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James Hadley Chase is the first author which pops up in the mind suitable to your choice. Which Issybird has already recommended. I too started reading Chase novels during last months. They are outstanding hard boiled thrillers.
Another name which I can recommend is Earl Stanley Gardner. His Perry Mason series is undoubtedly superb, involving courtroom drama. But his another series written under the pseudonym - A.A. Fair, published during '40s to '60s depicting private invetigators Bertha Cool & Donald Lam, seems perfect to your taste. You may give it a try if not alread read.
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