Hard Case Crime

Hard Case Crime is an American imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by Charles Ardai (also the founder of the Internet service Juno Online Services) and Max Phillips.[1][2] The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and '50s. The covers feature original illustrations done in a style familiar from the golden age of paperbacks (the 1950s and '60s), credited to artists such as Robert McGinnis and Glen Orbik.[3]

Hard Case Crime
Founded2004
FounderCharles Ardai
Country of originUnited States
Fiction genresHardboiled, fiction

The collection includes both reprints of books from the pulp era (typically labeled Complete and unabridged on the cover), and new novels written for the collection (typically labeled First publication anywhere). The top-selling entries in the series to date have been novels by Stephen King: The Colorado Kid (2005), which later became the basis for the SyFy television series Haven,[4][5][6] and Joyland (2013).

Six novels published by Hard Case have been nominated for the Edgar Award: In 2005, Little Girl Lost, by Richard Aleas (a pseudonym for Hard Case Crime co-founder Charles Ardai that is both an anagram of Ardai's name and a play on "alias"), was nominated as Best First Novel by an American Author, and Domenic Stansberry's The Confession won the award for Best Paperback Original; in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2014, respectively, Allan Guthrie's Kiss Her Goodbye, Russell Hill's Robbie's Wife, Christa Faust's Money Shot, and Stephen King's Joyland were nominated for Best Paperback Original.[7]

Max Phillips' Fade to Blonde won the 2005 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year, and Charles Ardai's pseudonymous "Richard Aleas" novel Songs of Innocence won the same award in 2008.[8] Ardai also received the Edgar Award in 2007, for his short story "The Home Front."[9]

Between 2004 and 2010, Hard Case Crime was published through a collaboration between Ardai's company, Winterfall LLC, and Dorchester Publishing. Starting in 2011, Titan Books replaced Dorchester as publisher of the series.[10] Additionally, two volumes in the series, one reprinting a pair of early Lawrence Block novels, 69 Barrow Street and Strange Embrace, the other a collection of Lawrence Block short stories, Catch and Release, were published by Subterranean Press.[11]

