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Hard Case Crime is an American publisher of Paperback Hardboiled Crime Novel s founded in 2004 by Charles Ardai 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 .

The collection includes both hard-to-find books from the pulp era (typically labeled ''Complete and unabridged'' on their cover), and new Novel s written specially for the collection (typically labeled ''First publication anywhere''). The most noteworthy addition is a novel by Stephen King, ''The Colorado Kid''.

Three novels published by Hard Case have been nominated for the Edgar Award : In 2005, Richard Aleas' ''Little Girl Lost'' 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.


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September 2004

October 2004
  • ''Top of the Heap'' by Erle Stanley Gardner

  • ---''First publication in 30 years''

  • --- cover art by Bill Nelson

  • --- ISBN 0843953527

  • ''Little Girl Lost'' by Richard Aleas (a Pseudonym for Ardai)

  • ---''First time in paperback''

  • --- cover art by Robert McGinnis

  • --- ISBN 0843953519


November 2004

March 2005
  • ''Home Is the Sailor'' by Day Keene

  • ---''First publication in over 30 years''

  • --- cover art by Farrell and Manchess

  • --- ISBN 084395356X

  • ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' by Allan Guthrie

  • ---''First publication anywhere''

  • --- cover art by Pyle

  • --- ISBN 0843953551


May 2005
  • ''361'' by Donald E. Westlake

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Farrell

  • --- ISBN 0843953578

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

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by McGinnis

  • --- ISBN 0843953586


July 2005
  • ''Branded Woman'' by Wade Miller

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Glen Orbik

  • --- ISBN 0843953594

  • ''Dutch Uncle'' by Peter Pavia

  • ---''First publication anywhere''

  • --- cover art by Farrell

  • --- ISBN 0843953608


October 2005
  • '' The Colorado Kid '' by Stephen King

  • ---''First publication anywhere''

  • --- cover art by Orbik

  • --- ISBN 0843955848

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

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by McGinnis

  • --- ISBN 0843955856


December 2005
  • ''The Gutter and the Grave'' by Ed McBain

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Farrell

  • --- ISBN 0843955872


January 2006

February 2006
  • ''A Touch of Death'' by Charles Williams

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Pyle

  • --- ISBN 0843955880


March 2006

April 2006

May 2006
  • ''Bust'' by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr

  • ---''First publication anywhere''

  • --- cover art by Farrell

  • --- ISBN 0843955910


June 2006
  • ''Straight Cut'' by Madison Smartt Bell

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Pyle

  • --- ISBN 0843955929


July 2006
  • ''Lemons Never Lie'' by Richard Stark (a pseudonym for Westlake)

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Farrell

  • --- ISBN 0843955937


August 2006
  • ''The Last Quarry'' by Max Allan Collins

  • ---''First publication anywhere''

  • --- cover art by McGinnis

  • --- ISBN 0843955945


September 2006
  • ''The Guns of Heaven'' by Pete Hamill

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Larry Schwinger

  • --- ISBN 0843955953


October 2006
  • ''The Last Match'' by David Dodge

  • ---''Never before published!''

  • --- cover art by William George

  • --- ISBN 0843955961


November 2006
  • ''Grave Descend'' by John Lange

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Gregory Manchess

  • --- ISBN 084395597X


December 2006
  • ''The Peddler'' by Richard S. Prather

  • ---''Complete and unabridged''

  • --- cover art by Robert McGinnis

  • --- ISBN 0843955988




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