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Hard Boiled
Hard-boiled crime fiction is a literary style, most commonly associated with detective stories, distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex.
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The Killer
by Jack Elgos (Goodreads Author)
by Jack Elgos (Goodreads Author)
To survive the violent streets of Belfast in the 1970s, young Darren McCann learns to fight. The IRA are interested in recruiting him but, though he i…more
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Feb 24
- May 24, 2013
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Murder in the Dog Park: Bad Girl. Good Cop. Bad Dog
by Jill Yesko (Goodreads Author)
by Jill Yesko (Goodreads Author)
Discovering the body of a brutally murdered boy in a rainy dog park is the worst possible way for private detective Jane Ronson to start her day.
She…more View Details »
She…more View Details »
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Apr 29
- May 29, 2013
4 copies
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The Fallout
by Garry Disher
by Garry Disher
Release
date: Jul 16, 2013
“Endlessly cool, enormously competent.... a banquet for those who like it uncut and unsparing.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Australian jewel thief W…more View Details »
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
Australian jewel thief W…more View Details »
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May 16
- Jun 10, 2013
20 copies
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“I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy.
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― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is high tragedy, and it may be pity and irony, and it may be the raucous laughter of the strong man. But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.
The detective in this kind of story must be such a man. He is the hero; he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered...more
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― Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder
― Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder
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