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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1990
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Book List in Order: 31 titles




  • Lights...Camera...Murder! Behind the velvet ropes and closed curtains, buried in the back lots, you'll find the darker side of the spotlight. It's where stars are created overnight, and burn out just cis quickly. Where deals are made to be broken,...



  • This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage....



  • Poetry, Mystery, Humor. THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY, by Charles Aradai brings new meaning to "poetic justice" in his latest foray into crime writing. For crippled octogenarian Perseus Algernon, his binoculars let him escape from his own home-and thrust ...



  • Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies--especially aft...



  • Each year, for the past seventeen years, Otto Penzler, owner of the legendary Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, has commissioned an original story by a leading mystery writer. The requirements were that it be a mystery/ crime/suspense story, that...



  • From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 million Hunt Foundation and ar...



  • Holland March is a private eye with a defective nose and a broken arm. Jackson Healy is the tough guy who put him in a cast. Not the two most likely men to team up to hunt for a missing girl, or look into the suspicious death of a beautiful porn star...



  • DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM AWARD WINNING WRITER AND CO-FOUNDER OF HARD CASE CRIME PUBLISHING CHARLES ARDAI. When a gun smuggled into a high-security prison leads to the death of dozens and the escape of a brutal criminal, notorious weapons smuggler Joa...






  • DEBUT SERIES FROM AWARD WINNING WRITER AND CO - FOUNDER OF HARD CASE CRIME PUBLISHING CHARLES ARDAI. When a gun smuggled into a high-security prison leads to the death of dozens and the escape of a brutal criminal, notorious weapons smuggler Joanna...



  • DEBUT SERIES FROM AWARD WINNING WRITER AND CO - FOUNDER OF HARD CASE CRIME PUBLISHING CHARLES ARDAI. When a gun smuggled into a high-security prison leads to the death of dozens and the escape of a brutal criminal, notorious weapons smuggler Joanna...



  • She’s the best at what she does. She gets her client the weapon they need, where they need it, when they need it. Joanna Tan thought she was planting a gun for a simple hit. But when it’s used in a deadly prison riot, Joanna is forced to...



  • AWARD WINNER CHARLES ARDAI, CO-FOUNDER OF HARD CASE CRIME, BRINGS HIS NOIR EXPERTISE TO THE FORE IN HIS DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT A SEXY WEAPONS SMUGGLER.Fans of pulp noir and crime writers like Ed Brubaker and Max Allan Collins will want to sink the...




  • With weapons expert Joanna Tan, the legendary Gun Honey, off the grid, recuperating from her last job, a vengeful rival takes her place - and frames Joanna for murder. On the run from Malaysia to Milan, from Montana to Monaco, can Joanna catch up to ...



  • With weapons expert Joanna Tan, the legendary Gun Honey, off the grid, recuperating from her last job, a vengeful rival takes her place - and frames Joanna for murder. On the run from Malaysia to Milan, from Montana to Monaco, can Joanna catch up to ...




  • Joanna Tan is back, sexier and deadlier than ever… She’ll get you the weapon you need, when you need it, where you need it – no matter how impossible. They call her GUN HONEY. But this time, somebody else is planting the weapons. S...







  • Award-winning writer and co-founder of Hard Case Crime, Charles Ardai, returns to the Gun Honey universe in this action-packed spin-off featuring the sultry and explosive artwork of Ace Continuado. If the heat is on, Dahlia Racers can help you disap...



  • Award-winning writer and co-founder of Hard Case Crime, Charles Ardai, returns to the Gun Honey universe in this action-packed spin-off featuring the sultry and explosive artwork of Ace Continuado. If the heat is on, Dahlia Racers can help you disap...



  • Award-winning writer and co-founder of Hard Case Crime, Charles Ardai, returns to the Gun Honey universe in this action-packed spin-off featuring the sultry and explosive artwork of Ace Continuado. If the heat is on, Dahlia Racers can help you disap...




  • Award-winning writer and co-founder of Hard Case Crime, Charles Ardai, returns to the Gun Honey universe in this action-packed spin-off featuring the sultry and explosive work of Ace Continuado! Dahlia Racers is a fiery redhead who, when someoneR...



  • CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME â€" 20 UNFORGETTABLE STORIES BY HARD CASE CRIME FOUNDER CHARLES ARDAI“A MASTER OF THE SHORT STORY.” â€" STEPHEN KINGSince debuting 20 years ago, Hard Case Crime has won acclaim for publishing the best in ha...



  • Fans of crime noir and pulp fiction will love the sensational spin-off of the acclaimed Gun Honey comics featuring a brand new fiery heroine, Dahlia Racers.This graphic novel is written by award-winning co-founder of Hard Case Crime Charles Ardai tea...




  • Joanna Tan returns for a new heart-racing series! After nearly a year in hiding from government agents looking to kill her, Gun Honey – Joanna Tan – launches a plan to turn the tables that will take her from the jungles of Borneo to the ...



  • Award-winning writer Charles Ardai, co-founder of Hard Case Crime, and rising-star artist Ang Hor Kheng present the highly anticipated third volume of the best-selling comic franchise. After nearly a year in hiding from government agents looking to ...







  • Fiery heroine Dahlia Racers returns in the highly demanded sequel to the acclaimed Gun Honey comics spin-off that fans of crime noir and pulp fiction will love. The incredible creative team of the first graphic novel returns, written by award-winning...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Charles Ardai has published 31 books.

The next book by Charles Ardai, Heat Seeker: Combustion A Gun Honey Series, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Charles Ardai, Why I Left Harry's All Night Hamburgers, was published in May 1990.

No. Charles Ardai does not write books in series.