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Hall, Malinda M.
Social graces. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001. [Summary]
Hall, Mary Bowen.
Emma Chizzit and the Napa nemesis. New York: Walker, 1992.
Hall, O. M. [Oakley Hall]
Murder city. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. [Summary]
Hall, Oakley. [see also Hall, O. M.; Manor, Jason]
Ambrose Bierce and the queen of spades. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. [Summary]
Ambrose Bierce and the death of kings. New York: Viking, 2001. [Summary]
Ambrose Bierce and the one-eyed jacks. New York: Viking, 2003.
Ambrose Bierce and the trey of pearls. New York: Viking, 2004. [Summary]
Ambrose Bierce and the ace of shoots. New York: Viking, 2005.
Hamilton, Clare.
Twilight forest. New York: Pyramid Books, 1973.
Seadrift House. New York: Tower Books, 1981.
Hamilton, William J.
The Red Brotherhood, or, The twelve avengers. New York: Beadle and Adams, July 28, 1874. [Summary]
Hammett, Dashiell.
The Dain curse. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. [Summary]
The Maltese falcon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. [Summary]
$106,000 blood money. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1943. (Bestseller Mystery no. B40) [Summary]
The adventures of Sam Spade and other stories. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1944. (Bestseller Mystery no. B50) [Summary]
The Continental op. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1945. (Bestseller Mystery no. B62) [Summary]
The return of the Continental op. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1945. (A Jonathan Press Mystery no. J17) [Summary]
Hammett homicides. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1946. (Bestseller Mystery no. B81) [Summary]
Dead yellow women. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1947. (A Jonathan Press Mystery no. J29) [Summary]
Nightmare town. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1948. (A Mercury Book no. 120) [Summary]
The creeping Siamese. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1950. (A Jonathan Press Mystery no. J48) [Summary]
Woman in the dark. New York: L.E. Spivak, 1951. (A Jonathan Press Mystery no. 59) [Summary]
A man named Thin and other stories. New York: Joseph W. Ferman, Publisher, 1962. (Mercury Mystery no. 233) [Summary]
The big knockover: selected stories and short novels. New York: Random House, 1966. [Summary]
The Continental op. New York: Random House, 1974. [Summary]
Nightmare town. New York: Random House, 1999. [Summary]
Hammond, Mary Ann.
Land of gold. New York: Pocket Books, 1984.
Handler, Daniel.
The basic eight. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 1999. [Summary]
Hankins, Arthur P.
Judy the torch: a detective story. New York: Chelsea House, 1928.
Hansen, Pearce.
Street raised. Holicong, Pa.: Point Blank Press, 2006.
Hardin, Robert.
Amateur hour: a novel of suspense. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977.
Haring, Don.
San Francisco shakedown. Sydney, Australia: Cleveland, [1960’s?]
Harper, Olive. [Helen Burrell Gibson D’Apery]
The opium smugglers of ‘Frisco, or, The crimes of a beautiful opium fiend. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1908.
Harrington, Kent.
The tattooed muse. Tucson, Ariz.: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2001.
Harrison, Stuart.
Better than this. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
Harriss, Will.
Noble rot. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
Hart, Carolyn G.
Skulduggery. London: Hale, 1984 ; Unity, Me.: Five Star, 2000.
Hartford, Bruce.
The Gandhi ring. San Francisco: Westwind Writers, Inc., 2006. [Summary]
Hartman, Claire.
Shirlee Holmes, 221 Baker Street, San Francisco. Mission Viejo, Calif.: C. Hartman, 2001.
Hartman, Dane.
