Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Legend Press Ltd City of Fallen Angels: detective noir set in a
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Legend Press Ltd Valley of Shadows: detective noir set in LA
Book SynopsisThe second novel in the PI Jim Keegan series.A reclusive millionaire hires PI Jim Keegan to look after her interests, she is currently hidden away at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel. All Keegan has to do is humour her, keep her important papers in his office safe, and make weekly checks of her LA properties, but within a week she goes missing. Keegan suspects her ne'er-do-well young nephew of murderbut all the evidence he can find is circumstantial, and there's a good chance the kid will get away scot free.Valley of Shadows is an excellent blend of the golden era of crime fiction and sharp modern plotting that reminded me of Poirot, Sam Spade and Columbo all in the one character of Jim Keegan The plot in Valley of Shadows is a corker.' Linda's Book BagWith a clever sense of humour, Paul Buchanan has put together a solid mystery that is engrossing, entertaining, and engaging. Fans of the genre will not be disappointed!' TheJoyousLiving.comUnforgettable, page turning this crime novel should be on all our book shelves' @bookandstitchI thought Valley of Shadows was terrific' The Book Lover's Boudoir
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Canelo Summon Up the Blood
Book SynopsisA city, gripped in the fear of terrifying crimes, will be pushed to breaking point.London, 1914. A killer is at liberty in the dark alleys of the city. His victims have one thing in common: all the blood has been drained from their bodies. Who could do such a thing – and why would he want his victims’ blood?As the killer’s reign of terror continues, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn of Scotland Yard’s Special Crimes department realises that, in order to catch his prey, he must learn to think like the killer himself.His search will take him through London’s squalid back streets, seedy Soho haunts and louche aristocratic watering holes, all in pursuit of a truly twisted individual.First in an absolutely gripping historical mystery series, perfect for fans of Abir Mukherjee, S. G. MacLean and Rory Clements.Praise for R. N. Morris‘Morris launches a new series with this superior whodunnit’ Publishers Weekly‘A challenging, utterly fascinating read’ Booklist‘Quinn’s passion for justice makes for an engrossing and disquieting Sherlockian entry’ Library Journal
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Canelo After Everything You Did: An absolutely addictive
Book Synopsis‘An incredible debut’ MEL SHERRATTShe is wanted by the FBI.She is a stone-cold killer.She remembers nothing.She is told her name is Reeta Doe, and that she’s been in an accident. That she’s in Florida. That the FBI have been following her since Mississippi. That she has brutally murdered two women. College girls, who look just like her. Two more are missing, and one survived.Reeta recalls nothing. She cannot answer their questions; all the things they want her to explain are no more familiar to her than the prison she is taken to.Her only hope is a journalist named Carol, who can follow the trail of devastation Reeta left in her wake.All the way back to Pine Ranch, and the only family she ever knew.An astonishing debut crime novel, exploring identity and nature versus nurture, with an unforgettable character at its heart. Perfect for fans of Girl A and The Girls.Praise for After Everything You Did‘What an incredible debut. A story with characters that really got under my skin, told with compassion and intrigue. I was outraged, fascinated and heartbroken at the same time.’ Mel Sherratt, author of The Life She Wants‘Richly detailed and atmospheric, the carefully woven strands quickly pulled me into Reeta’s story, towards an ending that was both chilling and heart-breaking. An exciting debut, I can’t wait to read what Stephanie Sowden does next.’ Louisa Scarr, author of Last Place You Look‘Absorbing and horrifying – I was gripped from the first page’ Marion Todd, author of Next in Line‘A powerful psychological thriller debut… Sowden pulls off a great twist towards the end of the book to tie all the diverse strands together, which does come as a major but welcome surprise. A most assured debut that grips like a vice and bodes well for Sowden’s future.’ Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time‘This savage, harrowing read will keep you on the edge of your seat.’ Woman’s Own‘The perfect thriller. This book has an incredible story and the perfectly drawn main character makes it even better. I would highly recommend it, I really enjoyed the pacing and the ending.’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A wonderful suspense debut novel! … I couldn’t put it down … Hugely gripping, shocking and incredibly tense! This book made me feel real chills! The twists are incredible, and it’s quite scary how realistic the book feels, how it could happen.’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This was such a good read, it had me gripped right from the beginning and kept me compelled to read it the whole way through, I read it in one sitting. It was tense, fast and suspenseful and full of unpredictability and twists. I loved it.’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘After Everything You Did is a gripping, emotional, powerful thriller. It is a book that I will continue to think about long after having finished it.’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Stephanie has done an incredible job in delivering not only a complex plot and well-rounded characters but presenting such an unexpected ending that it will be a strong after-effect that lingers long after you have finished the book. A 5 star read! I cannot wait to read more from this author.’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘After Everything You Did had me hooked on the very first page. I loved the premise and thought that the characters were well written… I am excited to see what she does next.’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Puncture Publications Amaze Your Friends
Book SynopsisThe fourth in Peter Doyle's acclaimed noir fiction series set in Sydney in the 1950s and 60s.
