The purpose of this post is to remind us that American crime/mystery fiction is a vast, vast field, since it includes many subgenres. With the permission of ChiBob, I've taken a list that he provided me concerning his highly specialized collection--one that contains maybe three to four times the number of titles that Gary Deane has (so far) posted on his Facebook page.
I've taken that list, and consolidated it with Gary's list. Where there is overlap, I've italicized the titles. You'll be able to distinguish the between Gary's titles and Bob's titles because Bob, who is quite fastidious in his list-making, has seen fit to include publication info for the books on his list, which I have not done for Gary's list (and which Gary did not provide along with the book images he's been posting).
Bob's list was collected primarily for the purpose of gathering up the crime novels that were made into American film noir. (In many cases you'll see the names of the films listed along with the book title, particularly when they differ.) Of course it's not a complete list, but it's a very good collection that would have a high correlation with the materials found in a reference book like Kevin Johnson's THE DARK PAGES.
Together, the list probably comprises about 0.05% of the total number of American crime novels published since the days of paperback publishing began. It reminds us that aside from the subgenre that is given the curious (and slightly ironic) title of "American roman noir," there are many other facets of crime fiction that have inherent value, many of which have led to some memorable American films noirs. Adding Bob's list to Gary's (a portion of which covers recent works that have been made into films) gives us a little bit of a start in tying such an effort together.
And so, without further ado, here is that list:
A KISS BEFORE DYING-Ira Levin
A SUSPENSION OF MERCY-Patricia Highsmith
A SWELL-LOOKING BABE-Jim Thompson
A VERY PRIVATE GENTLEMAN-Martin Booth
AFTER DARK, MY SWEET – Jim Thompson (Black Lizard, 1990)
ALL SHOT UP-Chester Himes
AMBOY DUKES, THE (City Across The River) - Irving Shulman (Avon #169, 1948)
ANGEL BABY-Richard Lange
ANYONE's MY NAME-Seymour Shubin
AREA OF SUSPICION - John D. MacDonald (Dell Fist Edition #12, 1954)
ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE - W. R. Burnett (Pocket Books #6078, 1961)
BABY IN THE ICEBOX and other short fiction-James M. Cain
BEAUTIFUL TRAP, THE, (aka Rafferty) (Pushover) - Bill S. Ballinger (Signet #1134, 1954)
BEDELIA - Vera Caspary (Popular Library #111, 1947)
BEDEVILED - Libbie Block (Dell Mapback #344, 1949)
BEFORE THE FACT (Suspicion) - Francis Iles (Pocket Books #419, 1947)
BEHOLD THIS WOMAN - David Goodis (Bantam Books #407, 1948)
BETTER TO EAT YOU, THE - Charlotte Armstrong (Ace Books #G-521, 1950)
BEYOND THE FOREST - Stuart Engstrand (Signet #739, 1949)
BEYOND THE NIGHT – Cornell Woolrich (Avon Books, 1959)
THE BIG BLOWDOWN-George Pelecanos
THE BIG CAPER (also STEAL BIG)-Lionel White
BIG CLOCK, THE - Kenneth Fearing (Ballantine Books #F606, 1962)
BIG FAKE, THE (AKA, Hollow Triumph) – Murray Forbes (Pyramid Books #97, 1953)
BIG HEAT, THE – William P. McGivern (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1953)
BIG KNOCKOVER, THE - Dashiell Hammett (Dell #0628, 1967)
BIG NIGHT, THE - Stanley Ellin (Signet #D2921, 1966)
