Publisher's Synopsis
With its roots in the American private-detective fiction of the 1920s but traceable back as far as Sherlock Holmes, the private-eye story remains as popular as ever. Here are 26 of the finest short novels and stories from the hardboiled world of the private eye. The characters in this collection range from the tough, cynical hard-drinking Philip Marlowe type, to hard-hitting female sleuths and the one-armed intellectual Dan Fortune.
Features old favourites and new contributions from masters of the genre, past and present, including Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler, Marcia Muller, Michael Collins, Ed McBain and William Campbell Gault and many more.
