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Burglars Can't Be Choosers651121623.684.000.81
Hit Man609121463.834.000.89
The Burglar in the Closet52861293.714.000.81
Stories: All-New Tales648451203.543.500.90
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes486211174.124.000.83
The Sins of the Fathers488201163.724.000.85
The Burglar in the Library533111103.784.000.88
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams54591094.004.000.73
Hit List48231073.824.000.92
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza49541073.704.000.83
Eight Million Ways to Die453121043.954.000.96
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling52041033.744.000.84
Hit Parade390111023.764.000.93
The Burglar in the Rye50012993.774.000.76
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian4568993.834.000.76
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart4999973.844.000.78
The Burglar on the Prowl4498963.824.000.84
Hit and Run35427923.884.000.86
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse4278854.074.000.90
Everybody Dies3977833.924.000.96
All the Flowers Are Dying3338783.774.000.87
A Ticket to the Boneyard3838783.974.000.80
A Drop of the Hard Stuff24634783.884.000.92
A Long Line of Dead Men4087763.844.000.95
Even the Wicked3888763.754.000.88
A Walk Among the Tombstones4187753.954.000.86
Hope to Die4001703.884.000.82
Time to Murder and Create3559683.734.000.82
Grifter's Game2978633.644.000.89
The Devil Knows You're Dead3874623.944.000.85
A Stab in the Dark3068613.964.000.86
Out on the Cutting Edge3579603.914.000.92
The Girl with the Long Green Heart2887603.864.000.84
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit3152584.224.000.73
Warriors2748583.904.000.74
Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty1755573.944.000.85
In the Midst of Death29811563.734.000.94
Small Town3595513.574.000.99
Tanner on Ice2114453.093.000.88
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep2185413.803.500.80
Tanner's Twelve Swingers1534333.643.500.91
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print2162323.693.750.83
Lucky at Cards1857323.894.000.76
The Canceled Czech1764313.523.500.87
Enough Rope1733273.874.000.79
Tanner's Tiger1203263.523.500.84
Two For Tanner108 243.463.250.93
Killing Castro1303243.423.501.00
A Diet of Treacle1343233.043.000.79
Hit Me9814233.593.500.97
Tanner's Virgin981193.453.000.97
L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories695183.443.250.76
Some Days You Get the Bear109 183.944.000.85
Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories1124164.164.000.61
After the First Death695163.283.500.95
Me Tanner, You Jane83 163.343.000.74
Spider, Spin Me a Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers100 163.914.000.77
Getting off : a novel of sex and violence745152.732.501.14
The Collected Mystery Stories722144.044.000.77
Like a Lamb to Slaughter791133.734.000.89
Manhattan Noir542133.584.000.94
Transgressions1663133.544.000.66
The Best American Noir of the Century1172123.424.001.11
Sometimes They Bite85 124.214.000.63
Ariel713122.883.001.28
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001811123.674.000.82
The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction1601104.154.250.74
Not Comin' Home to You432103.754.000.60
The Topless Tulip Caper653103.853.750.84
Deadly Honeymoon65 103.303.250.78
Make Out With Murder66293.393.500.77
Such Men Are Dangerous62193.944.000.64
The Affairs of Chip Harrison36183.563.750.63
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories80283.443.000.77
Random Walk: A Novel for a New Age50173.503.000.93
5th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F87373.503.000.71
Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine65 74.144.000.64
Transgressions, Volume 165173.643.500.69
Coward's Kiss43173.794.000.45
Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir30263.924.000.61
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends64163.753.500.99
The Night and the Music27263.833.750.80
You Could Call It Murder34163.504.000.76
The Triumph of Evil29 64.174.000.62
No Score66163.003.000.82
Chip Harrison Scores Again46 63.583.500.53
Bad Behavior49 53.403.001.02
Keller in Dallas19254.104.000.66
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics28253.804.000.81
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics39143.133.250.74
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century38143.884.251.14
The Matt Scudder Mysteries, Volume 126 44.004.000.71
The Specialists58243.634.000.65
Master's Choice, Volume II31 43.384.001.08
Bronx Noir (Akashic Noir)43134.334.500.62
Looking for David [short story]3233.333.000.47
The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke14133.173.000.24
The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis22133.503.000.71
