Tough Guys Dangerous Dames Author:Robert E. Weinberg (Editor), Stefan Dziemanowicz (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) A celebration of the hard-boiled detective, a true American folk hero who stands with one foot firmly planted in the imagination of writers & the other in the reality of 20th-century urban America. Here is a healthy sampling of the genre, including twenty-five stories from some of the finest writers of detective fiction. Meet the gumshoe her... more »oes of Raymond Chandler, Hugh B. Cave, Robert F. Howard, Erle Stanley Gardener, John D. MacDonald, and Leigh Brackett.
Stories include:
Sail / Lester Dent
The magician murder / Raoul Whitfield
Black / Paul Cain
The king in yellow / Raymond Chandler
Chains of darkness / Frederick Nebel
The arm of Mother Manzoli / Merle Constiner
Murder in the red / Norbert Davis
Brand of Kane / Hugh B. Cave
Two biers for Buster / William Campbell Gault
Blond cargo / Fred MacIsaac
Mr. Sinister / Carroll John Daly
The kid clips a coupon / Erle Stanley Gardner
Tarantula bait / Paul Chadwick
The sinister sphere / Fred C. Davis
The lady is a corpse! / John D. MacDonald
The lunatic plague / Donald Wandrei --Slack wires / Arthur J. Burks