I just finished reading "The Song Is You" by Megan Abbott.
Tough, nasty, cruel; proper hardboiled crime fiction. Very, very well written. Not much redemption to be found (especially in the protagonist...). I feel dirtier for having read it.
This is the second book by Abbott that I've read. The first was "Queenpin", which is just as good, if not better.
Will definitely be picking up more of her work.