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Ralph Dennis

Born

in South Carolina, The United States

January 01, 1932

Died

July 04, 1988

Genre

Crime, Suspense

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Ralph Dennis was born in South Carolina and had a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina, where he also taught. For mystery fans, Dennis will always be associated with the City of Atlanta, the locale for the twelve novel series about Jim Hardman, former cop and unofficial private eye, all published by Popular Library between 1974 and 1977.

At the time of his death in 1988, he was working at a bookstore in Atlanta and had a file cabinet full of unpublished novels.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 3,059 ratings · 398 reviews · 57 distinct works • Similar authors

	Atlanta Deathwatch (Hardman #1) by Ralph Dennis, Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 763 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Charleston Knife is Back in Town (Hardman Book 2) by Ralph Dennis, Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.32 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Talent for Killing 3.50 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Girl and All (Hardman Book 3) by Ralph Dennis, Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Richard A. Moore (Introduction) 4.21 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pimp for the Dead (Hardman Book 4) by Ralph Dennis, Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Paul Bishop (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.32 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down Among the Jocks (Hardman Book 5) by Ralph Dennis, Ben Jones (Introduction) 4.24 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder is Not an Odd Job (Hardman Book 6) by Ralph Dennis, Cynthia Williams (Introduction) 4.37 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spy in a Box 4.15 avg rating — 123 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deadly Cotton Heart (Hardman Book 8) by Ralph Dennis, Robert J. Randisi (Introduction) 4.33 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hump's First Case (Hardman Book 10) by Ralph Dennis, Mel Odom (Introduction) 4.26 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hardman (11 books)
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Robert J. Randisi (Introduction)

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“Ferd, the one with the .32, shifted the gun to his left hand and drove his right into my kidney. I wanted to scream, but the hump of muscle choked it off. There was nothing else to do, so I farted.”
― Ralph Dennis, Atlanta Deathwatch

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