Master's Choice38 34.004.00 
Speaking of Lust: Stories of Forbidden Desire21233.833.500.85
A Moment of Wrong Thinking [short story]4233.003.000.82
Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man21 24.004.000.50
Tales to Take Your Breath Away38 24.004.00 
Campus Tramp7123.503.500.50
Nothing Short of Highway Robbery3124.254.250.25
Like a Bug on a Windshield [short story]3124.254.250.75
One Thousand Dollars a Word [short story]2123.503.50 
Death of the Malbry Queen [short story]2123.253.250.25
Make a Prison [short story]4123.753.750.25
Murder in the Family10 22.502.501.50
After Hours: Conversations with Lawrence Block13 24.504.500.50
The Ehrengraf Reverse [short story]2123.503.50 
Let's Get Lost3223.003.00 
The Ehrengraf Defense [short story]3223.503.500.50
Afterthoughts12124.254.250.75
How Would You Like It?3223.503.500.50
Out The Window3123.003.000.50
A Blow For Freedom5223.503.50 
Strangers on a Handball Court [short story]2124.004.000.50
Sweet Little Hands2224.254.250.75
A Bad Night For Burglars5123.753.750.25
Home Sweet Homicide7 23.253.251.25
Sometimes They Bite [short story]2123.503.50 
As Dark As Christmas Gets5123.003.00 
Coward's Kiss / Grifter's Game / You Could Call It Murder / The Girl with the Long Green Heart / Deadly Honeymoon19122.752.750.25
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas14124.504.500.50
The Ehrengraf Obligation [short story]2123.503.500.50
The Ehrengraf Alternative [short story]2123.503.500.50
The Ehrengraf Presumption [short story]3124.254.250.75
In for a Penny2123.753.750.25
Keller on the Spot4213.503.50 
A Candle for the Bag Lady2113.503.50 
Some Things a Man Must Do1114.004.00 
Collecting Ackermans4113.503.50 
The Dangerous Business1113.003.00 
This Crazy Business of Ours1113.503.50 
That Kind of a Day1113.503.50 
Weekend Guests1113.003.00 
And Miles To Go Before I Sleep1113.003.00 
Death Wish2113.503.50 
Keller on Horseback4113.003.00 
Going Through The Motions1113.503.50 
If This Be Madness1113.503.50 
You Could Call It Blackmail1113.003.00 
When This Man Dies1113.503.50 
A Little Off the Top1113.503.50 
With a Smile for the Ending1113.003.00 
The Tulsa Experience1113.503.50 
Click!1113.003.00 
Someday I'll Plant More Walnut Trees1113.503.50 
Different Strokes: Or How I (Gulp) Wrote, Directed and Starred in an X-rated Movie6111.501.50 
Something To Remember You By1114.004.00 
Clean Slate1113.003.00 
Good for the Soul1113.503.50 
Gentlemen's Agreement [short story]1 14.004.00 
The Books Always Balance1113.503.50 
The Boy Who Disappeared Clouds1113.003.00 
Change of Life1113.003.00 
Cleveland In My Dreams1113.003.00 
Hilliard's Ceremony1113.503.50 
As Good as a Rest1113.003.00 
Like a Dog in the Street1114.004.00 
By The Dawn's Early Light2113.503.50 
Funny You Should Ask2113.503.50 
Hot Eyes Cold Eyes2113.503.50 
The Most Unusual Snatch1114.004.00 
The Gentle Way1114.004.00 
Passport in Order1113.503.50 
Hellcats and Honeygirls9 15.005.00 
A Burglar's-Eye View of Greed [short fiction]2113.503.50 
The Dettweiler Solution3113.503.50 
Keller's Last Refuge1113.003.00 
Some Days You Get The Bear [short story]1112.502.50 
Death Wish and Other Stories4110.500.50 
The Trouble with Eden9 15.005.00 
Murder Most Postal: Homicidal Tales That Deliver a Message (Murder Most Series)16 14.004.00 
Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories11 14.004.00 
Speaking of Greed: Stories of Envious Desire12 13.003.00 
Keller in Retirement1113.503.50 
Batman's Helpers4213.503.50 
Cinderella Sims16 14.004.00 
Keller's Karma1113.503.50 
Keller in Shining Armor1113.503.50 
Keller's Choice3113.503.50 
Leo Youngdahl R.I.P.1112.502.50 
Speaking of Greed - the novella1 13.503.50 
The Bad Night1113.003.00 
If You Can't Stand the Heat (The Kit Tolliver Stories)3 14.004.00 
The Matt Scudder Mysteries, Volume 27 13.003.00 
The Lost Cases of Ed London8 14.004.00 
A.K.A. Chip Harrison9 13.003.00 
Master's Choice, Volume 12 13.003.00 
Introducing Chip Harrison7113.503.50 
Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves: The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains11 15.005.00 
Code of Arms18 13.003.00 
Bargain in Blood1112.502.50 
The Badger Game1114.004.00 
Blood on Their Hands17113.003.00 
Bride of Violence1113.003.00 
The Burning Fury1113.003.00 
The Ehrengraf Experience [short story]1113.003.00 
Årets rysare 141 12.002.00 
Answers to Soldier2213.503.50 
Welcome to the Real World2 14.004.00 
Keller's Therapy3213.003.00 
Keller's Horoscope1113.003.00 
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire6114.004.00 
Keller's Designated Hitter1113.503.50 
Speaking of Lust: The Novella1 14.004.00 
Like a Thief in the Night3113.503.50 
The Ehrengraf Nostrum [short story]1113.003.00 
The Ehrengraf Appointment [short story]1113.003.00 
