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Big Time Crime Novels

As the title states, here are 100+ crime and hard boiled detective novels, both classic and contemporary, that truly deliver the goods.
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American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
1
James Ellroy
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
2
Agatha Christie
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
3
The Bat (Jo Nesbø)
The Bat
4
Jo Nesbø
The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Bat
5
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
6
Kenneth Fearing
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
7
James Ellroy
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
8
Chandler
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
Black Cherry Blues (1989)
9
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
10
James Ellroy
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo
11
Michael Connelly
The Black Ice (Michael Connelly)
The Black Ice
12
Michael Connelly
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
13
James Ellroy
The Bride Wore Black (Woolrich)
The Bride Wore Black
14
Woolrich
Brothers in Arms (Kirst)
Brothers in Arms
15
Kirst
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past) (Geoffrey Homes)
Build My Gallows High(Out of the Past)
16
Geoffrey Homes
The Burglar (David Goodis)
The Burglar
17
David Goodis
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (Barbara Vine)
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
18
Barbara Vine
The Cold Six Thousand
The Cold Six Thousand
19
The Concrete Blonde
The Concrete Blonde
20
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem
21
The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse
22
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Block)
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
23
Block
Dark Passage (David Goodis)
Dark Passage
24
David Goodis
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
25
Barbara Vine
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
26
Frederick Forsyth
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
27
Walter Mosley
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
28
James M. Cain
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
29
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
30
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
31
Chandler
A Fatal Inversion
A Fatal Inversion
32
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
33
Gallowglass (Barbara Vine)
Gallowglass
34
Barbara Vine
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
35
Elmore Leonard
The Getaway (Jim Thompson)
The Getaway
36
Jim Thompson
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast
37
Neville
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
38
Paula Hawkins
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
39
Stieg Larsson
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
40
Hammett
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