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Saraband Ed's Dead
Book Synopsis"A high-octane read." - Maxim Jakubowski. Meet Jen. She works in a bookshop and likes the odd glass of Prosecco... oh, and she’s about to be branded The Most Dangerous Woman in Scotland. Jen Carter is a failed writer with a rubbish boyfriend, Ed. That is, until she accidentally kills him one night. Now that Ed’s dead, she has to decide what to do with his body, his drugs and a big pile of cash. And, more pressingly, how to escape the hitman who’s been sent to recover Ed’s stash. Soon Jen’s on the run from criminals, corrupt police officers and the prying eyes of the media. Who can she trust? And how can she convince them that the trail of corpses left in her wake are just accidental deaths? A modern noir that proves, once and for all, the female of the species really is more deadly than the male.Trade Review“A quick, gritty read, from an author with a confident voice.” -- Crime Review“A really authentic and remarkable read! I loved it!” -- Martina Cole“Pitch black humour… fascinating…gripping.” -- Herald“A thoroughly contemporary crime thriller which has its tongue in its cheek while maintaining the suspense and tension that readers would expect… Terrific fun to read.” -- Alistair Braidwood * Scots Whay Hae *Funny and fierce, and a heroine worth rooting for… -- Brooke MagnantiMcLean has created an appealing protagonist, with a strong and consistent voice... It seems strange to say that a novel with so many bloody fatalities can be fun, but this one is! -- Crime Fiction Lover“One of Scotland’s most skilled noiristas… a book which will appeal to booksellers everywhere, especially homicidal ones.” -- Mike Ripley * Shots magazine *“This book is fantastic! Fast paced and at times just utter nuts… A beautiful masterpiece of modern Scottish Noir that leaves you unsure about whether you should laugh or cry.” -- Amanda Gillies * Eurocrime *“We're not sure when we last enjoyed a book quite this much … The sheer pace of the story carries you along breathlessly … Hugely entertaining.” -- Undiscovered Scotland
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Cinder House Whiteout Conditions
Book Synopsis"Ant is borderline obsessed with funerals, likening the events to weddings as gatherings he looks forward to. Yet, when a childhood friend passes, Ant's veneer starts to crumble. Weirdly funny, Whiteout Conditions tracks Ant and his friend Vince as they make their way through Chicogoland's suburbs, which, in Shah's telling, are as harrowing as any arctic climate." --Wendy J. Fox, BuzzFeed '15 Small Press Books To Kick Off Your 2020 Reading Season' Ant is back in Chicago for a funeral, and he typically enjoys funerals. Since most of his family has passed away, he finds himself attracted to their endearing qualities: the hyperbolic language, the stoner altar boy, seeing friends in suits for the first time. That is, until the tragic death of Ray -- Ant's childhood friend, Vince's teenage cousin. Ray was the younger third-wheel that Ant and Vince were stuck babysitting while in high school, and his sudden death makes national news. In the depths of a brutal Midwest winter, Ant rides with Vince through the falling snow to Ray's funeral, an event that has been accruing a sense of consequence. With a poet's sensibility, Shah navigates the murky responsibilities of adulthood, grief, toxic masculinity, and the tragedy of revenge in this haunting Midwestern noir.Trade Review"A dazzling narrative about loss, coping mechanisms, and vengeance."--Ruth Minah Buchwald, Electric Literature, "20 New Asian American Books to Read Right Now";"10 books to read in winter 2020: It's a new literary year" --Laura Pearson, Chicago Tribune;"Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2020" --John Madera, Big Other;"Most Anticipated Books of 2020" --Volumes Bookcafe (Chicago, IL);"13 Books CHIRB Staff Read In January 2020" --Chicago Review of Books;;"'Funerals are kind of fun, ' the narrator of Shah's debut admits in the opening pages. 'I've cultivated a taste.' Then his childhood friend dies, and the narrator must brave a blizzard to pay his respects."--Azam Ahmed, New York Times "Recent Books of Interest";;"Whiteout Conditions contains the language of a poet-turned-fiction writer... and the beauty of the phrasing is often in pointed contrast to the goofy stupidity of the characters' actions... Whiteout Conditions is a book concerned with toxic masculinity's erasure of the self; it's walls and moats. In the face of death, Ant and Vince concentrate on hurting each other, drinking, taking drugs, pursuing inadvisable revenge plots -- anything to plug the hole where their heartache dwells."