HARD CASE CRIME

'Hard Case Crime' is an American publisher of paperback hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by Charles Ardai, also known as the founder of the Internet service Juno Online Services, and Max Phillips. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the spirit of the pulps of the 1940s and '50s. The covers feature original art done in pulp style by artists such as Robert McGinnis and Glen Orbik.
The collection includes both hard-to-find books from the pulp era (typically labeled ''Complete and unabridged'' on the cover), and new novels written specially for the collection (typically labeled ''First publication anywhere''). The most widely reviewed entry in the series to date is a novel by Stephen King, ''The Colorado Kid''.
Three 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, 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, Allan Guthrie's ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' was nominated for Best Paperback Original.
Max Phillips' ''Fade to Blonde'' won the 2005 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year. Charles Ardai received the Edgar Award in 2007 for his short story "The Home Front."

Contents

Titles

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Titles

September 2004

★ ''Grifter’s Game'' by Lawrence Block

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Chuck Pyle

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5349-7

★ ''Fade to Blonde'' by Max Phillips

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Gregory Manchess

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5350-0
October 2004

★ ''Top of the Heap'' by Erle Stanley Gardner

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★ ''First publication in 30 years''

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★ cover art by Bill Nelson

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5352-7

★ ''Little Girl Lost'' by Richard Aleas (a pseudonym for Ardai)

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★ ''First time in paperback''

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★ cover art by Robert McGinnis

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5351-9
November 2004

★ ''Two for the Money'' by Max Allan Collins

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Mark Texeira

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5353-5

★ ''The Confession'' by Domenic Stansberry

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Richard B. Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5354-3
March 2005

★ ''Home Is the Sailor'' by Day Keene

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★ ''First publication in over 30 years''

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★ cover art by Farrell and Manchess

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5356-X

★ ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' by Allan Guthrie

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Pyle

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5355-1
May 2005

★ ''361'' by Donald E. Westlake

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5357-8

★ ''Plunder of the Sun'' by David Dodge

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by McGinnis

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5358-6
July 2005

★ ''Branded Woman'' by Wade Miller

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Glen Orbik

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5359-4

★ ''Dutch Uncle'' by Peter Pavia

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5360-8
October 2005

★ ''The Colorado Kid'' by Stephen King

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Orbik

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5584-8
November 2005

★ ''The Girl with the Long Green Heart'' by Lawrence Block

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by McGinnis

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5585-6
December 2005

★ ''The Gutter and the Grave'' by Ed McBain

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5587-2
January 2006

★ ''Night Walker'' by Donald Hamilton

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Tim Gabor

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5586-4
February 2006

★ ''A Touch of Death'' by Charles Williams

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Pyle

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5588-0
March 2006

★ ''Say It with Bullets'' by Richard Powell

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★ ''First publication in 50 years''

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★ cover art by Michael Koelsch

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5589-9
April 2006

★ ''Witness to Myself'' by Seymour Shubin

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Larry Schwinger

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5590-2
May 2006

★ ''Bust'' by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5591-0
June 2006

★ ''Straight Cut'' by Madison Smartt Bell

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Pyle

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5592-9
July 2006

★ ''Lemons Never Lie'' by Richard Stark (a pseudonym for Westlake)

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5593-7
August 2006

★ ''The Last Quarry'' by Max Allan Collins

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by McGinnis

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5594-5
September 2006

★ ''The Guns of Heaven'' by Pete Hamill

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Larry Schwinger

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5595-3
October 2006

★ ''The Last Match'' by David Dodge

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★ ''Never before published!''

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★ cover art by William George

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5596-1
November 2006

★ ''Grave Descend'' by John Lange

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Gregory Manchess

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5597-X
December 2006

★ ''The Peddler'' by Richard S. Prather

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Robert McGinnis

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5598-8
February 2007

★ ''Lucky At Cards'' by Lawrence Block

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★ ''First publication in almost 40 years''

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★ cover art by Chuck Pyle

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5768-9
March 2007

★ ''Robbie's Wife'' by Russell Hill

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Richard B. Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5769-7
April 2007

★ ''The Vengeful Virgin'' by Gil Brewer

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Gregory Manchess

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5770-0
May 2007

★ ''The Wounded and the Slain'' by David Goodis

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Glen Orbik

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5771-9
June 2007

★ ''Blackmailer'' by George Axelrod

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Glen Orbik

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5772-7
July 2007

★ ''Songs of Innocence'' by Richard Aleas

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★ ''First Publication Anywhere''

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★ cover art by Glen Orbik

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5773-5
August 2007

★ ''Fright'' by Cornell Woolrich

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★ ''First publication in over 50 years''

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★ cover art by Arthur Suydam

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5774-3
September 2007

★ ''Kill Now, Pay Later'' by Robert Terrall

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Robert McGinnis

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5775-1
October 2007

★ ''Slide'' by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Richard B. Farrell

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5776-X
November 2007

★ ''Dead Street'' by Mickey Spillane

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★ ''Never before published!''

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★ cover art by Arthur Suydam

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5777-8
December 2007

★ ''Deadly Beloved'' by Max Allan Collins

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★ ''First publication anywhere''

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★ cover art by Terry Beatty

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5778-6
January 2008

★ ''A Diet of Treacle'' by Lawrence Block

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★ ''Complete and unabridged''

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★ cover art by Chuck Pyle

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★ ISBN 0-8439-5957-6

External links

★ Hard Case Crime Official Web Site

★ Glen Orbik Official Website

★ Robert McGinnis Official Website