Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. The Scarlet Letters
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£13.25
Black Curtain Press Twelve Chinamen and a Woman
£14.76
Black Curtain Press Big Red's Daughter
£13.79
Black Curtain Press No Orchids for Miss Blandish
£14.76
Black Curtain Press Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief
£14.76
Black Curtain Press The Double Take
£16.70
Arcade Publishing Mala Vida: A Novel
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£17.09
Restless Books Red Dust
Book SynopsisFrom beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals. On the intergalactic trading station William S. Burroughs, profit is king and aliens are the kingmakers. Earthlings have bowed to their superior power and weaponry, though the alienspraying-mantis-like Grodos with pheromonal speech and gargantuan Collosaurs with a limited sense of humorkindly allow them to do business through properly controlled channels.That's where our hero comes in, name of Raymond. As part of the android police force, this positronic robot detective navigates both worlds, human and alien, keeping order and evaporating wrongdoers. But nothing in his centuries of experience prepares him for Makrow 34, a fugitive Cetian perp with psi powers. Meaning he can alter the shape of the Gaussian bell curve of statistical probabilitymaking it rain indoors, say, or causing a would-be captor to shoot himself in the face. Raymond will need all his trainingand all his careful study of Chandler's hardbitten copsto outmaneuver his quarry.As he did in his brilliantly funny and sharp science-fiction satires A Planet for Rent, Super Extra Grande, and Condomnauts, Yoss makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar in Red Dust, giving us an unforgettable half-human hero and a richly imagined universe where the bad guys are above the laws of physics.
£12.34
Zando Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery
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Soho Press Inc The Long-Legged Fly
Book SynopsisAs much a classic detective story as it is a literary masterpiece, The Long-Legged Fly introduces us to Lew Griffin: tough, smart, and living in a corner of society where life is fought for as much as it is lived.In steamy New Orleans, black private detective Lew Griffin has taken on a seemingly hopeless missing-person case. The trail takes him through the underbelly of the French Quarter with its bar girls, pimps, and tourist attractions. As his search leads to one violent dead end and then another, Griffin is confronted by the realization that his own life has come to resemble those of the people he is attempting to find.
£14.41
Soho Press Inc Moth
Book SynopsisLew Griffin, now fifty years old, has abandoned his former career as a New Orleans private investigator for the safety of teaching. But his old life draws him back. One of the very few lights from Lew Griffin’s dark and violent past has flickered out. His one-time lover, LaVerne Adams, is dead—and her daughter, Alouette, has vanished into a seamy, dead-end world of users and abusers, leaving behind a critically fragile premature infant daughter. Griffin is determined to keep his distance from the dangers of the New Orleans night. But his inescapable obligation to an old friend keeps bringing him back like a moth to a flame.
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Soho Press Inc Black Hornet
Book SynopsisWith this flashback novel to Lew Griffin’s past, James Sallis takes readers to 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city of Black Panthers and other separatists. A sniper has fatally shot five people. When the sixth victim is killed, Lew Griffin is standing beside her. Though they are virtual strangers, it is left to Griffin to avenge her death, or at least to try and make some sense of it. His unlikely allies include a crusading journalist, a longtime supplier of mercenary arms and troops, and a bail bondsman.
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Soho Press Inc Eye of the Cricket
Book SynopsisFinding people is what former private investigator Lew Griffin excels at. The terrible irony is that the exception is his own missing son. Dreams, memories, and reality run together to form his own darkest night. Lew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans—a teacher, a writer, and an ex-detective. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son—and himself in the process. Now a derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and toting a copy of one of Lew’s novels. Learning the truth is a quest that will take Griffin into his own past as he tries to deal with the present: a search for three missing young men.
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Soho Press Inc Bluebottle
Book SynopsisWeaving Griffin's search for identity-one of the recurring themes in this magnificent series of novels-with a sensuous portrait of the people and places the define New Orleans, James Sallis continues not only to unravel Griffin's past but to map his future . . . and our own.As Lew Griffin leaves a New Orleans music club with an older white woman he has just met, someone fires a shot and Lew goes down. When he comes to, he discovers that most of a year has gone by since that night. Who was the woman? Which of them was the target? Who was the shooter? Somewhere in the Crescent City—and in the white supremacist movement crawling through it—there's an answer. But to get to it, he is going to have to work with the only people offering help, people he knows he should avoid.
