The Hardboiled Apple: The Casefile on Suspense Writing in and About New York City

The Hardboiled Apple: A Guide To Pulp And Suspense Fiction In New York City

Uncover clues to the story of New York City crime fiction from dime novels to pulp magazines to drugstore paperbacks and current best-sellers. This large-format map pinpoints places authors lived and worked, and the scenes of the crime, from the dark beginnings of the genre to the gritty present:

David Goodis' poisoned streets and alleys
Richard Price's combat zone Lower East Side
The outer borough noir of William Boyle
Patricia Highsmith's shirtmaker of choice
The 19th-century city of Caleb Carr

The Hardboiled Apple has 55 locations to investigate. Make sure you're not being tailed.

In addition to the map, The Hardboiled Apple comes in its own die-cut folder with a handy notepad that's ideal for sleuthing.

Jon Hammer and Karen McBurnie distill and decant the best of New York City. Their books include Hark! The Radio Bartender Brings and Code Name: Cocktail. They are also co-creators of NYC and Washington DC gadabout city maps published by Herb Lester.

Fiction, reality and the otherworldly co-exist in Herb Lester’s universe. Since 2010, our illustrated maps have documented the distinctive in the world’s great cities as well as charting locations associated with literature, rock’n’roll, the occult and wider pop culture. Increasingly untethered to the real world, our range of notepads from fictional hotels make ideal souvenirs from places no one can visit.