Charles Willeford, Jim Thompson (the Getaway, The Grifters are as
equally hardboiled as they are noir), James M. Cain (Love's Lovely
Counterfeit, for example).
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Jordan asked:
>
> "It was different to read a hard boiled story that was not a PI book -
> any other suggestions on that line? I like noir a lot, but I like hard
> boiled even more."
>
> Richard Stark's Parker series would certainly qualify, as would many of
> Dan Marlowe's books, at least the ones I've read.
>
> Mark
>
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