Titles

#TitleAuthorCover ArtistRelease DateEarliest CopyrightISBNNotes
001Grifter's GameLawrence BlockChuck PyleSeptember 200419610-8439-5349-7Complete and unabridged
002Fade to BlondeMax PhillipsGregory ManchessSeptember 200420040-8439-5350-0First publication anywhere
003Top of the HeapErle Stanley GardnerBill NelsonOctober 200419520-8439-5352-7First publication in 30 years
004Little Girl LostRichard AleasRobert McGinnisOctober 200420040-8439-5351-9First time in paperback
005Two for the MoneyMax Allan CollinsMark TexeiraNovember 200419730-8439-5353-5Complete and unabridged
006The ConfessionDomenic StansberryRichard B. FarrellNovember 200420040-8439-5354-3First publication anywhere
007Home Is the SailorDay KeeneRichard B. Farrell and Gregory ManchessMarch 200519520-8439-5356-XFirst publication in over 30 years
008Kiss Her GoodbyeAllan GuthrieChuck PyleMarch 200520050-8439-5355-1First publication anywhere
009361Donald E. WestlakeRichard B. FarrellMay 200519620-8439-5357-8Complete and unabridged
010Plunder of the SunDavid DodgeRobert McGinnisMay 200519490-8439-5358-6Complete and unabridged
011Branded WomanWade MillerGlen OrbikJuly 200519520-8439-5359-4Complete and unabridged
012Dutch UnclePeter PaviaRichard B. FarrellJuly 200520050-8439-5360-8First publication anywhere
013The Colorado KidStephen KingGlen OrbikOctober 200520050-8439-5584-8First publication anywhere
014The Girl with the Long Green HeartLawrence BlockRobert McGinnisNovember 200519650-8439-5585-6Complete and unabridged
015The Gutter and the GraveEd McBainRichard B. FarrellDecember 200519580-8439-5587-2Complete and unabridged
016Night WalkerDonald HamiltonTim GaborJanuary 200619540-8439-5586-4Complete and unabridged
017A Touch of DeathCharles WilliamsChuck PyleFebruary 200619530-8439-5588-0Complete and unabridged
018Say It with BulletsRichard PowellMichael KoelschMarch 200619530-8439-5589-9First publication in 50 years
019Witness to MyselfSeymour ShubinLarry SchwingerApril 200620060-8439-5590-2First publication anywhere
020BustKen Bruen and Jason StarrRichard B. FarrellMay 200620060-8439-5591-0First publication anywhere
021Straight CutMadison Smartt BellChuck PyleJune 200619860-8439-5592-9Complete and unabridged
022Lemons Never LieRichard StarkRichard B. FarrellJuly 200619710-8439-5593-7Complete and unabridged
023The Last QuarryMax Allan CollinsRobert McGinnisAugust 20062006 (drawn in part from short story published in 1989)0-8439-5594-5First publication anywhere
024The Guns of HeavenPete HamillLarry SchwingerSeptember 200619830-8439-5595-3Complete and unabridged
025The Last MatchDavid DodgeWilliam GeorgeOctober 20062003 (written in 1973 but not published until 2006)0-8439-5596-1Never before published
026Grave DescendJohn LangeGregory ManchessNovember 2006 (reissued as by "Michael Crichton writing as John Lange" in October 2013)19700-8439-5597-XComplete and unabridged
027The PeddlerRichard S. PratherRobert McGinnisDecember 200619520-8439-5598-8Complete and unabridged
028Lucky At CardsLawrence BlockChuck PyleFebruary 200719640-8439-5768-9First publication in almost 40 years
029Robbie's WifeRussell Hill[12]Richard B. FarrellMarch 200720070-8439-5769-7First publication anywhere
030The Vengeful VirginGil BrewerGregory ManchessApril 200719580-8439-5770-0Complete and unabridged
031The Wounded and the SlainDavid GoodisGlen OrbikMay 200719550-8439-5771-9Complete and unabridged
032BlackmailerGeorge AxelrodGlen OrbikJune 200719520-8439-5772-7Complete and unabridged
033Songs of InnocenceRichard AleasGlen OrbikJuly 200720070-8439-5773-5First Publication Anywhere
034FrightCornell WoolrichArthur SuydamAugust 200719500-8439-5774-3First publication in over 50 years
035Kill Now, Pay LaterRobert TerrallRobert McGinnisSeptember 200719600-8439-5775-1Complete and unabridged
036SlideKen Bruen and Jason StarrRichard B. FarrellOctober 200720070-8439-5776-XFirst publication anywhere
037Dead StreetMickey SpillaneArthur SuydamNovember 200720070-8439-5777-8Never before published
038Deadly BelovedMax Allan CollinsTerry BeattyDecember 200720070-8439-5778-6First publication anywhere
039A Diet of TreacleLawrence BlockChuck PyleJanuary 200819610-8439-5957-6Complete and unabridged
040Money ShotChrista FaustGlen OrbikFebruary 200820080-8439-5958-4First publication anywhere
041Zero CoolJohn LangeGregory ManchessMarch 2008 (reissued as by "Michael Crichton writing as John Lange" in November 2013)19690-8439-5959-2Complete and unabridged
042Shooting Star/SpiderwebRobert BlochArthur Suydam/Larry SchwingerApril 20081958/19540-8439-5960-6Two complete novels
043The Murderer VineShepard RifkinKen LaagerMay 200819700-8439-5961-4Complete and unabridged
