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The Colorado Kid (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.38 — 62,866 ratings — published 2005
Joyland (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 187,649 ratings — published 2013
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 48,579 ratings — published 1953
If He Hollers Let Him Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,699 ratings — published 1945
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,109 ratings — published 1957
The Quick Red Fox (Travis McGee #4)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,901 ratings — published 1964
The Greene Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #3)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.78 — 787 ratings — published 1928
The First Rumpole Omnibus (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,986 ratings — published 1983
Return of the Thin Man: Two never-before-published novellas featuring Nick & Nora Charles (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,746 ratings — published 2012
The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,750 ratings — published 1950
The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.43 — 42 ratings — published 1981
Right You Are, Mr. Moto (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.50 — 135 ratings — published 1957
The Simple Art of Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,371 ratings — published 1944
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,441 ratings — published 1988
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.06 — 185,146 ratings — published 1994
The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,202 ratings — published 1930
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 173,778 ratings — published 1939
Columbo (paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.58 — 53 ratings — published 1972
The Saint and Mr. Teal (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 501 ratings — published 1933
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (Perry Mason, #25)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 648 ratings — published
Alias the Saint (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.75 — 375 ratings — published 1931
Pop. 1280 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.03 — 13,281 ratings — published 1964
The Clue of the Runaway Blonde / The Clue of the Hungry Horse (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.79 — 33 ratings — published 1947
The Tomb That Ruth Built (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.25 — 138 ratings — published 2014
Murder At Wrigley Field (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.80 — 494 ratings — published 1997
Murder at Fenway Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.58 — 844 ratings — published 1994
Saint Errant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.92 — 201 ratings — published 1948
The Galton Case (Lew Archer, #8)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,454 ratings — published 1959
Murder At Ebbets Field (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 430 ratings — published 1996
Hammett Unwritten (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 152 ratings — published 2013
The Golden Age (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.57 — 28 ratings — published 2013
O.J. is Innocent and I Can Prove It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.93 — 535 ratings — published 2012
Miami Blues (Hoke Moseley #1)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,417 ratings — published 1984
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,024 ratings — published 1964
New Hope for the Dead (Hoke Mosely #2)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,966 ratings — published 1985
Unexpected Night (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,203 ratings — published 1940
The Hot Spot (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,397 ratings — published 1953
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.94 — 30,769 ratings — published 1929
Shoot the Piano Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,762 ratings — published 1956
Murder in Mount Holly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 2.45 — 240 ratings — published 1969
The Black Mask Murders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.81 — 31 ratings — published 1994
A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee #5)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,588 ratings — published 1965
Fatale (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.58 — 3,413 ratings — published 1977
Dreaming of Babylon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.77 — 4,326 ratings — published 1977
The Spider and the Painmaster (PB)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1940
This is It, Michael Shayne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 3.59 — 58 ratings — published 1950
Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs and Professionals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.08 — 12 ratings — published 1978
Masterpieces of Mystery: The Fifties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.00 — 12 ratings — published 1978
Dress Her in Indigo (Travis McGee #11)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,916 ratings — published 1969
Pale Gray for Guilt (Travis McGee #9)
by (shelved 1 time as pulp-detective)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,989 ratings — published 1968