Max Allan Collins ’ Nolan series is his pastiche of Richard Stark’s Parker series. The third novel in the chronology was Fly Paper writt...

The 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel went to our friends over at Hard Case Crime for an original work called Five Decembers . The author is ...

Gil Brewer is a fixture of mid-20th century crime-fiction, and on this episode, Eric and Tom discuss his life and career. Tom tells listene...

Richard Pitts Powell (1908-1999) was a Princeton man, an ad man, and a newspaper man who worked on Douglas MacArthur’s staff during World Wa...

Max Allan Collins’ Quarry series about a paid assassin is probably the best series (still) going today. The books blend action, mystery, s...

Charles Ardai is the founder and publisher of the Hard Case Crime paperback imprint. Using the pseudonym Richard Aleas, he wrote two origin...

Before he became one of the bestselling authors on Earth, Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was a medical student writing short paperback thrille...

The Nolan series by Max Allan Collins lasted for nine installments stretching between 1973 and 2021 with some sizable gaps in there. The b...

On Episode 80 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, we review the new Stephen King book LATER from Hard Case Crime . Also: Two series titles ca...

Since 2004, Hard Case Crime has been the nation’s most successful publisher of new and reprint crime fiction. In 2005, the upstart paperbac...

Donald Hamilton hit the jackpot in 1960 with his Matt Helm series of spy-adventure novels. Before that, he churned out a respectable libra...

Charles Williams (1909-1975) is one of the highest-regarded (and most under-appreciated) writers of American paperback crime fiction. As su...

Robert Terrall (1914-2009) served in WWII and later wrote for Time and the Saturday Evening Post . After becoming a full-time writer, Terra...

Hard Case Crime began publishing original novels and reprints in September 2004. After releasing titles by literary kings including Lawrenc...

On Episode 60 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, we discuss the legacy of the Hard Case Crime paperback imprint with loads of reviews of the ...

Ten-time Edgar Award winner Lawrence Block rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s with his Evan Tanner and Matthew Scudder novels. I...

With over 30 novels in a career that spanned 1951-1970, WW2 veteran Gil Brewer is considered a cornerstone of crime-fiction. His mid-era n...

Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) is mostly known for his work as a  science-fiction author and essayist. While going through U.S. Army basic trai...

Before he became a successful author of horror fiction, John Farris wrote crime and mystery paperback novels, including a 1958 release tit...

Our feature this episode is Ed McBain’s popular 87th Precinct series coupled with Eric’s review of the first installment “Cop Hater.” Additi...