From January 2013, we've been reviewing each and every Hard Case Crime mystery - starting at #1 and working our way through! Join us every week as we discuss the latest in thrills, chills, dames and capers.
We've always been big fans of the noir thrillers published by Hard Case Crime, so some of the links below are to older reviews. We'll revisit them as we get there!
Plus, we've created the unofficial World of Hard Case Crime - tracking all the locations as we go along...
| # | Title | Author | Cover Artist | Year | Orig. Year | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grifter's Game | Lawrence Block | Chuck Pyle | 2004 | 1961 | Jan 2013 |
| 2 | Fade to Blonde | Max Phillips | Gregory Manchess | 2004 | 1st Ed. | Jan 2013 |
| 3 | Top of the Heap | Erle Stanley Gardner | Bill Nelson | 2004 | 1952 | Jan 2013 |
| 4 | Little Girl Lost | Richard Aleas | Robert McGinnis | 2004 | 1st Ed. | Jan 2013 |
| 5 | Two for the Money | Max Allan Collins | Mark Texeira | 2004 | 1970 / 1973 | Jan 2013 |
| 6 | The Confession | Domenic Stansberry | R.B. Farrell | 2004 | 1st Ed. | Feb 2013 |
| 7 | Home is the Sailor | Day Keene | Gregory Manchess | 2005 | 1952 | Feb 2013 / May 2011 |
| 8 | Kiss Her Goodbye | Allan Guthrie | Chuck Pyle | 2005 | 1st Ed. | Feb 2013 |
| 9 | 361 | Donald Westlake | R.B. Farrell | 2005 | 1962 | Mar 2013 / May 2011 |
| 10 | Plunder of the Sun | David Dodge | Robert McGinnis | 2005 | 1949 | March 2012 / March 2013 |
| 11 | Branded Woman | Wade Miller | Glen Orbik | 2005 | 1952 | March 2012 / March 2013 |
| 12 | Dutch Uncle | Peter Pavia | R.B. Farrell | 2005 | 1st Ed. | April 2013 |
| 13 | The Colorado Kid | Stephen King | Glen Orbik | 2005 | 1st Ed. | May 2013 |
| 14 | The Girl with the Long Green Heart | Lawrence Block | Robert McGinnis | 2005 | 1965 | May 2013 |
| 15 | The Gutter and the Grave | Ed McBain | R.B. Farrell | 2005 | 1958 | June 2011 / May 2013 |
| 16 | Night Walker | Donald Hamilton | Tim Gabor | 2006 | 1954 | May 2013 |
| 17 | A Touch of Death | Charles Williams | Chuck Pyle | 2006 | 1954 | June 2013 |
| 18 | Say It with Bullets | Richard Powell | Michael Koelsch | 2006 | 1950 | Aug 2011 / June 2013 |
| 19 | Witness to Myself | Seymour Shubin | Larry Schwinger | 2006 | 1st Ed. | |
| 20 | Bust | Ken Bruen & Jason Starr | R.B. Farrell | 2006 | 1st Ed. | |
| 21 | Straight Cut | Madison Smartt Bell | Chuck Pyle | 2006 | 1986 | Aug 2011 |
| 22 | Lemons Never Lie | Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) | R.B. Farrell | 2006 | 1971 | |
| 23 | The Last Quarry | Max Allan Collins | Robert McGinnis | 2006 | 1st Ed. | |
| 24 | The Guns of Heaven | Pete Hamill | Larry Schwinger | 2006 | 1984 | |
| 25 | The Last Match | David Dodge | William George | 2006 | 1st Ed. | |
| 26 | Grave Descend | John Lange (Michael Crichton) | Gregory Manchess | 2006 | 1970 | Aug 2011 |
| 27 | The Peddler | Richard Prather | Robert McGinnis | 2006 | 1952 | |
| 28 | Lucky at Cards | Lawrence Block | Chuck Pyle | 2007 | 1964 | |
| 29 | Robbie's Wife | Russell Hill | R.B. Farrell | 2007 | 1st Ed. | Oct 2011 |
| 30 | The Vengeful Virgin | Gil Brewer | Gregory Manchess | 2007 | 1958 | May 2008 |
| 31 | The Wounded and the Slain | David Goodis | Glen Orbik | 2007 | 1955 | |
| 32 | Blackmailer | George Axelrod | Glen Orbik | 2007 | 1952 | |
| 33 | Songs of Innocence | Richard Aleas (Charles Ardai) | Glen Orbik | 2007 | 1st Ed. | |
| 34 | Fright | Cornell Woolrich | Arthur Suydam | 2007 | 1952 | |
| 35 | Kill Now, Pay Later | Robert Terrall | Robert McGinnis | 2007 | 1960 | Aug 2011 |
| 36 | Slide | Ken Bruen & Jason Starr | R.B. Farrell | 2007 | 1st Ed. | June 2011 |
