My Gun is Quick Author:Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer blazes a bullet-scarred trail through plush night-clubs and boudoirs to a millionaire's mansion to nail the killer of a gorgeous redheaded streetwalker, in this vice-racket mystery
This is an old classic and one of the characters (Mike Hammer) that set the style of the hard boiled private eye. It contains a gory scene that shocked readers of it's time though it doesn't seem as shocking these days. An oldie but a goodie