Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage

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Featuring eerie green covers and gritty antiheroes...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/PNGCRM/penguin-modern-classics--crime-and-espionage

Last updated 2025-06-13

Challenge Books

In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb

The Night of the Hunter

Davis Grubb

Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte

Sleeping Dog

Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist #1

Dick Lochte

Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler

Journey Into Fear

Eric Ambler

The Deadly Percheron by John Franklin Bardin

The Deadly Percheron

John Franklin Bardin

Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo

Beast in the Shadows

Edogawa Rampo

The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler

The Mask of Dimitrios

Charles Latimer #1

Eric Ambler

Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price

Other Paths to Glory

Dr David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler #5

Anthony Price

The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely

Philip Marlowe #01-02, 06

Raymond Chandler

Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Harlem Cycle #7

Chester Himes

Payment Deferred by C.S. Forester

Payment Deferred

C.S. Forester

SS-GB by Len Deighton, Alf Risö

SS-GB

Len Deighton, Alf Risö