Crime in a rainy city.

Kevin Sampsell, incomparable writer/booklover, has edited a crime fiction anthology for Akashic Books: Portland Noir.  Kevin, admittedly a noir noob, talks about the process over at the Powell’s blog. I’ll go ahead and reposition Kevin’s question for the HTML Giant audience:  Which books in the crime/noir/mystery genre should he/I/we be reading?  I recommend Dashiell Hammett.