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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Sam Spade, a slightly shop-worn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, stars in Hammett's detective fiction, a novel that has haunted several generations of readers. The Maltese Falcon is Hammett's most famous work.

Year: 1930
Genre: Mystery, Private Eye, Stolen Goods

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler's classic novel has Philip Marlowe dealing with the Los Angeles gambling circuit, a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women.

Year: 1940
Genre: Private Eye

The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald

The Underground Man is a detective novel of merciless suspense and tragic depth, with an unfaltering insight into the moral ambiguities at the heart of California's version of the American dream.

Year: 1971
Genre: Private Eye

The Last Detective by Robert Crais

While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son, Ben, is staying with Elvis, the boy vanishes without a trace. When the kidnappers call, it's not for ransom, but for a promise to punish Cole for past sins he claims he didn't commit. With LAPD wrestling over the case and the boy's estranged father attempting to take control of the investigation, Cole vows to find Ben first. But Cole's partner, Joe Pike, knows more about this case than he has said.

Year: 2003
Genre: Kidnapping, Private Eye

My Library
Own	Read	Rating	Wish	Year	Title	Author	Series	Genres & Tags

--	--	--	--	1976	Collected Millar: The Tom Aragon Novels	Margaret Millar		Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1965	A Deadly Shade of Gold	John D. MacDonald	Travis McGee	Mexico, Private Eye, Stolen Goods
--	--	--	--	1994	A Drink Before the War	Dennis Lehane	Kenzie and Gennaro	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1982	A is for Alibi	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Mystery, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1981	A Savage Place	Robert B. Parker	Spenser	Private Eye, Hollywood
--	--	--	--	1992	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Lawrence Block	Matthew Scudder	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1985	B is for Burglar	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1966	Black Money	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2003	Blacklist	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1988	Blood Shot	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1990	Burn Marks	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Arson, Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1986	C is for Corpse	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1960	Collected Millar: Legendary Novels of Suspense	Margaret Millar		1960s, Cold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1964	Corpus Delectable	Talmage Powell	Ed Rivers	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1987	D is for Deadbeat	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1996	Darkness, Take My Hand	Dennis Lehane	Kenzie and Gennaro	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2020	Dead Land	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye, Whats New, Chicago
--	--	--	--	1984	Deadlock	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye, Chicago
--	--	--	--	1988	E is for Evidence	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2016	End of Watch	Stephen King	Bill Hodges	Private Eye, Supernatural
--	--	--	--	1989	F is for Fugitive	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Cold Case, Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1940	Farewell, My Lovely	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1954	Find a Victim	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2015	Finders Keepers	Stephen King	Bill Hodges	Authors, Private Eye, Stolen Goods, Supernatural, Literary Character
--	--	--	--	2005	Fire Sale	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1990	G is for Gumshoe	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1998	Gone, Baby, Gone	Dennis Lehane	Kenzie and Gennaro	Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1991	H is for Homicide	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1999	Hard Time	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1992	I is for Innocent	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1982	Indemnity Only	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1993	J is for Judgement	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1994	K is for Killer	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Cold Case, Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1985	Killing Orders	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2002	Kiln People	David Brin		Private Eye, Science Fiction
--	--	--	--	2013	Kinsey and Me	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1995	L is for Lawless	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1999	L.A. Requiem	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike	Action, Mystery, Police Procedural, Private Eye, Vengeance
--	--	--	--	1980	Looking for Rachel Wallace	Robert B. Parker	Spenser	Kidnapping, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1992	Lullaby Town	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike	Hardboiled Detective, New York City, Private Eye, Hollywood
--	--	--	--	1996	M is for Money	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2010	Moonlight Mile	Dennis Lehane	Kenzie and Gennaro	Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1999	Motherless Brooklyn	Jonathan Lethem		1940s, Conspiracy, Private Eye, New York City
--	--	--	--	2014	Mr. Mercedes	Stephen King	Bill Hodges	Private Eye, Supernatural
--	--	--	--	1998	N is for Noose	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1999	O is for Outlaw	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Cold Case, Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2001	P is for Peril	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1999	Prayers for Rain	Dennis Lehane	Kenzie and Gennaro	Private Eye, Psychological Thriller
