A Is For Alibi is the first book in the Kinsey Milhone series. The book was a finalist for the 1983 Best PI Novel. It marks the start of a series that heralds the way for a sudden onslaught of quality PI novels to feature a female protagonist.Book DetailsTitle: A Is For AlibiAuthor: Sue GraftonPages: 274Published Date: 1982Publisher: Holt, …
The Matt Scudder series is now in full swing by the time Eight Million Ways To Die was released and the book proceeded to win the 1983 Shamus Award for Best Hardcover PI Novel. The series is typically hardboiled featuring a protagonist who struggles along in New York City as a barely functioning alcoholic. He battles …
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This is the 6th book in the Jacob Asch detective series and it sits neatly in the hardboiled genre following the work of an old-school PI who shares hints of cynicism and moments of good humor. Book DetailsTitle: Hard TradeAuthor: Arthur LyonsPages: 253Published Date: 1981Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and WinstonSeries Details: 6th book in the Jacob …
Early Autumn was nominated for the 1982 Shamus Award which was the first year in which they were awarded. In that year the Shamus was won by Hoodwink by Bill Pronzini. The book is part of the long-running and very popular Spenser series, in fact it’s the 7th book in the series. Spenser is a …
A Stab In the Dark is the 4th book in Lawrence Block’s much-celebrated and highly respected Matt Scudder series. The series is based in New York City. Scudder is an alcoholic who is not actually a licensed private investigator but who has a knack for getting to the heart of matters and takes jobs through …
Hoodwink is the inaugural winner of the Shamus Award for Best PI Novel, it won the 1982 Shamus Award. This review is part of the Shamus Award Review series in which the books that have been nominated for the award from its inception to today are covered with reviews and further information that may be …
30 For a Harry was nominated for the 1982 Shamus Award which was the first year in which they were awarded. In that year the Shamus was won by Hoodwink by Bill Pronzini. This review is part of the Shamus Award Review series that attempts to cover all of the books that have been nominated …
