Twenty-Five Best
Private Eye Novels of All-Time
As chosen by Jon L. Breen in .The Fine Art of Murder
(Alphabetically)

• The Big Kiss Off of 1944-Andrew Bergman
• When the Sacred Ginmill Closes-Lawrence Block
• The Taste of Ashes-Howard Browne
• In La-La Land We Trust-Robert Campbell
• Farewell, My Lovely-Raymond Chandler
• Stolen Away-Max Allan Collin
• Minnesota Strip-Michael Collins
• The Mean Streets-Thomas B. Dewey
• The Glass Highway-Loren D. Estleman
• The Bigger They Come-A.A. Fair
• The Convertible hearse-William Campbell Gault
• Interface-Joe Gores
• "I" Is For Innocent-Sue Grafton
• The Maltese Falcon-Dashiel Hazmmett
• Death Claims-Joseph Hansen
• The Angels' Share-Robert Irvine
• Room To Swing-Ed lacy
• The Lady in the Morgue-Jonathan Latimer
• Black Money-Ross Macdonald
• The Old Dick-L.A. Morse
• White Butterfly-Walter Mosley
• There's Something in a Sunday-Marcia muller
• God Save the Child-Robert B. Parker
• Shackles-Bill Pronzini
• An Easy Thing-Paco Ignacio Taibo II