Hard Case Crime
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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.
Four 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, Allan Guthrie's Kiss Her Goodbye was nominated for Best Paperback Original; and in 2008, Russell Hill's Robbie's Wife 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."
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| Spine # | Title | Author | Cover Artist | Release Date | ISBN | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Grifter's Game | Lawrence Block | Chuck Pyle | September 2004 | 0-8439-5350-0 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 002 | Fade to Blonde | Max Phillips | Gregory Manchess | September 2004 | 0-8439-5350-0 | First publication anywhere | |
| 003 | Top of the Heap | Erle Stanley Gardner | Bill Nelson | October 2004 | 0-8439-5352-7 | First publication in 30 years | |
| 004 | Little Girl Lost | Richard Aleas | Robert McGinnis | October 2004 | 0-8439-5351-9 | First time in paperback | |
| 005 | Two for the Money | Max Allan Collins | Mark Texeira | November 2004 | 0-8439-5353-5 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 006 | The Confession | Domenic Stansberry | Richard B. Farrell | November 2004 | 0-8439-5354-3 | First publication anywhere | |
| 007 | Home Is the Sailor | Day Keene | Richard B. Farrell and Gregory Manchess | March 2005 | 0-8439-5356-X | First publication in over 30 years | |
| 008 | Kiss Her Goodbye | Allan Guthrie | Chuck Pyle | March 2005 | 0-8439-5355-1 | First publication anywhere | |
| 009 | 361 | Donald E. Westlake | Richard B. Farrell | May 2005 | 0-8439-5357-8 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 010 | Plunder of the Sun | David Dodge | Robert McGinnis | May 2005 | 0-8439-5358-6 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 011 | Branded Woman | Wade Miller | Glen Orbik | July 2005 | 0-8439-5359-4 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 012 | Dutch Uncle | Peter Pavia | Richard B. Farrell | July 2005 | 0-8439-5360-8 | First publication anywhere | |
| 013 | The Colorado Kid | Stephen King | Glen Orbik | October 2005 | 0-8439-5584-8 | First publication anywhere | |
| 014 | The Girl with the Long Green Heart | Lawrence Block | Robert McGinnis | November 2005 | 0-8439-5585-6 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 015 | The Gutter and the Grave | Ed McBain | Richard B. Farrell | December 2005 | 0-8439-5587-2 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 016 | Night Walker | Donald Hamilton | Tim Gabor | January 2006 | 0-8439-5586-4 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 017 | A Touch of Death | Charles Williams | Chuck Pyle | February 2006 | 0-8439-5588-0 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 018 | Say It with Bullets | Richard Powell | Michael Koelsch | March 2006 | 0-8439-5589-9 | First publication in 50 years | |
| 019 | Witness to Myself | Seymour Shubin | Larry Schwinger | April 2006 | 0-8439-5590-2 | First publication anywhere | |
| 020 | Bust | Ken Bruen and Jason Starr | Richard B. Farrell | May 2006 | 0-8439-5591-0 | First publication anywhere | |
| 021 | Straight Cut | Madison Smartt Bell | Chuck Pyle | June 2006 | 0-8439-5592-9 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 022 | Lemons Never Lie | Richard Stark | Richard B. Farrell | July 2006 | 0-8439-5593-7 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 023 | The Last Quarry | Max Allan Collins | Robert McGinnis | August 2006 | 0-8439-5594-5 | First publication anywhere | |
| 024 | The Guns of Heaven | Pete Hamill | Larry Schwinger | September 2006 | 0-8439-5595-3 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 025 | The Last Match | David Dodge | William George | October 2006 | 0-8439-5596-1 | Never before published | |
| 026 | Grave Descend | John Lange | Gregory Manchess | November 2006 | 0-8439-5597-X | Complete and unabridged | |
| 027 | The Peddler | Richard S. Prather | Robert McGinnis | December 2006 | 0-8439-5598-8 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 028 | Lucky At Cards | Lawrence Block | Chuck Pyle | February 2007 | 0-8439-5768-9 | First publication in almost 40 years | |
| 029 | Robbie's Wife | Russell Hill | Richard B. Farrell | March 2007 | 0-8439-5769-7 | First publication anywhere | |
| 030 | The Vengeful Virgin | Gil Brewer | Gregory Manchess | April 2007 | 0-8439-5770-0 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 031 | The Wounded and the Slain | David Goodis | Glen Orbik | May 2007 | 0-8439-5771-9 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 032 | Blackmailer | George Axelrod | Glen Orbik | June 2007 | 0-8439-5772-7 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 033 | Songs of Innocence | Richard Aleas | Glen Orbik | July 2007 | 0-8439-5773-5 | First Publication Anywhere | |
| 034 | Fright | Cornell Woolrich | Arthur Suydam | August 2007 | 0-8439-5774-3 | First publication in over 50 years | |
| 035 | Kill Now, Pay Later | Robert Terrall | Robert McGinnis | September 2007 | 0-8439-5775-1 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 036 | Slide | Ken Bruen and Jason Starr | Richard B. Farrell | October 2007 | 0-8439-5776-X | First publication anywhere | |
| 037 | Dead Street | Mickey Spillane | Arthur Suydam | November 2007 | 0-8439-5777-8 | Never before published | |
| 038 | Deadly Beloved | Max Allan Collins | Terry Beatty | December 2007 | 0-8439-5778-6 | First publication anywhere | |
| 039 | A Diet of Treacle | Lawrence Block | Chuck Pyle | January 2008 | 0-8439-5957-6 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 040 | Money Shot | Christa Faust | Glen Orbik | February 2008 | 0-8439-5958-4 | First publication anywhere | |
| 041 | Zero Cool | John Lange | Gregory Manchess | March 2008 | 0-8439-5959-2 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 042 | Shooting Star/Spiderweb | Robert Bloch | Arthur Suydam/Larry Schwinger | April 2008 | 0-8439-5960-6 | Two complete novels | |
| 043 | The Murderer Vine | Shepard Rifkin | Ken Laager | May 2008 | 0-8439-5961-4 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 044 | Somebody Owes Me Money | Donald E. Westlake | Michael Koelsch | June 2008 | 0-8439-5962-2 | First publication in over 35 years | |
| 045 | No House Limit | Steve Fisher | Richard B. Farrell | July 2008 | 0-8439-5963-0 | Complete and unabridged | |
| 046 | Baby Moll | John Farris | Robert McGinnis | August 2008 | 0-8439-5964-9 | First publication in 50 years | |
| 047 | The Max | Ken Bruen and Jason Starr | Glen Orbik | September 2008 | 0-8439-5966-5 | First publication anywhere | |
| 048 | The First Quarry | Max Allan Collins | Ken Laager | October 2008 | 0-8439-5965-7 | First publication anywhere | |
| 049 | Gun Work | David J. Schow | Joe DeVito | November 2008 | 0-8439-5967-3 | First publication anywhere | |
| 050 | Fifty-To-One | Charles Ardai | Glen Orbik | December 2008 | 0-8439-5968-1 | First publication anywhere | |
| 051 | Killing Castro | Lawrence Block | Sharif Tarabay | January 2009 | 0-8439-6113-9 | First publication in almost 50 years | |
| 052 | The Dead Man's Brother | Roger Zelazny | Chuck Pyle | February 2009 | 0-8439-6114-7 | First publication anywhere |
