Gumshoe Books - your independent mystery and crime fiction specialist

Free UK shipping on your first order when you sign up to our newsletter

Hardboiled Detective Fiction

Hardboiled Detective Fiction

The hardboiled detective is usually a lone private eye, working against organised crime with plenty of style, panache and the occasional fisticuffs. The genre is often associated with the time of the prohibition, and influential authors like Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Ross Macdonald are still fondly remembered, though more recently James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky have also made their mark.