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Originally Posted by smithno
Also look at the Philo Vance novels by S. S. Van Dine. They are available on Feedbooks...
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those are excellent as well. but i wouldn't really call them noir or sleazy ; they're a lot more "refined" (for lack of a better word) and generally centered in a more upper-class world with frequently upper-class victims and villains. they are great though.