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The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution--a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve.

Year: 1934
Genre: Crime Fiction, Noir Fiction

Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich

In this classic crime novel, a panic-stricken young wife races against time to prove that her convicted husband did not murder his mistress. Writing in first person from the wife s viewpoint, Woolrich evokes her love and anguish and, finally, desperation as she becomes an avenging angel in her attempt to rescue her husband from execution.

Year: 1943
Genre: Noir Fiction

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Want It	Got It	Read It	Year	Title

				Four Novellas of Fear	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction, Suspense
			1934	The Postman Always Rings Twice	by James M. Cain	Crime Fiction, Noir Fiction, Los Angeles
			1936	Double Indemnity	by James M. Cain	Noir Fiction, Los Angeles
			1940	The Bride Wore Black	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction
			1941	Mildred Pierce	by James M. Cain	Noir Fiction
			1942	Black Alibi	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction
			1942	Phantom Lady	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction
			1943	Black Angel	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction
			1944	Deadline at Dawn	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction, Suspense, New York City
			1945	Night Has a Thousand Eyes	by Cornell Woolrich	Noir Fiction, Suspense
			1947	Blue City	by Ross Macdonald	Crime Fiction, Noir Fiction, Revenge
			1947	Nightfall	by David Goodis	Noir Fiction
			1952	Collected Millar: The Master at Her Zenith	by Margaret Millar	Missing Person, Noir Fiction, Psychological Thriller
			1954	A Swell-Looking Babe	by Jim Thompson	Crime Fiction, Noir Fiction
			1955	The Wounded and the Slain	by David Goodis	Crime Fiction, Noir Fiction
			1956	Cry Hard, Cry Fast	by John D. MacDonald	Noir Fiction
			1956	Shoot the Piano Player	by David Goodis	Noir Fiction, Philadelphia
			1958	Soft Touch	by John D. MacDonald	Noir Fiction, Suburbia
			1960	The Only Girl in the Game	by John D. MacDonald	Noir Fiction, Las Vegas
			1961	Nightmares and Geezenstacks	by Frederic Brown	Horror, Noir Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories
			1962	Borderline	by Lawrence Block	Noir Fiction, Texas
			1964	Lucky at Cards	by Lawrence Block	Noir Fiction
			1979	Wilderness	by Robert B. Parker	Noir Fiction
			1982	Acceptable Losses	by Irwin Shaw	Noir Fiction
			1985	Glitz	by Elmore Leonard	Noir Fiction, Miami
			1986	Barrier Island	by John D. MacDonald	Noir Fiction
			1986	When the Sacred Ginmill Closes	by Lawrence Block	Noir Fiction, Matthew Scudder
			1990	Leaving Las Vegas	by John O'Brien	Noir Fiction, Las Vegas
			1991	The Brave	by Gregory Mcdonald	Noir Fiction
			1996	Assault on Tony's	by John O'Brien	Noir Fiction
			1997	Stripper Lessons	by John O'Brien	Noir Fiction
			2009	The Little Sleep	by Paul Tremblay	Hardboiled Detective, Noir Fiction, Defective Detective, Mark Genevich, Boston
			2012	The Cocktail Waitress	by James M. Cain	Noir Fiction
			2015	Hollow Man	by Mark Pryor	Noir Fiction
			2015	The Stranger	by Harlan Coben	Noir Fiction, Conspiracy
			2019	36 Righteous Men	by Steven Pressfield	Noir Fiction, Police Procedural, Supernatural