I've become interested in a particular, unnamed strand in
hardboiled mystery where an ordinary character is drawn into
a strange world. This is not sci-fi but at times reads like
it. I would give examples like THE SCREAMING MIMI, (really
most of Fredric Brown's mysteries,) HOUSE OF FLESH by Bruno
Fischer, DEAD LOW TIDE by John MacDonald, and Cain's DOUBLE
INDEMNITY.
This is a particular strand of the hardboiled mystery that
effects me like no other when it's done well, and many
writers wander in this terrain for at least one or two books.
Any suggestions along these lines? Are any modern authors
pursuing this subgenre?
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