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Soho Press Inc Ghost of a Flea
Book SynopsisThe mystery of private investigator Lew Griffin is revealed in the conclusion of this critically acclaimed, groundbreaking series. In his old house in uptown New Orleans, Lew Griffin stands alone in a dark room, looking out. Behind him on the bed is a body. Instead of speaking, he reflects on his life—his failing relationship, his missing son, the fact that he hasn’t written in years—and how the two of them ended up there. In a novel as much about identity as about crime, the answers to Lew’s personal mysteries begin to become clear in the series’ brilliantly constructed climax.
£14.41
Soho Press Inc The Traveller and Other Stories
Book SynopsisA darkly glittering collection of Northern Irish noir by Stuart Neville, Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning author Since his debut novel, the modern classic The Ghosts of Belfast, was published a decade ago, Stuart Neville has written nine other critically acclaimed novels and achieved international recognition as one of crime fiction’s great living writers.Now for the first time Neville offers readers a collection of his short fiction—twelve chilling stories that traverse and blend the genres of noir, horror, and speculative fiction, and which bring the history and lore of Neville’s native Northern Ireland to life. The Traveller concludes with the long-awaited eponymous novella, the companion piece to The Ghosts of Belfast and Collusion. Complete with a foreword from Irish crime fiction legend John Connolly, this volume is the perfect indulgence for fans of ghost stories and noir, and is a must-have for devotees of Neville’s prizewinning Belfast novels.
£14.41
Soho Press Inc The Thief (Deluxe Edition)
Book SynopsisA literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable, and is now reissued in a brand new deluxe edition with an introduction by Duane Swierczynski, an afterword by the author, and discussion questions.The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn''t even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections . . . But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers him a job he can''t refuse. It''s an easy job: tie up an old rich man, steal the contents of the safe. No one gets hurt. Only the day after the job does he learn that the old man was a prominent politician, and that he was brutally killed after the robbery. And now the Thief is caught in a tangle even he might not be able to escape.
£14.41
Soho Press My Annihilation
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Soho Press Inc After the Lights Go Out
Book SynopsisA harrowing and spellbinding story about family, the complications of mixed-race relationships, misplaced loyalties, and the price athletes pay to entertain—from the critically acclaimed author of Three-Fifths Xavier “Scarecrow” Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to stay in shape by training at the Philadelphia gym owned by his cousin-cum-manager, Shot, a retired champion boxer to whom Xavier owes an unpayable debt.Xavier makes ends meet while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension by teaching youth classes at Shot’s gym and by living rent-free in the house of his white father, whom Xavier was forced to commit to a nursing home. The progress of Sam Wallace’s end-stage Alzheimer’s has revealed his latent racism, and Xavier finally gains insight into why his Black mother left the family years ago. Then Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute high-profile comeback fight. If he can get himself back in the game, he’ll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. With his memory in shreds and his life crumbling around him, can Xavier hold on to the focus he needs to survive? John Vercher, author of the Edgar and Anthony Award–nominated Three-Fifths, offers a gripping, psychologically astute, and explosive tour de force about race, entertainment, and healthcare in America, and about one man’s battle against himself.
