What Is Pulp Fiction? 9 Must-Read Hardboiled Mysteries, From the Golden Age to Today

Discover vintage reads that shaped the mystery genre.

Promoted by Open Road Media | By Michael J. Seidlinger | Published Sep 2, 2020

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The So Blue Marble

By Dorothy B. Hughes

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L.A. Confidential

By James Ellroy

Kiss for a Killer

By G.G. Fickling

The Dark Tunnel

By Ross Macdonald

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Devil in a Blue Dress

By Walter Mosley

Dividend on Death

By Brett Halliday

It's in the Book

By Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

The Baby in the Icebox

By James M. Cain and Roy Hoopes

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Indemnity Only

By Sara Paretsky

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