--	--	--	--	2002	Q is for Quarry	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Cold Case, Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2004	R is for Ricochet	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2005	S is for Silence	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Cold Case, Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1997	Sacred	Dennis Lehane	Kenzie and Gennaro	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2018	Shell Game	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1961	Shills Can't Cash Chips	Erle Stanley Gardner	Cool & Lam	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1973	Sleeping Beauty	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Family Secrets, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1989	Stalking the Angel	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike	Private Eye, Stolen Goods
--	--	--	--	1996	Sunset Express	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2007	T is for Trespass	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2015	The Assassin	Clive Cussler	Isaac Bell Adventures	Historical, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1956	The Barbarous Coast	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye, Hollywood
--	--	--	--	1939	The Big Sleep	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	Extortion, Hardboiled Detective, Mystery, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1976	The Blue Hammer	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Cold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2014	The Bootlegger	Clive Cussler	Isaac Bell Adventures	1920s, Private Eye, Prohibition
--	--	--	--	1963	The Chill	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Cold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1929	The Dain Curse	Dashiell Hammett	Continental Op	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1958	The Doomsters	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1950	The Drowning Pool	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Murder Mystery, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1965	The Far Side of the Dollar	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Kidnapping, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1959	The Galton Case	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--		The Girl's Number Doesn't Answer	Talmage Powell	Ed Rivers	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1931	The Glass Key	Dashiell Hammett		Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1969	The Goodbye Look	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1942	The High Window	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	Extortion, Murder Mystery, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1968	The Instant Enemy	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Kidnapping, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1952	The Ivory Grin	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--		The Killer is Mine	Talmage Powell	Ed Rivers	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1939	The Knife Slipped	Erle Stanley Gardner	Cool & Lam	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1943	The Lady in the Lake	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2003	The Last Detective	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike	Kidnapping, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1953	The Long Goodbye	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1930	The Maltese Falcon	Dashiell Hammett		Mystery, Private Eye, Stolen Goods
--	--	--	--	1987	The Monkey's Raincoat	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike	February, Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye, Hollywood
--	--	--	--	1949	The Moving Target	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Kidnapping, Private Eye
--	--	--	--		The Smasher	Talmage Powell	Ed Rivers	Private Eye, Grifter
--	--	--	--	2010	The Spy	Clive Cussler	Isaac Bell Adventures	1900s, Espionage, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2013	The Striker	Clive Cussler	Isaac Bell Adventures	1900s, Private Eye, Sabotage
--	--	--	--	2012	The Thief	Clive Cussler	Isaac Bell Adventures	1910s, Kidnapping, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1971	The Underground Man	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1951	The Way Some People Die	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Hardboiled Detective, Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2009	The Wrecker	Clive Cussler	Isaac Bell Adventures	1900s, Private Eye, Trains
--	--	--	--	2016	The Wrong Side of Goodbye	Michael Connelly	Harry Bosch	Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1961	The Wycherly Woman	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Missing Person, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1962	The Zebra-Striped Hearse	Ross Macdonald	Lew Archer	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1952	Top of the Heap	Erle Stanley Gardner	Cool & Lam	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2001	Total Recall	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1939	Trouble Is My Business	Raymond Chandler	Philip Marlowe	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	1994	Tunnel Vision	Sara Paretsky	V.I. Warshawski	Hardboiled Detective, Private Eye, Homeless
--	--	--	--	2017	Two Kinds of Truth	Michael Connelly	Harry Bosch	Cold Case, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2009	U is for Undertow	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Cold Case, Kidnapping, Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2011	V is for Vengeance	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2013	W is for Wasted	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Private Eye
--	--	--	--	2015	X	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Private Eye, Serial Killer
--	--	--	--	2017	Y is for Yesterday	Sue Grafton	Kinsey Millhone	Extortion, Private Eye