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Cover of The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

Jim Thompson

★ 3.9

1952

Cover of The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler

★ 4.0

1939

Cover of The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

★ 3.9

1930

Cover of The Yiddish Policemen's Union

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

★ 3.7

2007

Cover of Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

Raymond Chandler

★ 4.2

1940

Cover of Pulp

Pulp

Charles Bukowski

★ 3.7

1994

Cover of Red Harvest

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett

★ 4.0

1929

Cover of Tourist Season

Tourist Season

Carl Hiaasen

★ 4.0

1986

Cover of Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

★ 4.1

1936

Cover of Double Whammy

Double Whammy

Carl Hiaasen

★ 3.9

1987

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