044Somebody Owes Me MoneyDonald E. WestlakeMichael KoelschJune 200819690-8439-5962-2First publication in over 35 years
045No House LimitSteve FisherRichard B. FarrellJuly 200819580-8439-5963-0Complete and unabridged
046Baby MollJohn FarrisRobert McGinnisAugust 200819580-8439-5964-9First publication in 50 years
047The MaxKen Bruen and Jason StarrGlen OrbikSeptember 200820080-8439-5966-5First publication anywhere
048The First QuarryMax Allan CollinsKen LaagerOctober 200820080-8439-5965-7First publication anywhere
049Gun WorkDavid J. SchowJoe DeVitoNovember 200820080-8439-5967-3First publication anywhere
050Fifty-To-OneCharles ArdaiGlen OrbikDecember 200820080-8439-5968-1First publication anywhere
051Killing CastroLawrence BlockSharif TarabayJanuary 200919610-8439-6113-9First publication in almost 50 years
052The Dead Man's BrotherRoger ZelaznyChuck PyleFebruary 20092009 (written but not published in 1971)0-8439-6114-7First publication anywhere
053The CutieDonald E. WestlakeKen LaagerMarch 200919600-8439-6115-5Complete and unabridged
054House DickE. Howard HuntGlen OrbikApril 200919610-8439-6116-3Complete and unabridged
055Casino MoonPeter BlaunerRicky MujicaMay 200919940-8439-6117-1Complete and unabridged
056Fake I.D.Jason StarrGregg KreutzJune 200920000-8439-6118-XFirst U.S. publication ever
057Passport To PerilRobert ParkerGregory ManchessJuly 200919510-8439-6119-8First publication in over 50 years
058Stop This Man!Peter RabeRobert McGinnisAugust 200919550-8439-6120-1First publication in 45 years
059Losers Live LongerRussell AtwoodRobert McGinnisSeptember 200920090-8439-6121-XFirst publication ever
060Honey In His MouthLester DentRon LesserOctober 20092009 (written but not published in 1956)0-8439-6122-8First publication ever
061Quarry In The MiddleMax Allan CollinsRon LesserNovember 200920090-8439-6124-4First publication ever
062The Corpse Wore PastiesJonny PorkpieRicky MujicaDecember 200920090-8439-6123-6First publication ever
063The Valley of FearArthur Conan DoyleGlen OrbikDecember 200919150-8439-6295-XInspired by a true story
064MemoryDonald E. WestlakeGlen OrbikApril 201020100-8439-6375-1First publication ever
065Nobody's AngelJack ClarkRon LesserJune 20102010 (500 self-published copies of earlier version distributed in 1996)0-8439-6327-1First time in stores
066Murder Is My BusinessBrett HallidayRobert McGinnisAugust 201019450-8439-6328-XComplete and unabridged
06969 Barrow Street/Strange EmbraceLawrence BlockRobert McGinnisMay 20121961/1962978-1-59606-489-8Two complete novels
070Catch and ReleaseLawrence BlockKen LaagerSeptember 2013978-1-59606-571-0
101Getting OffLawrence BlockGregory ManchessSeptember 20112011978-0-85768-287-1First publication anywhere
102Quarry's ExMax Allan CollinsGregory ManchessSeptember 20112011978-0-85768-286-4First publication anywhere
103The ConsummataMickey Spillane and Max Allan CollinsRobert McGinnisOctober 20112011978-0-85768-288-8First publication anywhere
104Choke HoldChrista FaustGlen OrbikOctober 20112011978-0-85768-285-7First publication anywhere
105The Comedy Is FinishedDonald E. WestlakeGregory ManchessFebruary 20122012 (Written but not published in 1970s)978-0-85768-408-0First publication anywhere
106Blood On the MinkRobert SilverbergMichael KoelschApril 20121962978-0-85768-768-5
107False NegativeJoseph KoenigGlen OrbikJune 20122012978-0-85768-580-3First publication anywhere
108The Twenty-Year DeathAriel S. WinterChuck PyleAugust 20122012978-0-85768-581-0First publication anywhere
109The Cocktail WaitressJames M. CainMichael KoelschSeptember 20122012978-1-78116-032-9First publication anywhere
110Seduction of the InnocentMax Allen CollinsGlen OrbikFebruary 20132013978-0-85768-748-7
111Web of the CityHarlan EllisonGlen OrbikApril 20131958978-1-78116-420-4
112JoylandStephen KingGlen Orbik/Robert McGinnisJune 20132013978-1-78116-264-4
113The Secret Lives of Married WomenElissa WaldGlen OrbikOctober 20132013978-1-78116-262-0
MC1Odds OnMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGlen OrbikNovember 20131966978-1-78329-118-2
MC2Scratch OneMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGlen OrbikOctober 20131967978-1-78329-119-9
MC3Easy GoMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGlen OrbikOctober 20131968978-1-78329-120-5
MC4Zero CoolMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGregory ManchessNovember 2013 (first issued as by "John Lange" in 2008)19690-8439-5959-2Complete and unabridged
MC5The Venom BusinessMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGregory ManchessNovember 20131969978-1-78329-122-9
MC6Drug of ChoiceMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGregory ManchessNovember 20131970978-1-78329-123-6
