Tough Guys and Dangerous Dames Author:Robert E. Weinberg (Editor), Stefan Dziemianowicz (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 he... more »roes of Raymond Chandler, Hugh B. Cave, Robert F. Howard, Erle Stanley Gardener, John D. MacDonald, & Leigh Brackett.
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 --