--Caryl Pagel, Full Stop;;"Ant is borderline obsessed with funerals, likening the events to weddings as gatherings he looks forward to. Yet, when a childhood friend passes, Ant's veneer starts to crumble. Weirdly funny, Whiteout Conditions tracks Ant and his friend Vince as they make their way through Chicogoland's suburbs, which, in Shah's telling, are as harrowing as any arctic climate."--Wendy J. Fox, BuzzFeed '15 Small Press Books To Kick Off Your 2020 Reading Season';;"In this slim but memorable debut novel, Ant, who lives on the East Coast, flies home to Illinois to attend the funeral of one of his oldest friends, Ray. Picking him up from the airport is Ray's cousin, Vince. Together they set out to drive to the funeral while untangling old hurts, popping Oxy, and grappling with adulthood's disillusionments."--Tomi Obaro, Buzzfeed 'Most Highly Anticipated Books Of 2020';;"Like a poetic venture through the stubborn feelings of men, this short debut novel from Tariq Shah takes an uncomfortable look at loss, grief, and the lengths people go to avoid feeling pain."--Jaylynn Korrell, Independent Book Review;;"With a resolution that binds the human to the animal, the autonomous to the bestial, Whiteout Conditions renders a synthesis of propitiation and cruelty that is as palpable as it is blinding."--Nathan Elias, Entropy;;"Tariq Shah's Whiteout Conditions is a slim book that, by centering on death, allows its protagonist to explore life... Shah leads us through a taut exploration of grief, masculinity, and revenge with a deft hand."--Jesi Buell, Heavy Feather Review;;"The protagonist of the short novel, Ant, attends a funeral, which would affect him more if he didn't enjoy funerals. A lot of it has to do with his history of loss, which makes for a stark, grim, yet hilarious perspective to explore timeless themes."--Michael J. Seidlinger, Publishers Weekly, '15 New and Forthcoming Indie Press Gems';;"When people list things that they enjoy, funerals generally aren't one them. Ant finds joy in attending funerals. Yet, when the cousin of his childhood friend dies Ant is less enthused about attending. On its surface, Whiteout Conditions is a road trip story set against the backdrop of Midwest Suburbia. As the story progresses it becomes more of a rumination on loss, grief, and the ghosts in our rearview mirrors."--Quinn Illgen, Changing Hands (Tempe, AZ);;"The grip of this thing squeezes well past its 110 pages. A little of this, a little of that, but reductive comparisons are no use here because Shah has taken the best qualities of existing tropes and made them his own. A wild, dangerous game of dodge ball played in the farthest corner of fiction's playground."--Wesley Minter, Third Place Books (Seattle, WA);;"Boldly dark, strangely funny, and surprisingly sincere in its toughness."--Kassie Rose, The Longest Chapter;;"Dark and visual, Whiteout Conditions is a slow motion skid on black ice of a book. You might not want to keep reading, but it will be very hard to stop. Just steer into the skid. Well done, Tariq Shah.";-Mary O'Malley, Anderson's Bookshop (Naperville, IL);;"Whiteout Conditions is both disorienting and visceral, hilarious and heartbreaking."--Michael Welch, Chicago Review of Books;;"Whiteout Conditions, Tariq Shah's slim but powerful debut novel, focuses on grief, loss, and friendship in lyrical and stunning prose."--Laura Spence-Ash, Ploughshares;;"Shah reminds you that even though he's written a novel, he's still a poet... Whiteout Conditions explores how nostalgia and toxic masculinity operate (and fail) as a conduit for grief."--Rima Parikh, Chicago Reader;;"Mile by mile, an incoming blizzard paralleling the impending events and emotional landslide, this tale quietly grinds toward a gut-wrenching and unexpected conclusion."--Beth Mowbray, The Nerd Daily;;"The condition of Whiteout Conditions is the North American sublime, a grim, gnomic, hilarious dialect Tariq Shah inherits from Denis Johnson, Don DeLillo, the Coen Brothers, The Jesus Lizard, and Colson Whitehead. Like an icy sidewalk, Shah's deadpan wit and verbal wizardry will knock you flat on your ass."--Jess Row, author of Your Face in Mine and White Flights;;"In the brutal and beautiful Whiteout Conditions, a wasted road trip through America's suburban wastelands becomes an exploration of mortality, mercy and the mysteries of the human heart. Tariq Shah's sharp and surprising prose is the perfect vehicle for this bleakly comic novel, in which sparks of transcendence intermittently light up the dark."