BIG SLEEP, THE - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1971)
BLACK ANGEL, THE - Cornell Woolrich (Ace Books, nd)
BLACK CURTAIN, THE (Street Of Chance) - Cornell Woolrich (Ace Books #H-104, 1968)
BLACK PATH OF FEAR, THE (The Chase) - Cornell Woolrich (Ace Books #H-66, 1968)
BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL - Elliott Chaze (Blackmask, 2005)
THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE-Benjamin Black
THE BLACKBIRDER-Dorothy B. Hughes
BLANK WALL, THE (The Restless Moment) - Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (Pocket Books, #662, 1950)
BLONDE MENACE (Shed No Tears) - Don Martin (A Red Circle Book #4, 1948)
BLONDE ON THE STREET CORNER – David Goodis (Midnight Classics, 1997)
BLOODY MOONLIGHT, THE - Fredric Brown (Bantam #783, 1949)
BLOODY SPUR, THE (While The City Sleeps) - Charles Einstein (Dell First Edition #5, 1953)
THE BLUNDERER-Patricia Highsmith
BOY ON A DOLPHIN – David Divine (Avon, 1957)
BRANDED WOMAN - Wade Miller (Hard Case Crime, 2005)
BRAT, THE – Gil Brewer (Gold Medal #708), 1957)
BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE - Cornell Woolrich (Ace Books, nd)
BRIGHTON ROCK – Graham Greene (Bantam Books #315, 1949)
BROTHERS RICO, THE - Georges Simenon (Signet #1109, 1954)
BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH (Out Of The Past) - Geoffrey Homes (Ace Books #D-185, 1956)
THE BUTCHER's BOY-Thomas Perry
BUTTERFLY, THE - James M. Cain (Signet #720), 1949)
CAPE FEAR – John D. MacDonald (Fawcett, Gold Medal, 1991)
CARNY KILL-Robert Edmond Alter
CASE OF JENNIE BRICE, THE - Mary Roberts Rinehart (Dell Mapbook #404, 1950)
CASSIDY’S GIRL - David Goodis (Black Lizard Books, 1987)
CATCH A TIGER - Owen Cameron (Bantam Books #1195, 1954)
CHAIR FOR MARTIN ROME, THE (Cry Of The City) - Henry Edward Helseth (Pocket Books #484, 1948)
CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL - Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer (Dell #D101, 1950)
CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, THE - Mary Robert Rinehart (Pocket Books, 1941)
COCKFIGHTER-Charles Willeford
COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS, A (The Mask Of Dimitrios - Eric Ambler (Bantam Books, 1972)
COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL - Irving Shulman (Gold Medal #1005, 1960)
CONDEMNED, THE (Try And Get Me) - Jo Pagano (Permabooks, 1954)
CONFIDENTIAL AGENT, THE - Graham Greene (The Viking Press, 1943)
COP HATER - Ed McBain (Pocket Books, 1999)
CORNELL WOOLRICH OMNIBUS (Penguin Books, 1998)
CORRUPTION CITY (The Captive City) – Horace McCoy (Dell, 1959)
COUCH, THE – Robert Bloch (Gold Medal #1192, 1962)
CRISS CROSS - Don Tracy (The Vanguard Press, 1934)
CROOKED FRAME, THE - William P. McGivern (Pocket Books #961, 1953)
CRY TOUGH - Irving Shulman (Avon, #372, 1951)
CRY TOUGH – Irving Shulman (Avon, #T-303, 1958)
CUDGEL, THE - Thomas Polsky (Boardman Books (UK), 1952)
DAIN CURSE, THE - Dashiell Hammett (Vintage #V-827, 1972)
DAMNED, THE – John MacDonald (Gold Medal #240, 1952)
DANCING DETECTIVE, THE – William Irish (Popular Library #309, 1951)
DARK PAGE, THE (Scandal Sheet) - Samuel Fuller (Avon, 1983)
DARK PASSAGE - David Goodis (Dell Mapback #221, 1948)
THE DARKEST HOUR/THE CROOKED FRAME/BUT DEATH RUNS FASTER-William McGivern
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (Born To Kill) - James Gunn (Signet #709, 1949)
