Full Description
Sixteen tales of villainy versus virtue from the Golden Age of pulp fiction and the dawn of modern crime writing.Harlan Ellison introduces a collection of taut and muscular tales starring some of fiction's hardest-boiled criminals, crooks, deperados and rogues. Anti-heroes to a man, these are the guys who can be guaranteed to outwit the cops, make off with the dough and get the girl. Just don't get in their way. Legendary writers you've already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, Norbert Davis, Leslie Charteris, C. S. Montayne and Raoul Whitfield are also where they should be - with the greats.Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just can't dull.
Contents
Foreword - Otto Penzler Introduction - Harlan Ellison The Cat Woman - Erle Stanley Gardner The Dilemma of the Dead Lady - Cornell Woolrich The House of Kaa - Richard B. Sale The Invisible Millionaire - Leslie Charteris Faith - Dashiell Hammett Pastorale - James M. Cain The Sad Serbian - Frank Gruber You'll Always Remember Me - Steve Fisher Finger Man - Raymond Chandler You'll Die Laughing - Norbert Davis About Kid Deth - Raoul Whitfield The Sinister Sphere - Frederick C. Davis Pigeon Blood - Paul Cain The Perfect Crime - C. S. Montanye The Monkey Murder - Erle Stanley Gardner The Crimes of Richmond City - Frederick Nebel: Raw Law; Dog Eat Dog; The Law Laughs Last; Law Without Law; Graft
