker and more ominous side, …
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The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction

by Edward Gorman

Gathers stories by Robert Block, Lawrence Block, Max Collins, Joe Gores, Ed McBain, Mickey Spillane, Donald Westlake, and Bill Pronzini
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The Eyes Still Have It

by Robert J. Randisi

The SHAMUS Award Winning Stories
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The Black Mask Boys

by William F. Nolan

A collection of vintage detective fiction gives tribute to many of the masters in the hard-boiled school of detective fiction and the legacy of the …
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Hard-boiled

by Bill Pronzini

This anthology collects together short stories from the crime and detective genres.
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The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction

by Maxim Jakubowski

Offers a collection of detective stories by Dashiell Hammett, Donald E. Westlake, Ross Macdonald, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, and other writers
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The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action

by Maxim Jakubowski

Packed solid with seven decades of pulp action and peopled by shady operators, voluptuous molls, ruthless big shots, crooked cops, and gruff private eyes, this …
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Private Eyes

by Mickey Spillane

For over 50 years no one has come close to matching mystery author Mickey Spillane's tough-guy voice or Mike Hammer's knack for getting into trouble. …
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A Century of Noir

 

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Fallen Angels

by Raymond Chandler

Includes six short stories written by masters of mystery and crime fiction, along with a screen adaptation of each story
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P.I. Files

by Loren D. Estleman

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Pure Pulp

by Edward Gorman

Celebrates American pulp fiction in this volume which anthologizes 1920s and 1930s innovators such as John Jakes and Robert Bloch alongside later masters of the …
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Murder Is My Business

by Mickey Spillane

Seventeen original short mysteries include Lawrence Block's "Keller on Horseback," Andrew Greeley's "The Bishop and the Hit Man," Mickey Spillane's "Everybody's Watching Me," and others. …