£14.40
Pegasus Crime A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself
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£20.76
Pegasus Crime Dry County
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£20.76
Pegasus Books Gravesend: A Novel
Book SynopsisSome worship him and some want him dead, but either way, tensions run high when “Ray Boy” Calabrese is released from prison. It’s been sixteen years since Ray Boy’s actions led to the death of a young man. The victim's brother, Conway D'Innocenzio, is a 29-year-old Brooklynite wasting away at a local Rite Aid, stuck in the past and drawn into a darker side of himself when he hears of Ray Boy’s freedom. But even with the perfect plan in place, Conway can’t bring himself to take the ultimate revenge on Ray Boy, which sends him into a spiral of self-loathing and soul-searching. Meanwhile, Alessandra, a failed actress, returns to her native Gravesend after the death of her cancer-stricken mother, torn between the desperate need to escape back to Los Angeles as quickly as possible and the ease with which she could sink back into neighborhood life. Alessandra and Conway are walking eerily similar paths—staring down the rest of their lives, caring for their aging fathers, lost in the youths they squandered—and each must decide what comes next. In the tradition of American noir authors like Dennis Lehane and James Ellroy, William Boyle’s Gravesend brings the titular neighborhood to life in this story of revenge, desperation, and escape.Trade Review“Boyle chews the local dialect like a Nathan’s hot dog, biting into the juices of pure Brooklynese and savoring the mustardy aftertaste.” -- Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review“An adrenaline-charged debut in the Elmore Leonard vein: blue-collar Brooklyn setting, idiomatic dialogue, no detective figure. Bristling with energy, Gravesend marks Boyle out as a new name to watch.” -- The Guardian (UK)“A moving debut. The characters are swept into a downward spiral of desperation as they grapple with the weight of the past and the pull that the neighborhood has on them. Fans of classic noir will find a lot to like.” -- Publishers Weekly“A simply riveting and deftly crafted novel of revenge, desperation, and escape, Gravesend showcases author William Boyle's genuine flair as a novelist for character and narrative driven storytelling.” -- Midwest Book Review“This a powerful novel, with realistic, complex characters. In fact, I would say (if this isn’t self-contradictory) they are ‘complex’ in their ‘simplicity.’ If that is a puzzling statement, I should mention that Boyle (in an interview that appends the novel) expresses admiration for Flannery O’Connor, and I would describe many of her characters the same way.” -- Popular Culture Association“A bruiser and a heartbreaker of a debut. With echoes of Lehane and Pelecanos but with a rhythm and poignancy all its own, it’s a gripping tale of family, revenge, the strains of the past and the losses that never leave us.” -- Megan Abbott, author of 'You Will Know Me' and 'The Fever'“Gravesend is a taut exploration of the ways we hurt and save (or try to save) one another. With unforgettable characters, a fist for a plot and a deeply evocative setting, Boyle navigates alleys and streets with the best of them, Lehane, Price, and Pelecanos.” -- Tom Franklin, author of 'Poachers' and 'Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter'“Gravesend kicks ass! An irresistible combo of an insider’s tour of Brooklyn and true and authentic 21st Century Noir. Boyle is one to watch.” -- Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Fallen' and 'Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies'“Gravesend is a book that hits you in the guts the same way David Goodis or Charles Willeford's books do. Boyle's mining that dark edge of America where no one is safe, not even from themselves. A dark ride but a seriously great ride.” -- Willy Vlautin, author of 'The Motel Life' and 'The Free'“William Boyle has written a terrific novel for the new millennium of Noir. A beautiful actress returns to her Brooklyn neighborhood where she finds the dark world she left has gotten worse. Peopled by ex-cons and ex-cops, teenage gangsters and Russian mobsters, Gravesend creates a claustrophobic intimacy as it moves swiftly to its shocking end. I finished the book grateful for release from its relentless grip, and admiring the guts it took to write such a brutal story.” -- Chris Offutt, author of 'Kentucky Straight' and 'Out of the Woods'
£12.34
Pegasus Crime City of Margins
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£14.41
Pegasus Crime Shoot the Moonlight Out
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£20.76
Humanoids, Inc First Degree: A Crime Anthology
Book SynopsisDavid F. Walker and David Aja are joined by an array of international talent for an anthology that puts the spotlight on crime noir!In this anthology, a collective of almost thirty authors from all over the globe propose a collection of short crime noir stories that celebrates the genre as well as boldly leading it into the future.
