Hardboiled American Crime and Worldwide Noir Fiction discussion

I think during the first half of each month I will solicit nominations for next month's group read. The third week of each month I'll run the poll. That gives everyone eight to ten days to acquire next month's read based on the poll winner.

So what hardboiled fiction work should we read for February 2021? Let's say it must published between 1933 and 1966 (inclusive), and let's not repeat authors yet. Otherwise, the candidates are wide open and can be novel, short story collection, anthology, even drama or script--whatever you think will appeal to the most members.

In keeping with reading books from the early days of the genre for now, I nominate Horace McCoy's hard-boiled classic: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. I'm truly happy to consider other nominations if anyone has a book they think might be a better read.