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    The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Sam Spade, a slightly shop-worn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, stars in Hammett's detective fiction, a novel that has haunted several generations of readers. The Maltese Falcon is Hammett's most famous work.

Year: 1930
Genre: Mystery, Private Eye, Stolen Goods

    Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler's classic novel has Philip Marlowe dealing with the Los Angeles gambling circuit, a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women.

Year: 1940
Genre: Private Eye

    The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald

The Underground Man is a detective novel of merciless suspense and tragic depth, with an unfaltering insight into the moral ambiguities at the heart of California's version of the American dream.

Year: 1971
Genre: Private Eye

    The Last Detective by Robert Crais

While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son, Ben, is staying with Elvis, the boy vanishes without a trace. When the kidnappers call, it's not for ransom, but for a promise to punish Cole for past sins he claims he didn't commit. With LAPD wrestling over the case and the boy's estranged father attempting to take control of the investigation, Cole vows to find Ben first. But Cole's partner, Joe Pike, knows more about this case than he has said.

Year: 2003
Genre: Kidnapping, Private Eye

 

TitleAuthorSeriesGenres & Tags
Collected Millar: The Tom Aragon Novels Margaret Millar Hardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
A Drink Before the War Dennis Lehane Kenzie and GennaroHardboiled, Private Eye
A is for Alibi Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Mystery, Private Eye
A Savage Place Robert B. Parker SpenserPrivate Eye, Hollywood
A Walk Among the Tombstones Lawrence Block Matthew ScudderHardboiled, Private Eye
B is for Burglar Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Black Money Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherPrivate Eye
Blacklist Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
Blood Shot Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
Burn Marks Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiArson, Hardboiled, Private Eye
C is for Corpse Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Collected Millar: Legendary Novels of Suspense Margaret Millar 1960s, Cold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
Corpus Delectable Talmage Powell Ed RiversPrivate Eye
D is for Deadbeat Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Darkness, Take My Hand Dennis Lehane Kenzie and GennaroHardboiled, Private Eye
Dead Land Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye, Whats New, Chicago
Deadlock Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye, Chicago
E is for Evidence Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
End of Watch Stephen King Bill HodgesPrivate Eye, Supernatural
F is for Fugitive Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneCold Case, Hardboiled, Private Eye
Farewell, My Lovely Raymond Chandler Philip MarlowePrivate Eye
Find a Victim Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Private Eye
Finders Keepers Stephen King Bill HodgesAuthors, Private Eye, Stolen Goods, Supernatural, Literary Character
Fire Sale Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
G is for Gumshoe Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Gone, Baby, Gone Dennis Lehane Kenzie and GennaroHardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
H is for Homicide Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Hard Time Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
I is for Innocent Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Indemnity Only Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
J is for Judgement Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
K is for Killer Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneCold Case, Hardboiled, Private Eye
Killing Orders Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
Kiln People David Brin Private Eye, Science Fiction
Kinsey and Me Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhonePrivate Eye
L is for Lawless Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
L.A. Requiem Robert Crais Elvis Cole and Joe PikeAction, Mystery, Police Procedural, Private Eye, Vengeance
Looking for Rachel Wallace Robert B. Parker SpenserKidnapping, Private Eye
Lullaby Town Robert Crais Elvis Cole and Joe PikeHardboiled, Private Eye, Hollywood
M is for Money Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
Moonlight Mile Dennis Lehane Kenzie and GennaroMissing Person, Private Eye
Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem 1940s, Conspiracy, Private Eye, New York City
Mr. Mercedes Stephen King Bill HodgesPrivate Eye, Supernatural
N is for Noose Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
O is for Outlaw Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneCold Case, Hardboiled, Private Eye
P is for Peril Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
Prayers for Rain Dennis Lehane Kenzie and GennaroPrivate Eye, Psychological Thriller
Q is for Quarry Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneCold Case, Hardboiled, Private Eye
R is for Ricochet Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
S is for Silence Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneCold Case, Hardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
Sacred Dennis Lehane Kenzie and GennaroHardboiled, Private Eye
Shell Game Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
Shills Can't Cash Chips Erle Stanley Gardner Cool & LamPrivate Eye
Sleeping Beauty Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherFamily Secrets, Private Eye
Stalking the Angel Robert Crais Elvis Cole and Joe PikePrivate Eye, Stolen Goods
Sunset Express Robert Crais Elvis Cole and Joe PikePrivate Eye
T is for Trespass Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneHardboiled, Private Eye
The Assassin Clive Cussler Isaac Bell AdventuresHistorical, Private Eye
The Barbarous Coast Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye, Hollywood
The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler Philip MarloweExtortion, Hardboiled, Mystery, Private Eye
The Blue Hammer Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherCold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
The Bootlegger Clive Cussler Isaac Bell Adventures1920s, Private Eye, Prohibition
The Chill Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherCold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
The Dain Curse Dashiell Hammett Continental OpPrivate Eye
The Doomsters Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Private Eye
The Drowning Pool Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Murder Mystery, Private Eye
The Far Side of the Dollar Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherKidnapping, Private Eye
The Galton Case Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherMissing Person, Private Eye
The Girl's Number Doesn't Answer Talmage Powell Ed RiversPrivate Eye
The Glass Key Dashiell Hammett Private Eye
The Goodbye Look Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherPrivate Eye
The High Window Raymond Chandler Philip MarloweExtortion, Murder Mystery, Private Eye
The Instant Enemy Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherKidnapping, Missing Person, Private Eye
The Ivory Grin Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Private Eye
The Killer is Mine Talmage Powell Ed RiversPrivate Eye
The Knife Slipped Erle Stanley Gardner Cool & LamHardboiled, Private Eye
The Lady in the Lake Raymond Chandler Philip MarloweHardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
The Last Detective Robert Crais Elvis Cole and Joe PikeKidnapping, Private Eye
The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler Philip MarloweHardboiled, Private Eye
The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett Mystery, Private Eye, Stolen Goods
The Monkey's Raincoat Robert Crais Elvis Cole and Joe PikeHardboiled, Private Eye, Hollywood
The Moving Target Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Kidnapping, Private Eye
The Smasher Talmage Powell Ed RiversPrivate Eye, Grifter
The Spy Clive Cussler Isaac Bell Adventures1900s, Espionage, Private Eye
The Striker Clive Cussler Isaac Bell Adventures1900s, Private Eye, Sabotage
The Thief Clive Cussler Isaac Bell Adventures1910s, Kidnapping, Private Eye
The Underground Man Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherPrivate Eye
The Way Some People Die Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherHardboiled, Missing Person, Private Eye
The Wrecker Clive Cussler Isaac Bell Adventures1900s, Private Eye, Trains
The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly Harry BoschMissing Person, Private Eye
The Wycherly Woman Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherMissing Person, Private Eye
The Zebra-Striped Hearse Ross Macdonald Lew ArcherPrivate Eye
Top of the Heap Erle Stanley Gardner Cool & LamPrivate Eye
Total Recall Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye
Trouble Is My Business Raymond Chandler Philip MarloweHardboiled, Private Eye
Tunnel Vision Sara Paretsky V.I. WarshawskiHardboiled, Private Eye, Homeless
Two Kinds of Truth Michael Connelly Harry BoschCold Case, Private Eye
U is for Undertow Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneCold Case, Kidnapping, Private Eye
V is for Vengeance Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhonePrivate Eye
W is for Wasted Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhonePrivate Eye
X Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhonePrivate Eye, Serial Killer
Y is for Yesterday Sue Grafton Kinsey MillhoneExtortion, Private Eye