DEADLINE AT DAWN - Cornell Woolrich (Ace Books, nd)
DEADLINE AT DAWN - William Irish (Graphic Publications, 1949)
DEADLY NIGHT CALL - William Irish (Graphic Books, 1954)
DESERT TOWN (Desert Fury) - Ramona Stewart (Pocket Books #526, 1948)
DETOUR - Martin Goldsmith (O’Bryan House Publishers, 2005)
DILEMMA OF THE DEAD LADY - William Irish (Graphic Publishing, 1950)
THE DISPATCHER-Ryan David Jahn
DODGERS-Bill Beverly
DOOLEY'S BACK-Sam Reaves
DOUBLE INDEMNITY - James M. Cain (Avon #137, 1947)
DOUBLE TAKE, THE (I LOVE TROUBLE) - Roy Huggins (Pocket Books #524, 1948)
DREAD JOURNEY - Dorothy B. Hughes (Pocket Books #454, 1947)
DRIVE-James Sallis
DRY COUNTY-Jake Hinkson
DUEL IN THE SUN - Niven Busch (Popular Library)
EDGE OF DOOM - Leo Brady (Popular Library #260, 1949)
EDGE OF THE CITY - Frederik Pohl (Ballantine Books #199, 1957) (2 copies)
END AS A MAN - Calder Willingham (Signet Book, 1957)
END OF THE NIGHT, THE - John MacDonald (Fawcett Gold Medal, early 1960s)
EXPERIMENT PERILOUS - Margaret Carpenter (Pocket Books #278, 1944)
FABULOUS CLIPJOINT, THE - Fredric Brown (Bantam Books #1134, 1953)
FALLEN ANGEL – Marty Holland (Century Publications, 1945)
FALLEN SPARROW, THE - Dorothy B. Hughes (Dell Mapback #31, 1944)
FALSE NEGATIVE-Joseph Koenig
FAR CRY, THE - Fredric Brown (Black Lizard Books, 1987)
FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (Murder, My Sweet) - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1971)
FEAR MAKER, THE - Darwin L. Teilhet (Pocket Books #399, 1946)
FLAMINGO ROAD - Robert Wilder (Bantam #A928, 1951)
FOOLS WALK IN - Bruno Fischer (Gold Medal #209, 1951)
FORGIVE ME, KILLER/A MOMENT TO PREY-Harry Whittington
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE-George V. Higgins
FRIGHT - Cornell Woolrich (Hard Case Crime, 2007)
FRIGHTENED CHILD, THE / THE LOST ONE – Dana Lyon (Ace Books, #G-535, 1965)
FURIES, THE - Niven Busch (Bantam #777, 1950)
FURIES IN HER BODY, THE (aka, Methinks The Lady (Whirlpool) - Guy Endore (Avon #323, 1951)
GALVESTON-Nic Pizzolato
GET CARTER-Ted Lewis
GET SHORTY (signed!)-Elmore Leonard
THE GETAWAY-Jim Thompson
GHOSTS-Paul Auster
GLASS KEY, THE - Dashiell Hammett (Vintage #V-773)
THE GOODBYE KISS (also THE MASTER OF KNOTS & THE COLUMBIAN MULE)-Massimo Carlotto
GOOD NEIGHBORS-Ryan David Jahn
GRIFTERS, THE – Jim Thompson (Black Lizard, 1990)
GUILTY BYSTANDER - Wade Miller (Penguin Signet #677, 1948)
GUTTER AND THE GRAVE, THE - Ed McBain (Hard Case Crime, 2005)
HANGMAN’S HAT - Paul Ernst (Pocket Books #923, 1953)
HANGOVER SQUARE – Patrick Hamilton (Europa Editions, 2006)
HARDER THEY FALL, THE - Budd Schulberg (Bantam Books #707, 1949)
HE FELL DOWN DEAD (Shadow Of A Woman) - Virginia Perdue (The American Mercury #80, 1943)
HE RAN ALL THE WAY - Sam Ross (Lion Books #19, 1950)
THE HEARTBREAK LOUNGE-Wallace Striby
HEAT BIG, THE - William McGivern (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953)
HELL OF A WOMAN, A – Jim Thompson (Black Lizard, 1990)
HER HEART IN HER THROAT (The Unseen) - Ethel Lina White (Popular Library, 1945)
HIGH SIERRA - W.R. Burnett (Bantam Books # 826, 1950)
HIGH WINDOW, THE (The Brasher Doubloon) - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1971)
HOODLUM, THE (KISS OF DEATH) - Eleazer Lipsky (Lion Books #161, 1953)
HOME IS THE SAILOR - Day Keene (Gold Medal #275, 1952)
HOMICIDAL LADY - Day Keene (Graphic Books, 1954)
