noir fiction

Dive into the shadowy world of noir fiction with our curated list of gripping books. Explore hard-boiled detectives, femme fatales, and gritty tales of crime and moral ambiguity.

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The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe. • Featuring the iconic character that …
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Trouble Is My Business

by Raymond Chandler

A private detective is hired to break up an unsuitable romance, find a missing dog, solve a murder, search for an ex-con's lost girlfriend, ransom …
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The Lady in the Lake

by Raymond Chandler

Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's fourth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled …
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The Continental Op

by Dashiell Hammett

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. In these stories the Op …
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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 …
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Trunk Music

by Michael Connelly

Fifth Harry Bosch novel. Movie producer Tony Aliso pops up dead in the trunk of his car.
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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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Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels (LOA #110)

by Dashiell Hammett

Presents five novels by Dashiell Hamilton, all published between 1929 and 1934.
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Farewell, My Lovely

by Raymond Chandler

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character …
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The Little Sister

by Raymond Chandler

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character …
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Booked to Die

by John Dunning

Booked to Die, the first book in John Dunning’s bestselling, award-winning Cliff Janeway series, is “a joy to read for its wealth of inside knowledge …
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The Bookman's Wake

by John Dunning

Denver cop-turned-bookdealer Cliff Janeway is lured by an enterprising fellow ex-policeman into going to Seattle to bring back a fugitive wanted for assault, burglary, and …