Hard Case Crime

Little Girl Lost  by Richard Aleas
When a beautiful optometrist, and his former flame, is found murdered on the roof of a New York strip club, P.I. John Blake learns the shocking truth about the woman he once loved as he searches for her killer.

The Girl with the Long Green Heart  by Lawrence Block
Evelyn Stone, the secretary to real-estate entrepreneur Wallace Gunderman and his spurned lover, teams up with Johnny Hayden and Doug Rance to make their scheme to take Gunderman for all he is worth succeed.

Grifter's Game  by Lawrence Block
When seasoned con man Joe Marlin accidentally steals a suitcase full of heroin he contemplates murdering the man he stole it from, with the help of the man's wife, who desperately wants to see her husband dead.

Lucky at Cards  by Lawrence Block
Available for the first time in almost 40 years, this classic by bestselling author Block features a professional card sharp who finds himself playing for the highest stakes of his life when he sets out to frame one of his marks for murder.

Plunder of the Sun  by David Dodge
Al Colby is submerged in a world of betrayal and murder when he agrees to smuggle a package from Chile and Peru, a package that contains an ancient treasure map, making him the target of relentless gunmen and fortune hunters.

Kiss Her Goodbye  by Allan Guthrie
Accused of murdering his wife and daughter, Joe Hope, an enforcer for a notorious loan shark, will stop at nothing to prove his innocence.

Night Walker  by Donald Hamilton
From the bestselling creator of secret agent Matt Helm comes this long-out-of-print classic. Assaulted while hitchhiking, Navy Lieutenant Dave Young wakes up with his face in bandages, another man's name on his hospital chart, and a beautiful stranger claiming to be his wife.

Robbie’s Wife  by Russell Hill
On a trip to England, failed screenwriter Jack Stone finds himself falling in love with the wife of the farmer he's staying with, and he's soon tempted to commit murder to have her for himself.

Home is the Sailor  by Day Keene
Swede Nelson, tired of a life at sea and ready to settle down, finds the perfect woman in Corliss Mason until she convinces him, with her irresistible charm and sexual prowess, to help her cover up a murder.

The Colorado Kid  by Stephen King
A rookie newspaperwoman learns the true meaning of mystery when she investigates a twentyfive- year-old unsolved and very strange case involving a dead man found on an island off the coast of Maine.

The Gutter and the Grave  by Ed McBain
Drowning his sorrows of the past in cheap alcohol, former detective-turned-Bowery bum Matt Cordell finds himself back on the job when he is asked to investigate a double murder involving an old enemy.

Dutch Uncle  by Peter Pavia
Despite his determination to stay straight, ex-con Harry Healy is desperate for money and agrees to make one simple delivery for drug dealer Manfred Pfiser, only to find himself caught in the middle of a deadly robbery scheme involving a former cellmate, an aging high-school baseball star, a murderous sociopath, and a beautiful beach bunny.

Fade to Blonde  by Max Phillips
Determined to be a screenwriter, former bodyguard Ray Corson arrives in Hollywood only to find himself protecting an aspiring actress from a mobster and brutal pornographer bent on revenge.

Lemons Never Lie  by Richard Stark
When theater owner and professional thief Alan Grofield refuses to help Andrew Myers knock over a brewery, he must protect his family from this angry criminal who vows to get revenge.

361  by Donald E. Westlake
When a mobster murders his father and causes the loss of his own eye, Ray Kelly, bent on revenge, sets out to even the score, no matter what the cost.

A Touch of Death  by Charles Williams
While searching for $120,000 in stolen money, Lee Scarborough falls in with a ruthless femme fatale whose schemes threaten to destroy his life in this long-out-of-print classic by the author of "Dead Calm."