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Mysteries of Distant Times & Exotic Climes
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A Pocketful of Brits

browse British detectives category at Amazon

BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's 'A Pocketful of Brits' Page

New Authors

"Little Gods" by David L. Hoof

"The Murder At Asbury Park" by Peter Lucia

author-editor Jeffrey Marks: browse books • author's website

	"Los Angeles: A Novel" [2005] by Peter Moore Smith 'Noir, for the postmodernist' per L.A Times Book Review Little, Brown 9½x6¼ hardcover [1/2005] for $16.47
	"Uncommon Grounds" [2004] by Sandra Balzo Five Star trade pb [9/2004] for $11.16 Five Star 8¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2004] for $25.95 author's website
	"Buzz Monkey: A Novel of Crime" [2003] by Sam Hill Carroll & Graf 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2003] for $16.32 sequel "Buzz Riff: A Novel of Crime" [2004] by Sam Hill Orion pb [DUE May 2007] price not posted Carroll & Graf 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2004] for $15.75 author website
	"Southland" [2003] by Nina Revoyr The death of a retired Japanese grocer in South Central Los Angeles leaves his daughter with the problem of $38,000 in cash in a shoebox, an unknown beneficiary in the will, and an unreported multiple murder. Akashic Books 8½x5¼ pb [4/2003] for $10.85
	"Chasing Sam Spade" [2002] by Brian Lawson Detective 'Crazy Charlie' Boyle is murdered while investigating a 70-year-old crime buried in "The Maltese Falcon". Now Charlie's son must solve both crimes while surviving San Francisco's fog-bound streets. Booklocker 8½x5 pb [2/2002] for $14.95
	"The Death of Desert Belle" [2004 by Phil Dunlap A G-rated murder mystery set in the Old West. Avalon hardcover [10/2004] for $15.37 publisher bookpage
	"Amagansett" [2004] by Mark Mills A lyrical & enthralling tale of murder, set on Long Island Sound in 1947. Berkley 9x6 pb [5/2005] for $11.20 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [7/2004] out of print/manu used
	"Ice Harvest" [2000] by Scott Phillips winner California Book Award for First Novel Ballantine 7½x5½ pb [10/2001] for $9.60 Ballantine hardcover [10/2000] for $13.97 'darkly funny' prequel "The Walkaway" [2002] Ballantine hardcover [7/2002] for $15.40
	"The Wonderland Murders" [2000] by Kent Braithwaite Four Seasons Publrs 8&*frac12x5½ pb [4/2000] for $10.47 author's booksite
	"The Chalk Town Train" [stories 2001] by Daniel Elton Harmon Trafford pb [10/2001] for $14.95 author's booksite
	"King of Harlem" [1930 mystery; 2001] by Steven Philip Jones The W.P.A. hires young Orson Welles to direct an all-Negro Macbeth at the Lafayette Theater in New York City's Harlem. Orson receives death threats, an actor is arrested for murder, and the case is handed to brand-new detective Sassafras Winters and his sidekick, The Chinaman. Mundania Press 9x6 pb [8/2005] for $12.00 Lightning Source 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $14.95 author's booksite
	"Thirteen Diamonds" [2000] by Al Cook FirstPublish 9x6 pb [10/2000] for $14.00 "Catch A Falling Knife" [2002] by Al Cook FirstPublish 8½x5¾ pb [4/2002] out of print/used author's website
	"Our Man In Washington" [2000] by Roy Hoopes A mystery novel by Cain biographer Hoopes, about real-life pals author James M. Cain and journalist H.L. Mencken in the 1920s. Forge pb [10/2001] for $7.99 Forge hardcover [9/2000] out of print/used
	"The H.L. Mencken Murder Case" [1988] by Don Swaim When a bookstore employee is murdered, apparently over an 18th Century manuscript, the reclusive bookstore owner brings his father's friend 'Harry' into helping prevent further mayhem. {circa 1948} St. Martin hardcover [10/88] out of print/many used H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] Page at Spirit of America

Genre-Related Links

Hard-Boiled Noir WebRing
Sleuth WebRing [kids & teen mysteries] [closed? Dec 2003]
Dictionary of Hardboiled Slang
Mysterious Homepage Authors List
Southern California Chapter of M.W.A.
"Twenty Rules For Writing Detective Stories" by S.S. Van Dine [1928]
German-language 'Crime Corner'
Brad Lang's 'Hardboiled Heaven'
Mitchell Books in Pasadena CA
Poisoned Pen Press [est 1996]
Mystery Authors [dot] com
Feminist Mystery Corner
Murder Out There (of Canada)
Helen K. Garber in Venice, California - noir photography
Film Noir Portraiture by Jim Ferreira in Livermore. CA
German-language 'Crime Film Couch' website
Lynne's Web - Mystery Author Links
Classic Noir Online
John Blaser's essay "Film Noir & the Hard-Boiled Detective Hero"
Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery [Nov 2005 = #2]

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Mystery Publications

Shots Magazine [UK]
"Over My Dead Body" online mystery magazine
Pulp Noir Quarterly [first issue Spring 2007]
"Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"   ť   subscription [12 issues/year] for $27.97
"Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine"   ť   subscription [12 issues/year] for $27.97

Movie & TV & Radio & Stageplay Detectives

NOV 2003: After Clear Channel Communications bought KNX-1070 in Los Angeles,
they cancelled the 'Drama Hour' broadcasts of old-time radio programs,
which included "Dragnet", "Sam Spade", "Philip Marlowe" and
many comedy and adventure programs. These shows are sorely missed by many.

