- BBC: Hard Boiled Slang
 - An introduction to hard-boiled mystery slang terms for criminals, policemen, detectives, weapons, women, and liquor. From the BBC. - Black Mask Magazine
- Online version of the pulp and hard-boiled mystery magazine that introduced the world to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Includes reprints of hard-boiled classics, as well as new essays and nonfiction.
- Hard Boiled Maryland: Hammett, Cain, Gresham, Pelecanos
- Online exhibit of four hard-boiled mystery authors -- Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, William Lindsay Gresham, and George P. Pelecanos -- each with a personal connection to Maryland. From the University of Maryland.
- Hard Boiled Slang Dictionary
- Dictionary of hard-boiled slang terms found in 1930s and 1940s mysteries, for those of us who need to know how to tell a flop house from a clip joint.
- Hard Case Crime
- Publisher dedicated to reviving the golden age of paperback crime novels by bringing classic pulp back into print, as well as featuring new works by today's writers and artists.
- Hardboiled Heaven
- For the hardcore fan of hardboiled crime, mystery, and detective fiction. Includes galleries of cover art and checklists of the most important hardboiled titles.
- MysteryNet: Hard-Boiled Mysteries
- Article about hard-boiled mysteries and Black Mask Magazine, one of the most influential pulp mystery magazines of the 1920s.
- The Hard-Boiled Way
- Essay analyzing the hard-boiled attitude of 1940s mystery detectives, and how it lives on in mysteries today.
- Thrilling Detective Web Site
- Dedicated to hardboiled private eyes and other tough guys and gals from pulp and noir literature, film, television, and radio drama.
- Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
- Dictionary of 1940s slang spoken as by hardboiled detectives Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, and Mike Hammer, letting you too talk like a noir hero.
- Wikipedia: Hardboiled
- Short article about hard-boiled fiction, the mystery fiction style pioneered by Dashiell Hammett and characterized by gritty portrayals of crime, violence, and sex.
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