01336cam a2200325 4500 361401152 TxAuBib 19971112120000.0 971112s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97002485 9781883011468 alk. paper 1883011469 alk. paper TxAuBib Crime novels : American noir of the thirties and forties. New York : Library of America, 1997. 990 p. ; 20 cm. library of America, The ; ; 94 The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain -- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy -- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson -- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing -- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham -- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich. 19971112. Detective and mystery stories, American. American fiction 20th century. Crime Fiction. Cain, James M, 1892-1977, (James Mallahan.) McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955. Anderson, Edward, 1905-1969. Fearing, Kenneth, 1902-1961. Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962. Woolrich, Cornell. The library of America ; ; 94.