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Nightside CIty    by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Price: $7.99 USD. 69340 words. Language: English. Published by FoxAcre Press  on December 16, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Nightside City will die in the coming dawn -- so why is someone trying to buy up the town? A blend of hard science fiction and hard-boiled film noir detective story. "For years, when people asked me what was my favorite of all the novels I’d written... I would name Nightside City."—from the afterword by Lawrence Watt-Evans.
Realms of Light    by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Price: $7.99 USD. 64910 words. Language: English. Published by FoxAcre Press  on December 17, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

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If You Can Trust No One -- Then Trust a Nobody. A new Carlisle Hsing adventure. Carlisle counted herself lucky to escape Nightside City before dawn came and destroyed everything there. Unfortunately, just by escaping to the planet of Prometheus, she has attracted the attention of a certain business magnate. Someone is trying to kill him -- and he needs someone expendable to investigate...
First Feature    by Jason Blacker
Price: $4.99 USD. 101870 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 1 review)
First Feature is a bitingly wry detective whodunit featuring ex-LAPD's not so celebrated detective Anthony Carrick as he juggles mafia lords, drug addled neophytes, nymphomaniacs, gay counterculture, vegan hippies and tinsel town's dark side in a quest to uncover a homicide in the midst of his own personal turmoil.
Money Ain't Nothing    by Jason Blacker
Price: $0.99 USD. 8200 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

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Money ain’t nothing if you’ve got a lot of it. But then again, a lot of money won’t necessarily buy happiness either. In this Anthony Carrick mystery, hard boiled detective Anthony Carrick is asked to solve the murder of a rich dame’s son. Police think it’s an accidental death, but could it be something more sinister?
Dydeetown World    by F. Paul Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 50790 words. Language: English. Published on June 15, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 1 review)
A novel of the LaNague Federation - Book 4. DYDEETOWN WORLD whips the classic tropes of noir fiction and far-future cyberpunk into a relentlessly paced novel about freedom, friendship, and self-esteem. Beneath its hardboiled voice, its seamy settings, and violent events, are people trying to make a human connection... and changing the world in the process.
The Night and The Music    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 66750 words. Language: English. Published on September 29, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

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Besides the 17 novels that began with 1975’s The Sins of the Fathers, Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder has appeared in shorter fiction, and all 11 novelettes, short stories, and vignettes are here in a single rich volume. Highlights include “Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen,” and the moving and elegaic “One Last Night at Grogan’s,” published here for the first time ever.
The Hitler Project    by John Brinling
Price: $0.99 USD. 33430 words. Language: English. Published on November 21, 2011. Fiction » Drama » American.

(5.00 from 1 review)
“High Noon” meets “Murder at 1600” When a skull from the past bedevils a political dynasty, two lawmen contend with corruption, murder and personal tragedy while facing off against an adversary with unlimited power and resources.
Anniversary Day: A Retrieval Artist Novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $6.99 USD. 89470 words. Language: English. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 27, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 1 review)
The long-awaited return of the Retrieval Artist series! Four years ago, a bomb destroyed part of the dome protecting Armstrong, the largest city on the Moon. Now, as the city celebrates its survival with an event it calls Anniversary Day, a larger threat looms—one that begins with the murder of the mayor, and spreads across the Moon itself.
A Fall from Grace    by Dale Phillips
Price: $4.99 USD. 53300 words. Language: English. Published by Grey Gate Media LLC  on December 19, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 1 review)
When a single mother is wrongly accused of murder, Zack Taylor must work to clear her name. Not an easy task, as everyone in the Maine town of Mill Springs thinks she's guilty. Zack finds, however, plenty of people who wanted the victim dead. As the events around him begin to spiral out of control, Zack begins to do the same.
Already Gone (Young Adult Mystery Thriller)    by Christopher Fulbright
Price: $0.99 USD. 45090 words. Language: English. Published on January 6, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Mystery & Detective.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Meet Mitchell Chase, a 16-year-old hard case who pays his dad rent in exchange for being treated as an adult. Unfortunately, he’s having a tough time of it—Mitchell drinks too much, fights too much, he’s broke, and he’s got girl problems like a dog’s got fleas.