Hardboiled / Noir Crime Fiction

For the fan of noir and hardboiled mysteries, in book and film: whether you love Hammett, Chandler, Ross MacDonald and the pulp fiction they sprang from; Graham Greene's noirish entertainments (and resulting films); Cornell Woolrich, James M. Cain, and women like Dorothy B. Hughes; or the far more recent treatments of James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, and the like.

We're resurrecting a group discussion of Jim Thompson's After Dark, My Sweet. If successful, we may of course, go on to other things.

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Revive this group?6 ongelezen / 6mstrust, januari 2021
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Hard Case Crime15 ongelezen / 15Dr_Flanders, februari 2016
Any Horace McCoy fans?4 ongelezen / 4guido47, augustus 2015
New York Times Pulp Fiction Contest3 ongelezen / 3lilithcat, december 2014
Ross Macdonald13 ongelezen / 13jroger1, november 2014
Good/great modern/contemporary noir/hard-boiled fiction41 ongelezen / 41kenkuhlken, maart 2014
noir/hardboiled what the difference?10 ongelezen / 10SimonW11, januari 2013
Nordic Noir reading list2 ongelezen / 2Ammianus, januari 2013
About Parker4 ongelezen / 4Ammianus, november 2012
Wome Writers of Hardboiled/Noir47 ongelezen / 47RDHawk6886, november 2012
Marlowe Lives2 ongelezen / 2dcozy, augustus 2012
Massimo Carlotto in English?2 ongelezen / 2bookstothesky, juli 2012
For Derek Raymond fans...7 ongelezen / 7bostonbibliophile, juli 2012
Noir books5 ongelezen / 5jju, juni 2012
Anthology16 ongelezen / 16jju, juni 2012
Noir?28 ongelezen / 28jju, juni 2012
Cornell Woolrich on Member Giveaway9 ongelezen / 9jju, juni 2012
Essential Noir26 ongelezen / 26MarkJacobs, mei 2012
the heavy weight hard hitters from the arena of noir!!8 ongelezen / 8MikeDennis, november 2011
Prayers for Rain24 ongelezen / 24zanykm, juli 2011
Two great noir novels1 ongelezen / 1AlanForbes, mei 2011
'The three I just done'1 ongelezen / 1ink36, april 2011
Women of Noir5 ongelezen / 5tros, maart 2011
Favorite Cinematic Adaptations of Noir?34 ongelezen / 34tros, maart 2011
PARKER, Richard Stark, Donald Westlake5 ongelezen / 5LintonRobinson, maart 2011
Noir book requests5 ongelezen / 5zanykm, augustus 2010
CN as seen in Science Fiction, films etc.3 ongelezen / 3zenhobo2, maart 2010
James Sallis1 ongelezen / 1tros, september 2009
Help, my memory is shot (Maltese Falcon spoilers)3 ongelezen / 3revelshade, maart 2009
Wall Street Journal Article on The Thin Man1 ongelezen / 1suburbguy, januari 2009
Poem By Auden on Detective Fiction6 ongelezen / 6ostrom, augustus 2008
After Dark, My Sweet14 ongelezen / 14mstrust, juli 2008
whodunit5 ongelezen / 5yareader2, maart 2008
Parker/Chandler books3 ongelezen / 3VictoriaPL, februari 2008
"The Big Nowhere" Ending - **Spoilers**1 ongelezen / 1Katie_H, december 2007
Visit Baker Street7 ongelezen / 7devenish, november 2007
Unjustly Overlooked5 ongelezen / 5tros, september 2007
LA 9/6: LA Reads? book club Mildred Pierce/pie at Philippe's2 ongelezen / 2yareader2, september 2007
Hardboiled / Noir Crime Fiction Message Board171 ongelezen / 171Linkmeister, juni 2007
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studying LT members' use of tags1 ongelezen / 1circadia, november 2006
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Possible Group Reads66 ongelezen / 66Eurydice, augustus 2006
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