Bringing together some of the best works of the hard-boiled school of writing, this volume includes Cain`s THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, McCoy`s THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON`T THEY?, Anderson`s THIEVES LIKE US, Fearing`s THE BIG CLOCK, Gresham`s NIGHMARE ALLEY, and Woolrich`s I MARRIED A DEAD MAN. The first in a two-volume set.