£19.54
Down & Out Books The Righteous Path
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£11.25
Start Publishing LLC The Big Man's Daughter
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£13.56
Adventure Publications, Incorporated Killing Monarchs
Book SynopsisTwo dead bodies and too many coincidences to ignore—in this outdoors mystery, special agent Sam Rivers must stop a murderous conspiracy. As a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Sam Rivers has researched and studied a variety of animals. He’s visiting sixth graders at Hopkins Elementary to share photographs of the Monarch butterfly—and he’s brought along his drug-sniffing wolfdog, Gray, to give students a demonstration of his partner’s remarkable skills. Gray finds a sample drug packet, hidden by Sam, but that’s not all. The wolfdog keeps following his nose, leading Sam to a utility room where they discover the school’s janitor, dead. Local police write it off as a drug overdose, but Sam is no stranger to crime scenes. He suspects foul play. When Sam and Gray come upon a second victim, the coincidences are too great to ignore. Sam starts turning over rocks—and what slithers out is more insidious than anyone could have foretold. Sam’s instincts tell him there’ll be more deaths, but those instincts put him at odds with conventional law enforcement. Armed with his knowledge of the natural world and his wolfdog companion, Sam must uncover answers to questions that few others believe exist. The Denver Post calls Sam Rivers the “predator’s predator.” In Killing Monarchs, natural history writer Cary J. Griffith brings back Sam for his third mystery—a thrilling novel filled with action and suspense.Trade Review“Griffith’s third Sam Rivers mystery, Killing Monarchs, moves with the speed of a bullet train. A gripping tale of greed and vengeance... not to be missed.” —Jeffrey B. Burton, award-winning author of The Finders, The Keepers, and The Lost “Killing Monarchs is an exciting, thrilling, and suspenseful page-turner! [It] hooked me from the first page, and I couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend this series!” —Kathleen Donnelly, author of the award-winning National Forest K-9 series “Cary Griffith is that rare crime writer who’s not afraid to be funny and wise even as he keeps us on the edge of our seats. What’s more, he’s a gifted chronicler of the natural world. These qualities are all abounding in Killing Monarchs, Griffith’s best yet. It’s time to put his intrepid investigator, Sam Rivers, on every suspense writer’s radar, and the author himself in the same echelon as the finest crime writers working today.” —Peter Geye, author of The Ski Jumpers “Cary Griffith has laid out another fabulous tale, based on solid knowledge of the natural world, with a provocative sense of the deviousness of humankind.” —Mary Logue, author of The Streel and The Big Sugar “A gripping thriller highlighting the ironclad bond between man and his best friend, Killing Monarchs had me turning pages all night long.” —Brian Malloy, author of The Year of Ice and After Francesco “A chilling thriller you won’t want to put down. Sam Rivers and his wolfdog partner, Gray, make a terrific crime-fighting duo!” —Margaret Mizushima, author of the award-winning Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries “Sam Rivers is one part teacher and two parts crime solver. Killing Monarchs floats like a butterfly and stings like a scorpion. Prepare to be schooled.” —Mark Stevens, author of The Fireballer and The Allison Coil Mystery Series “Killing Monarchs, the third Sam Rivers mystery, is a rollicking and hugely satisfying ride.” —C. Matthew Smith, author of Twentymile
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University of Nevada Press Drowning in the Desert: A Nevada Noir Novel
Book SynopsisNorman "Fats" Rangle, an ex-deputy sheriff, operates a horse stabling and excursion business with his brother and sister-in-law on their family ranch in the small rural community of Blue Lake, a few hours outside of Las Vegas. But fate has other plans for him when, high on a southern Nevada mountain range, Fats discovers the wreckage of a plane that crashed two years earlier. Although he reports his find to the sheriff, he does not disclose that someone had already been to the crash site—evidence that Fats deliberately destroyed.Soon, Fats is tracking back and forth between Las Vegas and Blue Lake in a search for a missing cousin, a briefcase full of cash, and finally, for a killer. Along the way, Fats also begins to understand that he's searching for himself and his place in a rapidly changing West.Angry and alienated, Fats distrusts everyone he meets, from sleaze-merchants and political power brokers to two women: one he wants to believe in, a retired judge; and one, a police sergeant, he can't quite believe isn't deceiving him. After all, in this Nevada, corruption is a given. Everybody lies. Much is uncertain—motives, loyalties, affections. But in Drowning in the Desert, one thing is certain: water is a precious resource that can both kill and be killed for.Trade ReviewDrowning in the Desert follows the twisted intrigues of a crime investigation while exposing both the ambiguity and darker side of human behavior. The book's central theme of corporate and political corruption to obtain water rights is reminiscent of the neo-noir film China Town." - H. Lee Barnes, author of The Gambler's Apprentice
£17.21
Severn River Publishing Greatest Enemy: A David Rivers Thriller
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£17.09