THE HOT SPOT-Charles Williams
THE HOT SPOT (same as #12…)-Charles Williams
HOUSE IN NAPLES, A - Peter Rabe (Gold Medal #547, 1956)
HOUSE OF FLESH - Bruno Fischer (Gold Medal #886, 1959)
HOUSE OF NUMBERS, THE - Jack Finney (Dell First Edition # A139, 1957)
HUMMING BOX, THE - Harry Whittington (Ace Books #D-185, 1956)
HUSTLER, THE – Walter Tevis (Dell #3940, 1964)
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG - Robert E. Burns (Pyramid Books #45, 1952)
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVES - Boris Vian (Tam Tam Books, 1998)
I WAKE UP SCREAMING - Steve Fisher (Popular Library #129, 1947)
IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO - Chester Himes (Signet #756, 1950)
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE (The Lady From Shanghai) - Sherwood King (Penguin, 2010)
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE - William Irish (Avon Books #104, 1946)
I’LL NEVER GO THERE ANY MORE (House Of Strangers) - Jerome Weidman (Avon # T-153, 1956)
IN A LONELY PLACE-Dorothy B. Hughes
IN THE DARK PLACES-Peter Robinson
JEALOUS WOMAN/SINFUL WOMAN - James M. Cain (Corgi Book, 1966)
THE JONES MEN-Vern E. Smuth
JOURNEY INTO FEAR - Eric Ambler (Pocket Books #193, 1943)
KEEPER OF THE FLAME - I.A.R. Wylie (Grosset and Dunlap, 1942)
KEY TO NICHOLAS STREET, THE - Stanley Ellin (Dell #763, 1962)
KILL THE BOSS GOOD-BY - Peter Rabe (Gold Medal # 594, 1956)
KILLER IN THE RAIN - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1973)
KILLER IS LOOSE, A - Gil Brewer (Priory Books, nd)
KILLING, THE - Lionel White (Black Lizard Books, 1988)
KISS BEFORE DYING, A - Ira Levin (Pyramid Books, 1964)
KISS ME DEADLY - Mickey Spillane (Signet #1000, 1953)
KISS OF DEATH - Eleazar Lipsky (Penguin #642, 1947)
KISS THE BOSS GOOD-BY - Peter Rabe (Gold Medal #594, 1956)
KISS TOMORROW GOOD-BYE - Horace McCoy (Signet #754, 1949)
KITTEN WITH A WHIP - Wade Miller (Gold Medal #K1490, 1964)
KNOCK ON ANY DOOR - Willard Motley (Signet, #802A and B, 1950)
LADY IN THE LAKE, THE - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1971)
LAUGHTER IN THE DARK-Vladimir Nabokov
LAURA - Vera Caspary (Dell #D188, 1957)
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN - Ben Ames Williams (Bantam Books #A771, 1950)
LIGHTS OUT-Jason Starr
LITTLE CRIMINALS-Gene Kerrigan
LODGER, THE - Marie Belloc Lowndes (Avon Books #PN336, 1971)
LONG GOODBY, THE - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1971)
LONG MEMORY, THE - Howard Clewes (Dell #787, 1951)
LONG WAIT, THE - Mickey Spillane (Signet #932, 1952)
LOST WEEKEND, THE - Charles Jackson (Signet #683, 1948)
LOVE’S LOVELY COUNTERFEIT (Slightly Scarlet) - James M. Cain (Avon #161, 1948)
LOW COMPANY (The Gangster) - Daniel Fuchs (A Berkley Medallion Book #S1091, 1961)
LURKING MAN, THE, (aka, Mad With Much Heart (On Dangerous Ground) - Gerald Butler (Lion Books #81, 1952)
MADBALL - Fredric Brown (Gold Medal #S1132, 1961)
MALTESE FALCON, THE - Dashiell Hammett (Vintage #V-772, 1972)
MAN IN THE NET, THE – Patrick Quentin (A Dell Mystery, 1959)
MAN WITH MY FACE, THE - Samuel Taylor (Pocket Books, #639, 1950)
MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, THE – Nelson Algren (Seven Stories Press, 1990)
THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE TRAINS GO BY-Georges Simenon
MARLOWE, (aka THE LITTLE SISTER - Raymond Chandler (Pocket Books, 1969)