The Ehrengraf Affirmation [short story]1113.003.00 
The Liar's Bible: A Handbook for Fiction Writers8114.004.00 
Keller by a Nose1113.503.50 
Dogs Walked, Plants Watered1113.503.50 
The Merciful Angel of Death2113.003.00 
You Don't Even Feel It1113.503.50 
Three in the Side Pocket1113.503.50 
It Took You Long Enough1113.003.00 
You Can't Lose1113.503.50 
The Ehrengraf Riposte [short story]2113.503.50 
Murder on Trial8 13.503.50 
Almost Perfect1113.503.50 
Terrible Tommy Terhune1113.503.50 
Like a Bone in the Throat3113.503.50 
How Far It Could Go1113.503.50 
The Ehrengraf Defense (Ehrengraf for the Defense)1113.503.50 
Points1113.503.50 
Headaches and Bad Dreams3113.003.00 
Hit the Ball Drag Fred1113.503.50 
The Burglar Takes a Cat1     
Transgressions 2: Three Brand New Novellas2     
Doing It! - Going Beyond the Sexual Revolution (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior)1     
Sex Without Strings: A Handbook for Consenting Adults (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior)1     
Kaikkihan kuolevat1     
Der Privatclub. Ein Matthew-Scudder-Kriminalroman.2     
Versatile Ladies: the bisexual option (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior)2     
The Liar's Companion: A Field Guide for Fiction Writers5     
Tricks of the Trade1     
The Sexually Promiscuous Female1     
Love at a Tender Age1     
The Male Hustler1     
Le Pouce de l'assassin1     
Speaking of Wrath (The Seven Deadly Sins Series)1     
Dangerous Women8     
The Thief Who Didn't Sleep1     
The Burglar Who Though He Was Bogart1     
The Liar's Bible1     
Der Dieb, der gern Kipling zitierte. Kriminalroman. ( Spannung).1     
Who Knows Where It Goes1     
The Oldest Bedtime Story Ever (The Bible Beautiful Series, 1)1     
VOL ET VOLUPTÉ1     
Warm and Willing1     
How Far - a one-act stage play1     
Sexual Surrender in Women a Penetrating Inquiry Into Frigidity: Its Causes, Manifestations and Cures2     
Sexual Behavior of the American College Girl1     
Masters of Noir: Volume Three4     
Come Fly With Us3     
Between Drinks1     
Community of Women1     
Passport to Peril1     
Transgressions, Volume One {audio}2     
Alfred Hitchcockin jännityskertomuksia. 2 : 10 maukasta tarinaa - tarjoilijana Alfred Hitchcock1     
Flashback1     
Strange are the Ways of Love2     
A Madwoman's Diary2     
Catch & Release1     
A Chance to Get Even2     
See the Woman1     
A Modern Marriage Manual1     
Dolly's Trash and Treasures2     
Sensuous1     
April North3     
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries, Volume 12     
A Vision in White1     
The Sexual Deviate2     
Strange Embrace / 69 Barrow Street14     
The Homosexual: A Frank Study of Abnormal Sex Life Among Males5     
By the Dawn's Early Light and Other Stories2     
Babe in the Woods1     
The Lesbian6     
The Greatest Mystery Stories of the 20th Century3     
Markham: The Case of the Pornographic Photos3     
Eros and Capricorn: A Cross-Cultural Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Techniques2     
Wide Open: The New Marriage2     
Ehrengraf for the Defense [short story]2     
Write for Your Life28     
Lawrence Block Bibliography, 1958-19932     
Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines: Mean Streets and a Vacation to Die For1     
Dolap-taki Hirsiz1     
Writing the Private Eye Novel: A Handbook by the Private Eye Writers of America33     
101 Mystery Stories16     
One Night Stands: Early Stories5     
The Sexually Promiscuous Male3     
Enough of Sorrow5     
Threesome10     
The Sexual Revolution2     
Gefährliche Zwillinge4     
Out on the Cutting Edge / A Walk Among the Tombstones2     
Ride a White Horse2     
Adolescent Sexual Behavior3     
Keller's Adjustment3     
Opening Shots, Vol. 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories5     
A Week as Andrea Benstock3     
Sex and the Stewardess7     
Mr. Rhodenbarr, bookseller, advises a young customer on seeking a vocation1     
Slum Sinners1     
A Strange Kind of Love1     
Warm and Willing3     
Women Who Swing Both Ways1     
I am Curious2     
Boy-O1     
Burglar - Bernie Rhodenbarr1     
Total Sexuality3     
21 Gay Street2     
The Adulterers1     
Your Husband, My Wife1     
All about Annette1     
Call Me Sinner1     
All My Lovers1     
Virgin's Summer1     
Great Mystery Series: 11 Of the Best Mystery Short Stories from Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines4     
Life After Life2     
Real food places: A guide to restaurants that serve fresh, wholesome food2     
The Wife Swap Report2     
The Sex Therapists1     
Beyond Group Sex: The New Sexual Life Styles2     
3 is Not a Crowd3     
Enough Rope Volume 12     

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