Severn River Publishing The Suicide Cartel: A David Rivers Thriller
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£17.09
American University in Cairo Press The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody: A Novel
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATUREA BEST NEW BOOK OF 2023 (THE NEW ARAB)A “spare, well-crafted and compelling” (Samah Selim) novel in which a man in Algiers disappears without trace and the detective in search of him finds more than he expectedIn Rouiba, a nondescript suburb of Algiers, an unnamed man with a troubled past escapes his everyday life to find himself caring for an old man with dementia. When the man dies, the carer disappears into thin air. A police detective is assigned to investigate the circumstances of the old man’s demise and to track down the caretaker, only to find that the unnamed man cannot be identified—that there is no trace of Mr. Nobody. The officer’s search leads him to those whose paths once crossed Mr. Nobody’s. In each of them he finds a reflection of the man he is looking for.A raw, lyrical portrait of life on the margins in contemporary Algiers, this haunting noir captures an underworld of police informers, shady imams, bootleg beer traders, and grave robbers, and reverberates with echoes of Algeria’s violent past.Trade Review"Innovative, exciting, and brilliant. . . . The Disappearance of Mr Nobody’s fable-like quality, its clever deployment of literary devices and raw authenticity makes it a gift to any reader." –Litro Magazine"Set in post-civil war Algeria, Taibaoui's noir offering is an intense, must-read page-turner."—The New Arab"Taibaoui writes with raw urgency. . . . Part mystery, part confession, part parable, Taibaoui's scathing commentary on nameless, lost souls will undoubtedly find universal resonance."—Shelf Awareness"A translation into English from an Algerian author writing in Arabic, the majority language of the population, is an event to be welcomed . . . . Taiboui’s Algeria is a country still struggling with the toxic legacies of colonial and postcolonial violence. However, like Suzuki, Özlü, Zambra and Debré, he shows in his powerful account, why stories still matter and why not everybody is made comfortable by them."—The Irish Times"This is a novel that situates the reader amid an ever-changing landscape, both literally and figuratively, which echoes the disconnect felt by many of its characters."—Words Without Borders"Algerian writer Taibaoui makes his English-language debut with an acerbic noir involving a strange disappearance and a detective’s existential quest . . . . Fans of Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation ought to take a look. "—Publishers Weekly"The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody is a thought-provoking novel in which human nature is explored through the Algerian working class."—Foreword“In this spare, well-crafted and compelling novel, Taibaoui plays with the poetics of noir fiction to offer a bleak and haunting critique of the postcolonial Arab state and its mythologies.”—Samah Selim, Rutgers University"From its somber but intense style, vivid characters emerge. This is a novel of unpleasant truths.”—Humphrey Davies“The Mr. Nobody in Taibaoui’s outstanding novel takes off his face and disappears revealing a patriarchal system that derives its existence from a web of power relations that have no place for him or us.”—Shereen Aboulnaga, Cairo University“With satirical language—concise and poetic at the same time—and its suspenseful construction artistically woven with elements of crime fiction, The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody compels readers to its last page.”—Heba El-Sharif“A powerful narration that does not overshadow the intelligence and creativity of its writer.”—Thaer A. Deeb
£11.92
American University in Cairo Press The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody: A Novel
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATUREA BEST NEW BOOK OF 2023 (THE NEW ARAB)A “spare, well-crafted and compelling” (Samah Selim) novel in which a man in Algiers disappears without trace and the detective in search of him finds more than he expectedIn Rouiba, a nondescript suburb of Algiers, an unnamed man with a troubled past escapes his everyday life to find himself caring for an old man with dementia. When the man dies, the carer disappears into thin air. A police detective is assigned to investigate the circumstances of the old man’s demise and to track down the caretaker, only to find that the unnamed man cannot be identified—that there is no trace of Mr. Nobody. The officer’s search leads him to those whose paths once crossed Mr. Nobody’s. In each of them he finds a reflection of the man he is looking for.A raw, lyrical portrait of life on the margins in contemporary Algiers, this haunting noir captures an underworld of police informers, shady imams, bootleg beer traders, and grave robbers, and reverberates with echoes of Algeria’s violent past.Trade Review"Innovative, exciting, and brilliant. . . . The Disappearance of Mr Nobody’s fable-like quality, its clever deployment of literary devices and raw authenticity makes it a gift to any reader." –Litro Magazine"Set in post-civil war Algeria, Taibaoui's noir offering is an intense, must-read page-turner."—The New Arab"Taibaoui writes with raw urgency. . . . Part mystery, part confession, part parable, Taibaoui's scathing commentary on nameless, lost souls will undoubtedly find universal resonance."