--David Gates, author of Jernigan and A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me;;"Tariq Shah's haunting novel Whiteout Conditions has the atmospheric rush of a winter fever dream. In his indelible main characters, Ant and Vince, Shah has created a quasi-brotherly relationship of sparring that reveals within their mutual antagonism an ultimate tenderness."--Betsy Bonner, author of Round Lake;;"Tariq Shah is one of the most daring young writers I've encountered, and Whiteout Conditions is a real original. Unsentimental, crisp, and ruthlessly cool, it is also surprisingly tender, with moments of great warmth and heart."--Taylor Plimpton, author of Notes from the Night: A Life After Dark;;"Written with stark lyricism, Whiteout Conditions is an unforgettable novel about an estranged young man, his reckless search for meaning around his post-suburban hometown, and the impossible beauty of redemption. A hell of a ride."--Lee Clay Johnson, author of Nitro Mountain
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Two Dollar Radio Found Audio
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Stark House Press No Orchids for Miss Blandish / Twelve Chinamen and a Woman
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Books on Demand Das Schloß: Band 20
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Cristian Perfumo Garcia La trilogie de la Patagonie
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Random House USA Inc The L.A. Quartet
Book SynopsisHere in one volume is James Ellroy's first great body of work, an epic re-envisioning of postwar Los Angeles--etched in red and black and film-noir grays.The Black Dahlia depicts the secret infrastructure of L.A.'s most sensational murder case. A young cop morphs into obsessed lover and lust-crazed avenger. The Dahlia claims him. She is the deus ex machina of a boomtown in extremis. The cop's rogue investigation is a one-way ticket to hell.The Big Nowhere blends the crime novel and the political novel. It is winter, 1950--and the L.A. County Grand Jury is out to slam movieland Reds. It's a reverential shuck--and the three cops assigned to the job are out to grab all the glory they can. A series of brutal sex killings intervenes, and the job goes all-the-way bad.L.A. Confidential is the great novel of Los Angeles in the 1950s. Political corruption. Scandal-rag journalism. Bad racial juju and gangland wars. Six local stiffs slaughtered in an all-night hash house. The glorious and overreaching LAPD on an unprecedented scale.White Jazz gives us the tortured confession of a corrupt cop going down for the count. He's a slumlord, a killer, a parasitic exploiter. He's a pawn in a series of police power plays and starting to see that he's being had. He's just met a woman. Thus, he's determined to claw his way out of the horrifying world he's created--and he's determined to tell us everything.The L.A. Quartet is a groundbreaking work of American popular fiction.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Should I Fall
Book SynopsisA retired Scotland Yard Inspector races to prove the innocence of his daughter's policeman fiance in this fast-paced and expertly crafted whodunnit from 'marvellous storyteller' (Michael Koryta) Scott Shepherd. When NYPD Detective John Frankel's ex-wife is discovered murdered in his Manhattan apartment, he instantly becomes the prime suspect. Frankel's gun is linked to the fatal bullet, he had a motive, and he flees the city, all of which convinces his colleagues of his guilt. But Frankel's bride-to-be, Rachel, and her father, Austin Grant, a former Scotland Yard detective in London, are certain of his innocence. So with the police under orders to use whatever force necessary to apprehend Frankel, the duo will have to act fast to save him. The relentless manhunt takes them from the tropical shores of Hawaii to the woods of northern Maine. And as the game of cat-and-mouse unfurls, so too does a complex murder plot with multiple victims... Reviews for Should I Fall: 'Riveting and fast-paced. Readers will be hooked on the twisting story.' Library Journal 'Shepherd masterfully blends crime fiction and domestic suspense in this taut, character driven sequel that leaves us wanting more!' Wendy Walker 'Tense and twist-filled, but also genuinely warm-hearted, filled with engaging characters. A pleasure to read.' Brian FreemanTrade ReviewRiveting and fast-paced. Readers will be hooked on the twisting story * Library Journal (Starred Review) *Shepherd masterfully blends crime fiction and domestic suspense in this taut, character-driven sequel that leaves us wanting more! -- Wendy Walker, international bestselling author of Don't Look For MeThrilling... A fast-paced and expertly crafted whodunnit that is just as much puzzling as it is entertaining * Mystery & Suspense *A mystery that manages to be both tense and twist-filled, but also genuinely warm-hearted, filled with engaging characters. A pleasure to read -- Brian Freeman, New York Times bestselling authorAn expertly plotted mystery... Shepherd has raised the stakes significantly and put one of his principal players in peril, which makes the suspense factor that much more intense and the emotional investment through the roof -- Ray Palen, BookReporter
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial The Night / The Night
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La novia gitana / The Gypsy Bride
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La red púrpura / The Purple Network
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Progenie / Progeny
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El sueño eterno / The Big Sleep
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Breach of Duty
Book SynopsisThe Seattle that Beau knew as a young policeman is disappearing. Beau and his partner Sue Danielson, a struggling single parent, are assigned the murder of an elderly woman torched to death in her bed. As their investigation proceeds, Beau and Sue become embroiled in a perilous series of events that will leave them and their case shattered.Trade Review"Jance has brought us yet another winner!" -- Dallas Morning News "One of the country's most popular mystery writers." -- The Oregonian (Portland) "A dillusioned, cynical hero in the classic hard-boiled tradition." -- Journal-American Praise for J.A. Jance:"Jance delivers a devilish page-turner." -- People "J.A. Jance does not disappoint her fans." -- Washington Times "Suspenseful, action-packed." -- Dallas Morning News "Taut ... entertaining." -- Entertainment Weekly "Credible and entertaining." -- Orlando Sentinel
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Serena tiein
Book SynopsisThe year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive in North Carolina to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains—but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness.Together Serena and George ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of their favor. But when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out on her own to kill the son George had without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking finale.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dark Rooms
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc In Big Trouble
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fallout
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Last Gig
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sick Like That Alessandra Martillo Mystery
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Chicago A Novel of Prohibition
Book SynopsisTrade Review“All the trademarks of a Mamet production — electric dialogue and a hurtling pace.” -- New York TimesAs if Cormac McCarthy had decamped from Southwest to Midwest…Chicago feels like one of the great American male novelists of the late 20th century — Updike, Mailer, Bellow, Roth—trying his hand at writing a genre novel. But unlike those novelists’ somewhat less sure-footed lunges…Mamet lands this with aplomb. -- Los Angeles Times“Splendid… a riveting crime drama in a throwback journalistic world, a time when you could yell for a copy boy to bring you Dixie cups for your illegal liquor. But this novel has a romantic heart, and the emotional stakes complement the whiskey-drenched whodunit.” -- USA Today“Tommy guns, bootleggers and hard-living newsmen: David Mamet adds a vivid novel to a legendary tradition.” -- Wall Street Journal“Chicago is tremendous fun, with much to savour.” -- The Times Literary Supplement“Acclaimed playwright (Glengarry Glen Ross) and screenwriter (The Untouchables) Mamet unpacks his literary arsenal in his first novel in two decades…. Mamet offers a master class on dialogue…. For readers of Elmore Leonard and Dennis Lehane. -- Booklist (starred review)“The story moves at a careening pace… Of a piece with character studies such as E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime and John Sayles’ Eight Men Out, Mamet’s book does Chicago—and organized crime—proud. An evocative, impressive return that Mamet fans will welcome.” -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Full of twists and surprises…Mamet’s new novel is a treasure, a piece of fictitious history entrenched in an era of violence and love.” -- Harvard Crimson“The finest American writer of his generation.” -- Sunday Mail
