Hardboiled Crime Fiction Genre – What’s the best definition for the hardboiled crime genre? The hardboiled genre is a sub-genre of the crime genre. The stories in the hardboiled crime genre are closer to a detective – they emphasize emotions of apprehension, horror, terror, or awe that the detective feels as they investigate a crime. They involves more emotion rather than cynicism, often portray through self-talk of the detective.
There are three other common plots in crime fiction: whodunit, murder mystery, and gangster.
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Hardboiled Crime Fiction Genre – Examples
Review this list of popular examples to help you get a better understanding of the hardboiled crime fiction genre.
1. 361 by Donald E. Westlake
2. Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
3. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
4. Killshot by Elmore Leonard
5. Drive by James Sallis
6. A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson
7. After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson
8. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
9. Die a Little by Megan Abbott
10. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
11. Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
12. Death Wish by Brian Garfield
13. Honey in his Mouth by Lester Dent
14. Cropper’s Cabin by Jim Thompson
15. Everybody Pays: Stories by Andrew Vachss
16. The Mercenaries by Donald E. Westlake
17. Mermaid by Margaret Millar
18. L’orologiaio di Everton by Georges Simenon
19. The Blue Room by Georges Simenon
20. Stop This Man! by Peter Rabe
21. Sleeping Dogs by Thomas Perry
22. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
23. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
24. Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes
25. A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
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