—Shelf Awareness"A translation into English from an Algerian author writing in Arabic, the majority language of the population, is an event to be welcomed . . . . Taiboui’s Algeria is a country still struggling with the toxic legacies of colonial and postcolonial violence. However, like Suzuki, Özlü, Zambra and Debré, he shows in his powerful account, why stories still matter and why not everybody is made comfortable by them."—The Irish Times"This is a novel that situates the reader amid an ever-changing landscape, both literally and figuratively, which echoes the disconnect felt by many of its characters."—Words Without Borders"Algerian writer Taibaoui makes his English-language debut with an acerbic noir involving a strange disappearance and a detective’s existential quest . . . . Fans of Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation ought to take a look. "—Publishers Weekly"The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody is a thought-provoking novel in which human nature is explored through the Algerian working class."—Foreword“In this spare, well-crafted and compelling novel, Taibaoui plays with the poetics of noir fiction to offer a bleak and haunting critique of the postcolonial Arab state and its mythologies.”—Samah Selim, Rutgers University"From its somber but intense style, vivid characters emerge. This is a novel of unpleasant truths.”—Humphrey Davies“The Mr. Nobody in Taibaoui’s outstanding novel takes off his face and disappears revealing a patriarchal system that derives its existence from a web of power relations that have no place for him or us.”—Shereen Aboulnaga, Cairo University“With satirical language—concise and poetic at the same time—and its suspenseful construction artistically woven with elements of crime fiction, The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody compels readers to its last page.”—Heba El-Sharif“A powerful narration that does not overshadow the intelligence and creativity of its writer.”—Thaer A. Deeb
£36.00
Urban Audiobooks Black Lotus 2: The Vow
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£18.71
HarperCollins And When She Was Good
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£44.99
HarperCollins And When She Was Good
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£29.99
HarperCollins Moonlight Mile
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£26.24
HarperCollins Moonlight Mile
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£29.99
HarperCollins Life Sentences
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£44.99
HarperCollins Life Sentences
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£29.99
HarperCollins Life Sentences
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£29.99
HarperCollins Milk and Honey
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£29.99
Canelo Us The Loyal Friend
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£9.49
Mulholland The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel
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£30.00
The New York Review of Books, Inc Nightmare Alley: Movie tie-in edition
Book SynopsisNow a major motion picture from Academy Award–winning director Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Toni Collette.Nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best PictureNightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision—going about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him.And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he’s going places. Onstage he plays the mentalist with a cute assistant (before long his harried wife), then he graduates to full-blown spiritualist, catering to the needs of the rich and gullible in their well-upholstered homes. It looks like the world is Stan’s for the taking. At least for now.
£15.26
The New York Review of Books, Inc Skeletons in the Closet
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£13.56
Pegasus Crime Gravesend
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£20.76
Soho Syndicate Death Claims
Book SynopsisCELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DAVE BRANDSTETTERDeath claims investigator Dave Brandstetter enters a world thespians and booksellers as he uncovers the true story behind the death of a rare book dealer in this noir-spun masterpiece of California crime fiction. Since a burning accident that left him painfully disfigured, John Oats, a well-liked collectible book dealer, has been self-isolating at his beach house in Arena Blanca, California. An avid swimmer, John Oats had taken to night swimming to hide his injuries from daytime beachgoers. When his body is found one morning smashed against the rocks at the treacherous point near the house, the authorities rule it “Death by Misadventure.” Insurance companies don’t much care for verdicts like that and therefore Medallion Insurance, the policy holder for Oats’s substantial life insurance policy, sends out its best investigator, Dave Brandstetter, to poke holes in the story. The night Oats died there was a dangerous storm along the coast, and Brandstetter finds it hard to believe that the bookseller, a lifelong swimmer, would have gone out. As his investigation reveals more of John Oats’s sad story Brandstetter learns that the motives for murder are many. But Brandstetter has his own problems to deal with. Still mourning the death of his partner, Rod, Dave is navigating his own twilight world of grief. His new lover, Doug, is also grieving, and the two men must come to a reckoning of whether their love is an ersatz stand-in for their lost partners or something more.
£12.75
