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The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action

by Maxim Jakubowski (Editor)

Other authors: Lawrence Block (Contributor), Fredric Brown (Contributor), Steve Fisher (Contributor), Erle Stanley Gardner (Contributor), David Goodis (Contributor)6 more, Evan Hunter (Contributor), John D. MacDonald (Contributor), Marcia Muller (Contributor), Bill Pronzini (Contributor), Raoul Whitfield (Contributor), Charles Willeford (Contributor)

Series: Mammoth Action

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From cops, both straight and crooked, to ruthless bigshots, shady operators, femmes fatales and damsels in distress. Including gangsters, drifters, common crooks, shady attorneys to molls with a heart of gold, enjoy a rollercoaster ride through popular literature's best pulp writers.
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Great short stories from masters old and new, including Erle Stanley Gardner, Raoul Whitfield, Ed McBain, David Goodis and Norbert Davis. If you like pulp mysteries, you'll like this. ( )
  EdGoldberg | Dec 10, 2019 |
A little bloodier, and a little less mysterious than I'd have preferred, but still entertaining on the whole ( )
  angharad_reads | Jul 11, 2007 |
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Jakubowski, MaximEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Block, LawrenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, FredricContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fisher, SteveContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gardner, Erle StanleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goodis, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hunter, EvanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
MacDonald, John D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Muller, MarciaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pronzini, BillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Whitfield, RaoulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Anthology contains: Kid clips a coupon / Erle Stanley Gardner --
Goodbye Hannah / Steve Fisher --
Sinners' paradise / Raoul Whitfield --
Motel / Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain --
Smile, corpse, smile! / Bruno Fischer --
Pulp connection / Bill Pronzini --
Brush Babe's poison pallet / Bruce Cassiday --
Gangsta wore red / Michael Guinzburg --
Caravan to Tarim / David Goodis --
Lady who left her coffin / Hugh B. Cave --
Death at the main / Frank Gruber --
Red goose / Norbert Davis --
First five in line / Charles Willeford --
Where there's a will, there's a slay / Frederick C. Davis --
Ride a white horse / Lawrence Block --
Best man / Thomas Walsh --
Dog life / Mark Timlin --
Don't look behind you / Fredric Brown --
College-cut kill / John D. MacDonald --
Lost coast / Marcia Muller --
Pit / Joe R. Lansdale --
Clean sweep / Roger Torrey --
Eye of the beholder / Ed Gorman.
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From cops, both straight and crooked, to ruthless bigshots, shady operators, femmes fatales and damsels in distress. Including gangsters, drifters, common crooks, shady attorneys to molls with a heart of gold, enjoy a rollercoaster ride through popular literature's best pulp writers.

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