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Across Hard-Boiled, Humor, and Mystery & Detective — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Unscratchables by Cornelius Kane.

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Come Hell Or High Water — Jd Kirk

Come Hell Or High Water

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Humor

A Killer of Influence — J. D. Kirk

A Killer of Influence

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Humor

Working For A Mob Boss (Funny Detective Vol 3) — David Berardelli

Working For A Mob Boss (Funny Detective Vol 3)

David Berardelli

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Humor

Down by the River where the Dead Men Go — George P. Pelecanos

Down by the River where the Dead Men Go

George P. Pelecanos

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Standing by the Wall A Slough House Interlude — Mick Herron

Standing by the Wall A Slough House Interlude

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

The Sins of the Father — Blake Banner

The Sins of the Father

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Scorched Grace — Margot Douaihy

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Serpents in the Cold — Thomas O’Malley

Serpents in the Cold — Thomas O’Malley

Thomas O'Malley

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Trapped — Rhonda Pollero

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Stranger in Paradise — Robert B. Parker

Stranger in Paradise

Robert B. Parker

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Death By Computer — Theodore D Douglass

Death By Computer

Theodore D Douglass

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Gone, Baby, Gone — Dennis Lehane

Gone, Baby, Gone

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Pro Bono — Thomas Perry

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Rose’s Thorn A Joe Erickson Mystery — Lynn-Steven Johanson

Rose’s Thorn A Joe Erickson Mystery

Lynn-Steven Johanson

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

The Goodbye Coast A Philip Marlowe Novel — Joe Ide

The Goodbye Coast A Philip Marlowe Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Tin City — David Housewright

David Housewright

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Into the Abyss A Psychic Visions Novel — Dale Mayer

Into the Abyss A Psychic Visions Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

A Walk Among the Tombstones — Lawrence Block

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Killer in the Rain — Raymond Chandler

Killer in the Rain

Raymond Chandler

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Joyland — Stephen King

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Trace Elements A Comissario Guido Brunetti Mystery — Donna Leon

Trace Elements A Comissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Scents and Sensibility A Chet and Bernie Mystery — Spencer Quinn

Scents and Sensibility A Chet and Bernie Mystery

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

The Devil’s Muse A Maureen Coughlin Novel — Bill Loehfelm

The Devil’s Muse A Maureen Coughlin Novel

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Darker Than Amber A Travis McGee Novel — John D. MacDonald

Darker Than Amber A Travis McGee Novel

John D. MacDonald

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Mystery & Detective

Fans of The Unscratchables by Cornelius Kane will find 24 titles here, all united by Hard-Boiled, Humor, Mystery & Detective. Authors represented include Jd Kirk, J. D. Kirk, David Berardelli, George P. Pelecanos, and others.

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