★ ★ ★

Old Time Radio Catalog [est. 1999] sells hundreds of episodes of detective radio programs on CDs,
including "Boston Blackie" [178 episodes]; "Sherlock Holmes" [212 episodes]; "Philip Marlowe" [107 episodes];
"Perry Mason" [267 episodes]; "Sam Spade" [73 episodes]; and "Nero Wolfe" [27 episodes]

★ ★ ★

"The Firesign Theatre's Box of Danger: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook" [2008] starring Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman & Phil Proctor contains 29 episodes of varied lengths, performances from 1969 to June 2008 Shout Factory audio CD box set [9/2008] 4 disks for $44.99

"Andy Barker, P.I." [NBC Universal TV 2007] Six-episode half-hour TV series aired in March & April 2007; an accountant moves into the former office of a private investigator and agrees to take cases of people who walk in the door; extras on DVD include two featurettes. Created, co-produced & written by Conan OBrien & Jonathan Groff; directed by Jason Ensler; starring Andy Richter, Clea Lewis, Harve Presnell, Tony Hale & Marshall Manesh Shout! Factory color DVD [11/2009] 2 disks for $18.99   full credits at IMDb

"Best of TV Detectives" 150-episode DVD Box Set [2007] Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD [6/2007] 12 disks for $19.99 includes 150 episodes from: "The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu" [1956]; "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" [1950]; "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" [1955] hosted by Alfred Hitchcock; "Bulldog Drummond" [1957 pilot]; "Burke's Law" [1963] starring Gene Barry; "The Cases of Eddie Drake" [1952]; "Checkmate" [1960]; "Code 3" [1957] hosted by Richard Travis; "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" [1956] starring Boris Karloff; "The Court of Last Resort" [1957] created by Erle Stanley Gardner; "Decoy" [1957] starring Beverly Garland; "Dick Tracy" [1950] 6 episodes starring Ralph Byrd; "Dragnet" [1951-59] 25 episodes starring Jack Webb; "Federal Men" [1950] 5 episodes; "Follow That Man" [1949-54] 6 episodes starring Ralph Bellamy; "Front Page Detective" [1951] starring Edmund Lowe; "Gang Busters" [1951]; "I'm The Law" [1953] starring George Raft; "The Lawless Years" [1959] 6 episodes; "Lock Up" [1959] 8 episodes starring Macdonald Carey; "Lone Wolf" [1955] starring Louis Hayward; "The Man Behind The Badge" [1953] 6 episodes; "Man With A Camera" [1958] starring Charles Bronson; "Mannix" [1967-75] starring Mike Connors; "Martin Kane, Private Eye" [1949] 6 episodes; "Miami Undercover" [1961]; "Michael Shayne" [1960] starring Richard Denning; "Mr. & Mrs. North" [1952] 16 episodes starring Richard Denning & Barbara Britton; "The Public Defender" [1954-56] starring Reed Hadley; "Racket Squad" [1951] 7 episodes starring Reed Hadley; "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" [1957-60] starring David Janssen; "The Shadow" [1954 pilot]; "Sheriff of Cochise" [1956-58] starring John Bromfield; and "U.S. Marshal" [1958-60] starring John Bromfield

	"Curtains" musical stageplay [2007] Book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander; ran 3/2007 to 6/2008 (511 performances); starring David Hyde Pierce & Debra Monk; won Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical (DHP) & 7 nominations Manhattan Records Broadway cast recording CD [6/2007] for $12.97 Broadway credits at IBDb
	"Mystery Collection 250 Movie Pack" DVD box set [2007] Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD box set [10/2007] 60 disks for $49.97 featured actors include Ralph Byrd, James Cagney, Morgan Conway, John Howard, Basil Rathbone & Frank Sinatra

"Legendary Detectives 20 Movie Pack" [2007] Mill Creek Ent. DVD set [9/2007] 5 disks for $9.47 twenty digitally-remastered films: "A Study In Scarlet" [1933] with Sherlock Holmes, "Bulldog Drummond Comes Back" [1937], "Bull Drummond Escapes" [1937], "Bulldog Drummond In Africa" [1938], "Bulldog Drummond's Peril" [1938], "Bulldog Drummond's Revenge" [1937], "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police" [1939], "Dick Tracy, Detective" [1945], "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" [1947], "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball" [1946], "Dick Tracy's Dilemma" [1947], "Dressed To Kill" [1946], "International Crime" [1938], "The Shadow: Invisible Avenger" [1958], "The Shadow Strikes" [1937], "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1943], "The Sign of Four" [1932] with Sherlock Holmes, "Terror By Night" [1946] with Sherlock Holmes, "The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes" [1935], and "The Woman In Green" [1945] with Sherlock Holmes — featuring actors John Barrymore, Ralph Byrd, Morgan Conway, Ian Fleming, John Howard, Boris Karloff, Rod La Roque, Ray Milland, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone & Arthur Wontner

