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Readers who finished The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Hard-Boiled, Crime, and Mystery & Detective.
A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.
The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Hard-Boiled, Crime, Mystery & Detective — the same threads that run through The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein. Among the authors featured: Jeff Ridenour, Sara Paretsky, L. T. Ryan, Michael Dibdin, and others.