All of Fredric Brown's books are entertaining.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...=fredric+brown
Richard Prather's Shell Scott mysteries are fun.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...r+kindle+books
Any book by Wade Miller is good.
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/tr...de_miller.html
Fast One by Paul Cain, circa 1932, is a fast moving noir set during the depression.
https://www.amazon.com/Fast-One-Paul.../dp/B00B132H2O