	"Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack" DVD box set [2006] Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD box set [9/2006] 24 disks for $26.47 includes feature films starring characters Nancy Drew, Bulldog Drummond, Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, Topper, Dick Tracy, Mr. Wong, and five episodes from 'Studio One'; featured actors include Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone & Edward G. Robinson
	"Detecting Men: Masculinity and The Hollywood Detective Film" [2006] by Philippa Gates SUNY Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2006] for $30.95 SUNY Press 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2006] for $89.50
	"Great TV and Film Detectives: A Collection of Crime Masterpieces Featuring Your Favorite Screen Sleuths" [2005] Selected by Maxim Jakubowski The real & fictional slueths examined include Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, Miss Jane Marple, Perry Mason, Hercule Poirot, Eliot Ness, and British TV's Nick Sharman Reader's Digest 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2005] out of print/many used
	"The Adventures of Guy Noir: Radio Private Eye" [11 episodes 2005] Written & performed by Garrison Keillor Highbridge UNABR audio CD [4/2005] for $16.47 Highbridge UNABR audio [4/2005] for $24.95 Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye [8 episodes 1995] Highbridge ABR audio CD [8/2002] for $10.17 Highbridge ABR audio [8/95] out of prodn/used

	"Mystery Classics 50 Movie Pack" [2004] Mill Creek Ent. [1/2004] 12 disks for $16.47 includes feature films starring characters Nancy Drew, Bulldog Drummond, Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, The Shadow, Dick Tracy, and Topper, plus dozens of classic noir films; featured actors include Lew Ayres, John Barrymore, Richard Basehart, Charles Boyer, Brian Donlevy, Glenn Ford, John Garfield, Boris Karloff, Rod Laroque, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Burgess Meredith, Ray Milland, William Powell, Basil Rathbone, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra & Franchot Tone
	"1950s TV's Greatest Detectives" [2002] remastered b&w DVD [7/2002] 3 disks for $24.99 includes episodes from: "Martin Kane, Private Eye" (1951) with William Gargan; "Dick Tracy" (1952) with Ralph Byrd; "Dragnet" (1952) with Jack Webb; "Man Against Crime" (1952) with Ralph Bellamy; "Mr. & Mrs. North" (1952) with Richard Denning & Barbara Britton; "Mystery Theatre Presents" (1952) with Tom Conway; "I Am The Law" (1953) with George Raft; "The Lone Wolf" (1954) with Louis Hayward; "Sherlock Holmes" (1954) with Ronald Howard; "Gangbusters" (1955) with Myron Healey; "Treasury Men In Action" (1955) with Charles Bronson; and "Peter Gunn" (1959) with Craig Stevens
	"Mystery & Suspense Collection" [1997] Madacy Ent. color/b&w DVD [8/2004] out of prodn/rare Madacy Ent. color/b&w VHS [6/97] 10 tapes for $59.99 includes "A Shreik In The Night" [1933] starring Ginger Rogers; "Cast A Dark Shadow" [1957]; "D.O.A." [1950] starring Edmond O'Brien; "Les Diaboliques" [France 1955]; "Dressed To Kill" [1941] starring Lloyd Nolan; "Night Train To Munich" [1940]; "The Night Has Eyes" [1942]; "The Red House" [1947] starring Edward G. Robinson; "The Terror" [1938]; and "The Trial" [1962] written & directed by Orson Welles

	"The Great Detective Pictures" [1990] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow Press hardcover [8/90] for $70.00
	"Famous Movie Detectives" [1979] by Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow Press 8¾x5.6 hardcover [10/79] out of print/used "Famous Movie Detectives II" [1991] Scarecrow Press hardcover [4/91] for $55.00 "Famous Movie Detectives III" [2004] Scarecrow Press hardcover [12/2004] for $53.49
	"The Detective In Hollywood: The Movie Careers of The Great Fictional Private Eyes & Their Creators" [1978] by Jon Tuska Doubleday 10½x7¼ hardcover [3/78] out of print/used
	"The Detective In Film: A Pictorial History of The Screen Sleuth From 1903 To The Present" [1972] by William K. Everson [1929-96] Lyle Stuart pb [6/74] out of print/used Citadel Press 10¾x8¾ hardcover [2/73] out of print/many used

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Non-Fiction About Hard-Boiled & Noir
'A Pocketful of Brits' Page
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Film Noir Festival Pages

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