| 37 | Dead Street | Mickey Spillane | Arthur Suydam | 2007 | 1st Ed. | |
| 38 | Deadly Beloved | Max Allan Collins | Terry Beatty | 2007 | 1st Ed. | |
| 39 | A Diet of Treacle | Lawrence Block | Chuck Pyle | 2008 | 1961 | |
| 40 | Money Shot | Christa Faust | Glen Orbit | 2008 | 1st Ed. | Mar 2012 |
| 41 | Zero Cool | John Lange (Michael Crichton) | Gregory Manchess | 2008 | 1969 | May 2011 |
| 42 | Shooting Star / Spiderweb | Robert Bloch | Arthur Suydam & Larry Schwinger | 2008 | 1958 / 1954 | |
| 43 | The Murderer Vine | Shepard Rifkin | Ken Laager | 2008 | 1970 | Aug 2011 |
| 44 | Somebody Owes Me Money | Donald Westlake | Michael Koelsch | 2008 | 1969 | Aug 2011 |
| 45 | No House Limit | Steve Fisher | R.B. Farrell | 2008 | 1958 | |
| 46 | Baby Moll | John Farris | Robert McGinnis | 2008 | 1958 | Sept 2011 |
| 47 | The Max | Ken Bruen & Jason Starr | Glen Orbik | 2008 | 1st Ed. | |
| 48 | The First Quarry | Max Allan Collins | Ken Laager | 2008 | 1st Ed. | |
| 49 | Gun Work | David Schow | Joe DeVito | 2008 | 1st Ed. | May 2011 |
| 50 | Fifty-to-One | Charles Ardai | Glen Orbik | 2008 | 1st Ed. | |
| 51 | Killing Castro | Lawrence Block | Sharif Tarabay | 2009 | 1961 | Aug 2011 |
| 52 | The Dead Man's Brother | Roger Zelazny | Chuck Pyle | 2009 | 1st Ed. | |
| 53 | The Cutie | Donald Westlake | Ken Laager | 2009 | 1960 | Aug 2011 |
| 54 | House Dick | E. Howard Hunt | Glen Orbik | 2009 | 1961 | |
| 55 | Casino Moon | Peter Blauner | Ricky Mujica | 2009 | 1994 | Oct 2011 |
| 56 | Fake I.D. | Jason Starr | Greg Kreutz | 2009 | 2000 | June 2011 |
| 57 | Passport to Peril | Robert B. Parker | Greg Manchess | 2009 | 1951 | |
| 58 | Stop This Man! | Peter Rabe | Robert McGinnis | 2009 | 1955 | Mar 2012 |
| 59 | Losers Live Longer | Russell Atwood | Robert McGinnis | 2009 | 1961 | |
| 60 | Honey in His Mouth | Lester Dent | Ron Lesser | 2009 | 1st Ed. | Sept 2011 |
| 61 | Quarry in the Middle | Max Allan Collins | Ron Lesser | 2009 | 1st Ed. | |
| 62 | The Corpse Wore Pasties | Jonny Porkpie | Ricky Mujica | 2009 | 1st Ed. | Nov 2011 |
| 63 | The Valley of Fear | A.C. Doyle | Glen Orbik | 2009 | 1915 | |
| 64 | Memory | Donald Westlake | Glen Orbik | 2010 | 1st Ed. | Jan 2011 |
| 65 | Nobody's Angel | Jack Clark | Ron Lesser | 2010 | 1996 | |
| 66 | Murder is My Business | Brett Halliday | Robert McGinnis | 2010 | 1945 | |
| 101 | Getting Off | Lawrence Block & Jill Emerson | Gregory Manchess | 2011 | 1st Ed. / HC | Dec 2011 |
| 102 | Quarry's Ex | Max Allan Collins | Gregory Manchess | 2011 | 1st Ed. | |
| 103 | The Consummata | Mickey Spillans & Max Allan Collins | Robert McGinnis | 2011 | 1st Ed. | Oct 2011 |
| 104 | Choke Hold | Christa Faust | Glen Orbik | 2011 | 1st Ed. | |
| 105 | The Comedy is Finished | Donald Westlake | Gregory Manchess | 2012 | 1st Ed. | Mar 2012 |
| 106 | Blood on the Mink | Robert Silverberg | Michael Koelsch | 2012 | 1962 | Mar 2012 |
| 107 | False Negative | Joseph Koenig | Glen Orbik | 2012 | 1st Ed. | |
| 108 | The Twenty Year Death | Ariel Winter | Chuck Pyle | 2012 | 1st Ed. | |
| 109 | The Cocktail Waitress | James M. Cain | Michael Koelsch | 2012 | 1st Ed. | Sept 2012 |
| 110 | Seduction of the Innocent | Max Allan Collins | Glen Orbik | 2013 | 1st Ed. | Feb 2013 |
| 111 | Web of the City | Harlan Ellison | Glen Orbik | 2013 | 1958 | Mar 2013 |
| 112 | Joyland | Stephen King | Robert McGinnis & Glen Orbik | 2013 | 1st Ed. | June 2013 |
| 113 | The Secret Lives of Married Women | Elissa Wald | Glen Orbik | 2013 | 1st Ed. | |
| 114 | The Wrong Quarry | Max Allan Collins | Tyler Jacobson | 2014 | 1st Ed. |
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