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Category:  Crime (Sorted by Author's last name)


Thieves Like Us (1937) - Edward Anderson (1905-1969)    (Grade:B+)

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa (2004) - Charles Brandt (-)    (Grade:C+)

Dog Eat Dog (1996) - Edward Bunker (12/31/1933-07/19/2005)    (Grade:B)

Double Indemnity (1935) - James M Cain (7/1/1892 -10/27/77)    (Grade:A+)

The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office (2003) - Gary Delsohn (-)    (Grade:C)

Paydirt: A Wyatt Novel (1992) - Garry Disher (1949-)    (Grade:A)

The Hot House : Life Inside Leavenworth Prison (1992) - Pete Earley (09/05/1951-)    (Grade:A)

Zodiac (1986) - Robert Graysmith (09/17/1942-)    (Grade:B)

The Heart of the Matter (1948) - Graham Greene (10/02/1904 -4/03/1991)    (Grade:A)

This Gun for Hire [A Gun for Sale] (1936) - Graham Greene (10/02/1904 -4/03/1991)    (Grade:B-)

The End of the Affair (1951) - Graham Greene (10/02/1904 -4/03/1991)    (Grade:B+)

Night of the Hunter (1953) - Davis Grubb (1919-1980)    (Grade:A)

Woman in the Dark : A Novel of Dangerous Romance (1933) - Dashiell Hammett (5/27/1894 -1/10/1961)    (Grade:C)

The Month of the Leopard (2001) - James Harland (-)    (Grade:B-)

Strangers on a Train (1950) - Patricia Highsmith (01/19/1921 -2/04/1995)    (Grade:A-)

A Dog's Ransom (1972) - Patricia Highsmith (01/19/1921 -2/04/1995)    (Grade:B)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) - Patricia Highsmith (01/19/1921 -2/04/1995)    (Grade:A)

In Good Hands: A Harpur & Iles Mystery (2000) - Bill James (08/15/1929-)    (Grade:A)

Swag (1976) - Elmore Leonard (10/11/1925 -08/20/2013)    (Grade:A)

Maximum Bob (1991) - Elmore Leonard (10/11/1925 -08/20/2013)    (Grade:B-)

Compulsion (1956) - Meyer Levin (10/07/1905 -07/09/1981)    (Grade:B-)

The Journalist and the Murderer (1990) - Janet Malcolm (-)    (Grade:A+)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935) - Horace McCoy (1897-1955)    (Grade:B+)

BUtterfield 8 (1935) - John O'Hara (1/31/1905 -4/11/1970)    (Grade:B+)

The Speed Queen (1997) - Stewart O'Nan (-)    (Grade:A+)

King Suckerman (1997) - George Pelecanos (-)    (Grade:A)

Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series (2003) - David Pietrusza (-)    (Grade:A)

The Godfather (1969) - Mario Gianluigi Puzo (10/15/20 -07/02/99)    (Grade:B+)

Thick as Thieves (1995) - Patrick Quinn (-)    (Grade:A)

The Babes in the Wood: A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery (2002) - Ruth Rendell (02/17/1930 -)    (Grade:B+)

An Uncertain Currency (1999) - Clyde Lynwood Sawyer, Jr (-)    (Grade:B)

Iced (2000) - Jenny Siler (-)    (Grade:B-)

Johnny Porno (2010) - Charlie Stella (06/01/1956-)    (Grade:A+)

Honor Thy Father (1971) - Gay Talese (1932 -)    (Grade:A)

Thurber on Crime (1991) - James Thurber (1894-1961)    (Grade:B+)

An Uncertain Currency (1999) - Frances Witlin (-)    (Grade:B)