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Sleep with the Devil, first published in 1954, is a hard-boiled noir crime novel by prolific author Day Keene (pseudonym of Gunnar Hjerstedt, 1904-1969). The novel follows Les Ferron, a borderline sociopath who commits a series of crimes, has two girlfriends - one "good," and one "bad - and a large amount of cash. The plot has twists along the way to keep readers engaged to the very end in this taut thriller.
2) The Avenger
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The Avenger, first published 1952, is a noir thriller centering on Morgan Wayne, a man determined to avenge those criminals − crime lords, gangsters, dope dealers, vice peddlers, and gunmen − the law treated as untouchable "...so he walked alone into the very heart of gangland to deal justice where the law had failed." Matthew Blood was a pen name for W. Ryerson Johnson in collaboration with David Dresser.
Morgan Wayne knew that the peddlers...
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The Dead Can Tell, first published in 1940, is a murder-mystery featuring New York City police inspector Christopher McKee, one of a series of books featuring the inspector. For added realism, author Helen Reilly (1891-1962) based many of her novels on her research of the NYPD Homicide Squad.
"Sara Hazard died when her car slid across the drive into the murky depths of East River. The police crossed it off as an accident until Ins.
McKee of the...
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Alfred Coppel (Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel, 1921- 2004) was an American author. Born in Oakland, California, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started his career as a writer. He became one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950s and 1960s, adopting the pseudonyms Robert Cham Gilman and A.C. Marin and writing for a variety of pulp magazines and later "slick"...
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