MC7Grave DescendMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGregory ManchessOctober 2013 (first issued as by "John Lange" in 2006)1970978-1-78329-124-3
MC8BinaryMichael Crichton writing as John LangeGlen OrbikOctober 20131972978-1-78329-125-0
114The Wrong QuarryMax Allan CollinsTyler JacobsonJanuary 2014978-1-78116-266-8
115BorderlineLawrence BlockMichael KoelschMay 2014978-1-78116-266-8
116BrainquakeSamuel FullerGlen OrbikSeptember 20141962978-1-78116-819-6
S01A Walk Among the TombstonesLawrence BlockNoneAugust 20141992978-1-78329-562-3Now a Major motion picture starring Liam Neeson
117Easy DeathDaniel BoydGlen OrbikNovember 20142014978-0-85768-579-7
118Quarry's ChoiceMax Allan CollinsRobert McGinnisJanuary 20152015978-1-78329-084-0
119Thieves Fall OutGore VidalGlen OrbikApril 20151953978-1-78116-792-2
120So Nude, So DeadEd McBainGregory ManchessJuly 201519529781781166062
121 The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes Lawrence Block Glen Orbik September 2015 2015 978-1-78329-750-4 First publication anywhere
S02 Quarry Max Allan Collins Robert McGinnis October 2015 1976 978-1-78329-883-9 Previously published as The Broker
S03 Quarry's List Max Allan Collins Robert McGinnis October 2015 1976 978-1-78329-885-3 Previously published as The Broker's Wife
S04 Quarry's Deal Max Allan Collins Robert McGinnis October 2015 1976 978-1-78329-887-7 Previously published as The Dealer
S05 Quarry's Cut Max Allan Collins Robert McGinnis October 2015 1977 978-1-78329-889-1 Previously published as The Slasher
S06 Quarry's Vote Max Allan Collins Robert McGinnis March 2016 1987 978-1-78329-891-4 Previously published as Primary Target
122 Cut Me In Ed McBain Robert McGinnis January 2016 1954
123 Pimp Ken Bruen and Jason Starr Michael Koelsch March 2016 2016 978-1-78329-569-2
S07 The Nice Guys Charles Ardai None May 2016 2016 978-1-78565-257-8 First publication anywhere; novelization of the film of the same name
124 SoHo Sins Richard Vine Robert McGuire July 2016 2016 978-1-78329-928-7
125 Quarry in the Black Max Allan Collins Laurel Blechman, Glen Orbik October 2016 2016 978-1-78329-814-3
126 Sinner Man Lawrence Block Michael Koelsch November 2016 1968 (written in 1958 but not published until 1968) 978-1-78565-001-7 Previously published as Savage Lover
127 The Knife Slipped Erle Stanley Gardner Robert McGinnis December 2016 2016 (written in 1939 but not published until 2016) 978-1-78329-927-0
128 Snatch Gregory Mcdonald Patrick Faricy January 2017 1978, 1985 978-1-78565-182-3 Previously published as two separate novels, Who Took Toby Rinaldi? and Safekeeping
129 Forever and a Death Donald E. Westlake Paul Mann June 2017 2017 978-1-78565-423-7 First publication anywhere
130 Quarry's Climax Max Allan Collins Robert McGinnis October 2017 2017 978-1-78565-180-9 First publication anywhere
131 Turn on the Heat Erle Stanley Gardner Laurel Blechman, Robert Maguire November 2017 1940 978-1-78565-423-7
132 Help I Am Being Held Prisoner Donald E. Westlake Paul Mann February 2018 1974 978-1-78565-682-8 First publication in 30 years
133 The Last Stand Mickey Spillane Laurel Blechman March 2018 2018 978-1-78565-686-6 First publication anywhere. Also includes previously unpublished novella A Bullet For Satisfaction
134 Understudy For Death Charles Willeford Paul Mann July 2018 1961 978-1-78565-698-9 First publication in 60 years
135 Charlesgate Confidential Scott Von Doviak Paul Mann September 2018 2018 978-1-78565-717-7 First publication anywhere
136 The Count of 9 Erle Stanley Gardner Robert McGinnis October 2018 1958 978-1-78565-634-7 First publication in 50 years
137 So Many Doors Oakley Hall Robert McGinnis, Robert Maguire November 2018 1951 978-1-78565-688-0
138 Brothers Keepers Donald E. Westlake Paul Mann February 2019 1975 978-1-78565-715-3
139 A Bloody Business Dylan Struzan Drew Struzan April 2019 2019 978-1-78565-770-2 First publication anywhere
140 Triumph of the Spider Monkey Joyce Carol Oates Robert McGinnis July 2019 1979 978-1-78565-677-4 First publication in 40 years, and first publication ever with the lost Joyce Carol Oates companion novella "Love, Careless Love," unseen anywhere outside of a literary journal in 1974
141 Blood Sugar Daniel Kraus Robert McGinnis October 2019 2019 978-1-78909-193-9 First publication anywhere
142 Killing Quarry Max Allan Collins Paul Mann November 2019 2019 978-1-78565-945-4 First publication anywhere
143 Double Feature Donald E. Westlake Paul Mann February 2020 1977 978-1-78565-720-7 First publication in 40 years
144 Are Snakes Necessary? Brian De Palma & Susan Lehman Paul Mann March 2020 2020 978-1-78565-720-7 The new novel from Brian De Palma
145 Shills Can't Cash Chips Erle Stanley Gardner June 2020 1961

