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David Willis McCullough

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Description:Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans.Introduction / David Willis McCullough --The simple art of murder / Raymond Chandler --The clue of the yellow curtains / Francois Eugene Vidocq --The mystery of Marie Roget / Edgar Allen Poe --The lodger / Marie Belloc Lowndes --Princess Sonia's bath / Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre --The investors / Edgar Wallace --The tenth clew / Dashiell Hammett --The rubber trumpet / Roy Vickers --No proof / Yoh Sano --Dead-end for Delia / William Campbell Gault --At the Etoile du Nord / Georges Simenon --I always get the cuties / John D. MacDonald --This world, then the fireworks / Jim Thompson --The gold fever tapes / Mickey Spillane --Wild goose chase / Ross MacDonald --The nine-to-five man / Stanley Ellin --Small homocide / Ed McBain --Blind man with a pistol / Chester Himes --Pigeon blood / Paul Cain --Just one of those days / Donald E. Westlake --Election day / Joseph Hansen --The Parker shotgun / Sue Grafton --The Johore murders / Paul Theroux --Sure, blue, and dead, too / Janwillem van de Wetering --Skin deep / Sara Paretsky --Death by water / William Marshall --Flake piece / Carolyn Wheat --Dead soldier / Loren D. Estleman --Double indemnity, the screenplay / Raymond Chandler and Billy WilderWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present. To get started finding City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans.Introduction / David Willis McCullough --The simple art of murder / Raymond Chandler --The clue of the yellow curtains / Francois Eugene Vidocq --The mystery of Marie Roget / Edgar Allen Poe --The lodger / Marie Belloc Lowndes --Princess Sonia's bath / Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre --The investors / Edgar Wallace --The tenth clew / Dashiell Hammett --The rubber trumpet / Roy Vickers --No proof / Yoh Sano --Dead-end for Delia / William Campbell Gault --At the Etoile du Nord / Georges Simenon --I always get the cuties / John D. MacDonald --This world, then the fireworks / Jim Thompson --The gold fever tapes / Mickey Spillane --Wild goose chase / Ross MacDonald --The nine-to-five man / Stanley Ellin --Small homocide / Ed McBain --Blind man with a pistol / Chester Himes --Pigeon blood / Paul Cain --Just one of those days / Donald E. Westlake --Election day / Joseph Hansen --The Parker shotgun / Sue Grafton --The Johore murders / Paul Theroux --Sure, blue, and dead, too / Janwillem van de Wetering --Skin deep / Sara Paretsky --Death by water / William Marshall --Flake piece / Carolyn Wheat --Dead soldier / Loren D. Estleman --Double indemnity, the screenplay / Raymond Chandler and Billy WilderWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present. To get started finding City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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