MASK FOR MURDER, A - Henry Kane (Avon #796, 1954)
THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR-Gene Kerrigan
MILDRED PIERCE - James M. Cain (Penguin # 591, 1946)
MINISTRY OF FEAR - Graham Greene (The Viking Press, 1943)
MINE OWN EXECUTIONER - Nigel Balchin (Penguin Signet #674, 1948)
MISCHIEF (Don’t Bother To Knock) - Charlotte Armstrong (Ace Books #G-521, 1950)
MISSING PERSON-Patrick Modiano
MONEY MEN/ONE-SHOT DEAL-Gerald Petievich
MONEY TRAP, THE - Lionel White (Monarch Books #477, 1964)
MOON IN THE GUTTER - David Goodis (Midnight Classics, 1998)
MOONRISE - Theodore Strauss (Viking Press, 1946)
THE MOTEL LIFE-Willy Vlautin
MR ANGEL COMES ABOARD (Johnny Angel) - Charles G. Booth (Military Service Publishing, 1944)
MUGGER, THE - Ed McBain (Ballantine, 1975)
MURDER ON DELIVERY - Spencer Dean (Pocket Books #1220, 1958)
MY FLESH IS SWEET - Day Keene (Lion Books #68, 1951)
NAME OF THE GAME IS DEATH, THE - Dan Marlowe (Gold Medal #1184, 1962)
NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL - Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer (Dell Mapback #440, 1950)
NIGHT AND THE CITY - Gerald Kersh (Dell Mapback #374, 1950)
NIGHT BEFORE MURDER, THE - Steve Fisher (Popular Library #317, 1951)
NIGHT CRY (Where The Sidewalk Ends) - William L. Stuart (Avon #801, 1958)
NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES - William Irish (Dell #679, 1953)
NIGHT MAN – Allan Ullman and Lucille Fletcher (Bantam Books #1140, 1953)
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE - Davis Grubb (Dell #D149, 1955)
NIGHT WATCH, THE (Pushover) - Thomas Walsh (Bantam Books #1150, 1953)
NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP - Elick Moll (Bantam Books #926, 1951)
NIGHTFALL - David Goodis (Lion Books # 131, 1956)
NIGHTFALL - David Goodis (Millipede Press, 2007)
NIGHTMARE (Fear In The Night) - Cornell Woolrich (Dell #6421, 1964)
NIGHTMARE ALLEY - William Lindsay Gresham (The Sun Dial Press, 1948)
NIGHTWEBS – Cornell Woolrich (Avon Books, 1974)
NIGHT's BLACK AGENTS-David Armstrong
NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH - James Hadley Chase (Bruin Crimeworks, 2010)
NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD - Horace McCoy (Signet #690, 1948)
NOBOBY LIVES FOREVER - W.R. Burnett (Bantam Books #888, 1951)
NOIR (three novels of suspense)-Richard Matheson
NONE SO BLIND (The Woman On The Beach) - Mitchell Wilson (Hillman Books, 1960)
NORTHLINE-Willy Vlautin
ODD MAN OUT - F.L. Green (Pocket Books #472, 1947)
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW - William McGivern (Pocket Books #C316, 1959)
OF MISSING PERSONS - David Goodis (Pocket Books #833, 1951)
OF TENDER SIN – David Goodis (Serpent’s Tail, 2001)
ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER-Bruce Elliott
ONE WOMAN (Chicago Deadline) - Tiffany Thayer (Pocket Books, #673, 1950)
PARADINE CASE, THE - Robert Hichens (The World Publishing Company, 1947)
PEOPLE AGAINST O’HARA, THE - Eleazar Lipsky (Pocket Books #863, 1952)
PHANTOM LADY - William Irish (Pocket Books #253, 1944)
PICK-UP – Charles Willeford (Blackmask, 2005)
PICKUP ON NOON STREET - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1973)
PITFALL, THE - Jay Dratler (Popular Library #745, 1956)
THE PLEDGE-Friedruch Durrenmatt
POINT BLANK (aka THE HUNTER)-Richard Stark
POISONVILLE-Massimo Caroltto/Marco Videtta
