From January 2013, we've been reviewing each and every Hard Case Crime mystery - starting at #1 and working our way through! Join us as we discuss the latest in thrills, chills, dames and capers.
# | Title | Author | Cover Artist | Year | Orig. | Review |
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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. | July 2013 |
20 | Bust | Ken Bruen & Jason Starr | R.B. Farrell | 2006 | 1st Ed. | July 2013 |
21 | Straight Cut | Madison Smartt Bell | Chuck Pyle | 2006 | 1986 | Aug 2011 / October 2013 |
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. | September 2013 |
114 | The Wrong Quarry | Max Allan Collins | Tyler Jacobson | 2014 | 1st Ed. |