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Nothing to Lose CD
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Nothing to Lose
Book SynopsisIn the end, Beaumont’s plea and Jared’s quick action saved the two boys from their father’s murderous rage.Now, almost twenty years later, Jared reappears in Beau’s life seeking his help once again—his younger brother Chris is missing.Trade Review“[A] mystery with heart . . . readers . . . will savor every word . . . Jance should win new fans with this one.” — Publishers Weekly on Sins of the Fathers “J. A. does an outstanding job of delivering a very emotional book, wrapped up within a mystery that keeps the reader on edge to the very end.” — Suspense Magazine on Sins of the Fathers “J. A. Jance is one of the best at combining mystery and family dynamics. J. P. Beaumont . . . is a character occasionally afflicted with angst, depression, and guilt, but not so much that he becomes tiresome. Rather, he becomes human, with all the temptations, missteps, failures, and ultimately successes, large and small, that most share.” — New York Journal of Books on Sins of the Fathers “Fans of police procedurals with a Southwestern flair will love Joanna’s determination to manage marriage, motherhood, and policing in this 19th Joanna Brady book.” — Library Journal on Missing and Endangered “The two parallel cases provide plenty of action, while keeping a premium on character studies and violence to a minimum. Once again, the compassionate, intelligent Joanna balances a busy home life and a complex job with aplomb. This long-running series consistently entertains.” — Publishers Weekly on Missing and Endangered
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dead Land
Book SynopsisNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST“A proper hero for these times . . . To us, V.I. is perfect.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Sara Paretsky’s gloriously kick-ass private eye, V.I. “Vic” Warshawski, is back . . . in a political-rot thriller that’s the definition of perfection in the genre. — THE WASHINGTON POSTChicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city’s rotten underbelly better than most, but she’s unable to avoid it when her goddaughter drags her into a fight over lakefront land use, in this propulsive novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky.Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is “Pay to Play.” Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects.Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir’s life fell apart when her lover was murdered next to her in a mass shooting at an outdoor concert. Not only does Bernie plunge her and V.I. headlong into the path of some ruthless developers, they lead to the murder of the young man Bernie is dating. He’s a computer geek working for a community group called SLICK.V.I. is desperate to find a mysterious man named Coop, who roams the lakefront in the middle of the night with his dog. She’s sure he holds the key to the mounting body count within SLICK. Coop may even know why an international law firm is representing the mass murderer responsible for Lydia’s lover’s death. Instead, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago’s parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in America’s meddling in South American politics. Before she finds answers, this electrifying novel pushes V.I. close to the breaking point: People who pay to play take no prisoners.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Darkness Take My Hand
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Prayers for Rain
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Breach of Duty