POP. 1280-Jim Thompson
PORTRAIT IN SMOKE - Bill Ballinger (Signet #897, 1952)
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, THE - James M. Cain (Grosset and Dunlap, 1934)
PRELUDE TO A CERTAIN MIDNIGHT - Gerald Kersh (Lion Books #98, 1952)
PRELUDE TO NIGHT (Ruthless) - Dayton Stoddart (Coward-McCann, 1945)
PUSHER, THE - Ed McBain (Pocket Books, 2002)
PSYCHO-Robert Bloch
RAGING TIDE, THE - Ernest K. Gann (Permabooks, #P134, 1951
RED HARVEST - Dashiell Hammett (Permabooks #M4201, 1961)
RED HOUSE, THE - George Agnew Chamberlain (Popular Library #116, 1948)
RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK - Cornell Woolrich (Ace Books #H-57, 1968)
RENDEVOUS IN BLACK - Cornell Woolrich (Pocket Books #570, 1949)
REPEAT PERFORMANCE - William O’Farrell (Pennant Books #P55, 1954)
RIDE THE PINK HORSE - Dorothy B. Hughes (Dell #D225, 1958)
RIM OF THE PIT - Hake Talbot (Dell Mapback #173, 1947)
RIVER GIRL - Charles Williams (Gold Medal # G207, 1951)
ROGUE COP - William P. McGivern (Pocket Books #1030, 1954)
ROGUE MALE (Man Hunt) - Geoffrey Household (Bantam Books #9, 1946)
ROOT OF HIS EVIL, THE – James M. Cain (Corgi Books, 1966)
ROPE - Alfred Hitchcock (Dell Mapback #262, 1948)
RUM PUNCH-Elmore Leonard
SAVAGE BRIDE - Cornell Woolrich (Gold Medal #136, 1950)
SAVAGE NIGHT - Jim Thompson (Vintage, 1991)
SCARF, THE - Robert Bloch (Avon # C800, 1952, printed in Canada)
SCREAMING MIMI, THE - Fredric Brown (Bantam Books #831, 1950)
SEALED VERDICT, THE - Lionel Shapiro (Bantam #357, 1948)
SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR - Rufus King (Bantam Books #120, 1947)
SERENADE - James M. Cain (Penguin #621, 1947)
SHAkE HIM TILL HE RATTLES and IT’S COLD OUT THERE – Malcolm Braly (Stark House Press, 2005
SHIELD FOR MURDER - William McGivern (Pocket Books #870, 1952) - 2 copies
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (aka, Down There) - David Goodis (Black Lizard, 1990)
THE SHOTGUN RULE-Charlie Huston
SIGN OF THE RAM, THE - Margaret Ferguson (Bantam Books #158, 1948 - two copies)
THE SILENCE OF THE RAIN-Luis Alfredo Garcia Roza
SINFUL WOMAN - James M. Cain (Avon #174, 1948)
SIX NIGHTS OF MYSTERY - William Irish (Popular Library #258, 1950)
SIX TIMES DEATH - William Irish (Popular Library #137, 1944)
SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL – Day Keene (Modern Promotions, 1954)
SNAKE PIT, THE - Mary Jane Ward (Signet Book #1182, 1955)
SNOWDROPS-A. D. Miller
SO EVIL MY LOVE - Joseph Shearing (Harpers & Brothers, 1947)
SOLOMON’S VINEYARD - Jonathan Latimer (International Polygonics, 1988)
SORRY WRONG NUMBER - Lucille Fletcher and Allan Ullman (Bantam Books #356, 1948
SPIRAL STAIRCASE, THE - Ethel Lina White (Popular Library #120, circa 1946)
STAIN ON THE SNOW, THE - Georges Simenon (Orion Books, 2003)
STORM FEAR - Clinton Seeley (A Popular Library Eagle Book #EB60, 1956)
STRANGE WITNESS - Day Keene (Graphic Publishing #58, 1953)
STRANGER IN PARIS (Christmas Holiday) - W. Somerset Maugham (Bantam Books #423, 1949)
STREET OF NO RETURN - David Goodis (Millipede Press, 2007)
STREET OF THE LOST - David Goodis (Gold Medal #256, 1952)
SUDDEN FEAR - Edna Sherry (Dell #604, 1948)
SUITABLE FOR FRAMING - James Atlee Phillips (Pocket Books # 725, 1950)
SWAMP SISTER - Robert Edmond Alter (Black Lizard, 1986)
SWANSEA TERMINAL--Robert Lewis
SWELL –LOOKING BABE, A - Jim Thompson (Black Lizard Books, 1986)