Duel for cannons. New York: Warner Books, 1981. (Dirty Harry #1)
Death on the docks. New York: Warner Books, 1981. (Dirty Harry #2)
The long death. New York: Warner Books, 1981. (Dirty Harry #3)
The Mexico kill. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #4) [Summary]
Family skeletons. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #5)
City of blood. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #6)
Massacre at Russian River. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #7)
Hatchet men. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #8)
The killing connection. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #9)
Blood of the strangers. New York: Warner Books, 1982. (Dirty Harry #10)
Death in the air. New York: Warner Books, 1983. (Dirty Harry #12)
Dealer of death. New York: Warner Books, 1983. (Dirty Harry #13)
Harwood, Seth.
Jack wakes up. Berkeley, Calif.: SethHarwood.com, 2007; Barrington, N.H.: Breakneck Books, 2008. [Summary / Podcast]
This is life. Berkeley, Calif.: SethHarwood.com, 2007. [Summary/Podcast]
Jack Palms 3. Berkeley, Calif.: SethHarwood.com, 2008. [Podcast]
Head, Matthew.
The smell of money. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943.
Hecht, Daniel.
Bones of the Barbary Coast. New York: Bloomsbury, 2006. [Summary]
Held, Peter.
Take my face. New York: Mystery House, 1957.
Hellerstein, Harry.
Wired. New York: St. Martin’s, 1982.
Helmore, Thomas.
Affair at Quala. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964.
Henning, D.L.
The dead clue. Salt Lake City, Utah: NPI, 1994.
Herlihy, Jim.
Deceipt and dirty money. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation, 2000.
Hickey, James L. [see Bianchi, Eugene C.]
Higgins, Charlotte.
Blue Monday. San Rafael, Calif.: Sky Ladder Press, 1996.
Hill, Owen.
The Chandler apartments. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2002. [Summary]
Hillsbery, Kief.
War boy. New York: William Morrow and Company, 2000.
Hoblitt, Louise.
Two dead, one to die. New York: Writer’s Showcase, 2003. [Summary]
Hockensmith, Steve.
The black dove: a Holmes on the Range mystery. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2008. [Summary]
Hoffman, Blair.
Murder for the prosecution. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1993.
Holland, Cecilia.
Lily Nevada. New York: Forge, 1999.
Holmes, Howard.
Cool Conrad, the Dakota detective, or, From lair to lair: a tale of Frisco and the gold camps. New York: Beadle and Adams, April 28, 1885.
Sunshine Sam, chip off the old block, or, The silent trail of no-gold land. New York: Beadle and Adams, February 22, 1888.
Holmes, Rupert.
Swing. New York: Random House, 2005.
Holtzer, Susan.
The wedding game. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
Better than sex. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur Press, 2001. [Summary]
Holzer, Hans.
The Red Chindvit conspiracy. New York: Award Books ; London: Tandem Books, 1970.
Homes, Geoffrey.
Then there were three. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1938.
Hooper, Kay.
Once a thief. New York: Bantam Books, 2002.
Always a thief. New York: Bantam Books, 2003.
Horne, Vivian.
When the snowman melts. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation, 1999.
Hornsby, Wendy.
A hard light. New York: Dutton, 1997.
Horton, Phyllis H.
Golden door. Danbury, Conn.: Rutledge Books, 1998.
House, Brant.
Curse of the Mandarin’s fan. San Diego, Calif.: Corinth, 1966.
Houser, Lionel.
Lake of fire. New York: Claude Kendall, Publisher, 1933. [Summary]
Hudson, Lillian.
Governor Thurmond’s bird-house. San Francisco: John J. Newbegin, 1915. [Summary]
Huffman, Laurie.
The house behind the mint. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1969.
Hughston, Josephine. [see Lyon, Mabel Dana]
Hunt, David.
The magician’s tale. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1997. [Summary]
Trick of light. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1998. [Summary]
Hurd, Florence.
The house on Russian Hill. New York: New American Library, 1977.
Hurlbut, Edward H.
Lanagan, amateur detective. New York: Sturgis & Walton Company, 1913. [Summary]
Hurst, Jim.
Fatal image. Berkeley, Calif.: Creative Arts Book Company, 1998.