Graphic Novels

Title Writer Artist Release Date ISBN
The Assignment Matz . & Walter Hill Jef . 14 Mar 2017 9781785861451
Triggerman Matz . & Walter Hill Jef . 6 Jun 2017 9781785858673
Peepland Vol.1 Christa Faust & Gary Phillips Andrea Camerini 11 Jul 2017 9781785851193
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Millennium Vol.1 Stieg Larsson & Sylvain Runberg Jose Homs 14 Nov 2017 9781785861734
The Girl Who Played With Fire - Millennium Vol.2 Sylvain Runberg Man . 9 Jan 2018 9781785861741
Normandy Gold Alison Gaylin & Megan Abbot Steve Scott 11 Apr 2018 9781785858642
Millennium: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Vol.3 Sylvain Runberg Jose Homs 17 Apr 2018 9781785863455
Quarry's War Vol 1 Max Allan Collins Edu Menna, Szymon Kudranski 3 Jul 2018 9781785851186
Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini Vol.1 Cynthia Von Buhler Cynthia Von Buhler 22 Aug 2018 9781785863974
Tyler Cross: Black Rock Vol 1 Fabien Nury Brüno 26 Sep 2018 9781785867309
Babylon Berlin Volker Kutscher Arne Jysch 17 Oct 2018 9781785866357
The Prague Coup Jean-Luc Fromental Hyman Miles 12 Dec 2018 9781785868870
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: The Night I Died TP Vol.1 Max Allan Collins Marcelo Salaza 19 Dec 2018 9781785866449
Millennium: The Girl Who Danced With Death Vol.4 Sylvain Runberg Belén Ortega 30 Jan 2019 9781785866937
Tyler Cross: Angola Vol 2 Fabien Nury Brüno 13 Mar 2019 9781785867316
Breakneck Duane Swierczynski Simone Guglielmini 29 May 2019 9781785864612
Ryuko Vol 1 Eldo Yoshimizu Eldo Yoshimizu 6 Aug 2019 9781787730946
Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother Vol 1. Max Allan Collins Terry Beatty 4 Sep 2019 9781787730519
Ryuko Vol 2 Eldo Yoshimizu Eldo Yoshimizu 16 Oct 2019 9781787732551

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