SWEET SCENT OF DEATH-Guillermo Arriaga
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - Ernest Lehman (Signet #S1413, 1957)
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY-Patricia Highsmith
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN - Day Keene (Gold Medal #405, 1954)
THEY DON’T DANCE MUCH - James Ross (Popular Library, 1976)
THIEVES’ MARKET (Thieves’ Highway) - A.I. Bezzerides (Bantam Books #750, 1950)
THIRD MAN, THE - Graham Greene (Bantam Books # 797, 1950)
THIS GUN FOR HIRE -Graham Greene (The Military Service Publishing Co. #M652, 1945)
THIS GUN FOR HIRE - Graham Greene (The Viking Press, 1943)
THIS WAY OUT (The Suspect) - James Ronald (Popular Library #389, 1951)
THREE FOR THE MONEY - James McConnaughey (Pocket Books #1050, 1955)
THURSDAY NIGHT-Claudia Piñiero
TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY (and other stories) - Irwin Shaw (Signet #S1453, 1957)
TO KISS, OR KILL - Day Keene (Gold Medal #206, 1951)
TOO LATE FOR TEARS - Roy Huggins (Pocket Books # 602, 1949)
TOO LATE FOR TEARS - Roy Huggins (William Morrow & Company, 1947)
TOUCH OF DEATH, A Charles Williams (Hard case Crime, 2006)
TOUCH OF EVIL - Whit Masterson (Carroll and Graf, 1992)
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA, THE - B. Traven (Pocket Books #455, 1948)
TRIPLE SLAY - Adam Knight (Signet # 1724, 1959)
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS - Raymond Chandler (Ballantine Books, 1972)
THE TURNAROUND-George Pelecanos
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY-Patricia Highsmith
UNAFRAID, THE (Kiss The Blood Off My Hands) - Gerald Butler (Dell Mapback #242, 1946)
UNDERWORLD, THE, (aka, Tucker’s People (Force Of Evil) - Ira Wolfert (Bantam Books #A798, 1950)
UNSUSPECTED, THE - Charlotte Armstrong (Pocket Books #444, 1947)
UNSUSPECTED, THE / INCIDENT AT A CORNER - Charlotte Armstrong (Ace Books #G-501, 1959)
VELVET FLEECE, THE (Larceny) - Lois Eby and John C. Fleming (Dell Mapback #272, 1947)
VIOLENT SATURDAY - W.L. Heath (Bantam Books #1438, 1956)
WALK ON THE WID SIDE, A – Nelson Algren (The Noonday Press, 1990)
WALK THE DARK STREETS - William Krasner (Bantam Books #780, 1950)
WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN, THE - Jo Eisinger (Handi-Book Mysteries # 36, 1945)
WALTZ INTO DARKNESS - William Irish (J.B. Lippincott, 1947)
WATERFRONT - Ferguson Findley (Popular Library #408, 1952)
WHISTLE STOP - Maritta Wolff (Scribner, 2005)
THE WHITES-Richard Price
WILD CALENDAR (Caught) - Libbie Block (Alfred Knopf, 1946)
WILD WIVES - Charles Willeford (RE/Search Publications, 1987)
WILD TO POSSESS/A TASTE FOR SIN/A DEVIL FOR O'SHAUGNESSY/THE THREE-WAY SPLIT-Gil Brewer
WINTER KILL – Steve Fisher (Popular Library, 1946)
WOMAN CHASER, THE - Charles Willeford (Carroll & Graf, 1990)
WOMAN IN RED, THE (My Name Is Julia Ross) - Anthony Gilbert (Handi-Books, 1944)
WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, THE, aka, Once Off Guard) - J.H. Wallis (The World Publishing Company, 1945)
WOUNDED AND THE SLAIN, THE – David Goodis (Hard Case Crime, 2007)
YOU PLAY THE BLACK AND THE RED COMES UP - Eric Knight (Richard Hallas) (Black Lizard Books, 1986)
YOU'LL DIE NEXT-Harry Whittington
YOUR RED WAGON, aka Thieves Like Us (They Live By Night) - Edward Anderson (Bantam, #350, 1948)
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