Hardcase (novel)
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Hardcase is a 2001 novel by American writer Dan Simmons
. It is the first of three hardboiled
detective novels featuring the character of Joe Kurtz.
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction series, known as the Hyperion Cantos, and for his Locus-winning Ilium/Olympos cycle....
. It is the first of three hardboiled
Hardboiled
Hardboiled crime fiction is a literary style, most commonly associated with detective stories, distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex. The style was pioneered by Carroll John Daly in the mid-1920s, popularized by Dashiell Hammett over the course of the decade, and refined...
detective novels featuring the character of Joe Kurtz.