Book SynopsisFor the first time as a premium edition, a reissue of the fourteenth J. P. Beaumont novel by New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance. Trade Review“Jance, as usual, relates a clean and tightly woven plot distinguished by authentic dialogue, honest emotions and characters readers will care about.” — Publishers Weekly on Breach of Duty “J. A. does an outstanding job of delivering a very emotional book, wrapped up within a mystery that keeps the reader on edge to the very end.” — Suspense Magazine on Sins of the Fathers “[A] mystery with heart . . . readers . . . will savor every word . . . Jance should win new fans with this one.” — Publishers Weekly on Sins of the Fathers “J. A. Jance is one of the best at combining mystery and family dynamics. J. P. Beaumont . . . is a character occasionally afflicted with angst, depression, and guilt, but not so much that he becomes tiresome. Rather, he becomes human, with all the temptations, missteps, failures, and ultimately successes, large and small, that most share.” — New York Journal of Books on Sins of the Fathers “The two parallel cases provide plenty of action, while keeping a premium on character studies and violence to a minimum. Once again, the compassionate, intelligent Joanna balances a busy home life and a complex job with aplomb. This long-running series consistently entertains.” — Publishers Weekly on Missing and Endangered “Jance has brought us yet another winner!” — Dallas Morning News “One of the country’s most popular mystery writers.” — The Oregonian (Portland) “A dillusioned, cynical hero in the classic hard-boiled tradition.” — Journal-American Praise for J.A. Jance: “Jance delivers a devilish page-turner.” — People “J.A. Jance does not disappoint her fans.” — Washington Times “Suspenseful, action-packed.” — Dallas Morning News “Taut . . . entertaining.” — Entertainment Weekly “Credible and entertaining.” — Orlando Sentinel
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Blessing of the Lost Girls
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Penguin Random House India The Phoenix
Book SynopsisAryaman Khanna, ex-intelligence officer, released from prison, seeks wife's attackers in Mumbai. On a secret mission to stop bioweapon strike by terror group on 26/11 anniversary. Tale of espionage, global terror, hope, and love for family and country.
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Random House USA Inc We All Fall Down
Book SynopsisA light bulb falls in a subway tunnel, releasing a deadly pathogen. Within hours, a homeless man, a cop, and then dozens more start to die. Hospitals become morgues. El trains become rolling hearses. Chicago is on the verge of chaos before the mayor finally acts, quarantining entire sections of the city. Meanwhile, private investigator and former cop Michael Kelly hunts for the people responsible. The search takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicago’s West Side gangs and cops on the take, and the terrifying world of black biology—an elite field operating covertly at the nation’s top labs, where scientists play God and will do anything necessary to keep their secrets safe.
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Random House USA Inc Perfidia
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARLos Angeles. December, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. War fever and racial hatred grip the city. The hellish murder of a Japanese family summons three men and one woman. LAPD captain William H. Parker is superbly gifted, corrosively ambitious, liquored-up, and consumed by dubious ideology. He is bitterly at odds with Sergeant Dudley Smith—Irish émigré, ex-IRA killer, fledgling war profiteer. Hideo Ashida is a police chemist and the only Japanese on the L.A. cop payroll. Kay Lake is a twenty-one-year-old dilettante looking for adventure. The investigation throws them together and rips them apart. The crime becomes a political storm center that brilliantly illuminates these four driven souls—comrades, rivals, lovers, history’s pawns. Here, Ellroy gives us the party at the edge of the abyss and the precipice of America&rsqu
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Random House USA Inc This Storm
Book SynopsisJanuary '42. L.A. reels behind the shock of Pearl Harbor. Local Japanese residents are rounded up and slammed behind bars. Massive thunderstorms hit the city.A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops tag it a routine dead-man job. They're wrong. It's an early-warning signal of Chaos.There's a murderous fire and a gold heist. There's Fifth Column treason on American soil. There are homegrown Nazis, Commies, and race racketeers. It's populism ascendant. There's two dead cops in a dive off the jazz-club strip. And three men and one woman have a hot date with history.Elmer Jackson is a corrupt Vice cop. He's a flesh peddler and a bagman for the L.A. Chief of Police. Hideo Ashida is a crime-lab whiz, lashed by anti-Japanese rage. Dudley Smith is PD hardnose working Army Intelligence. He's gone rogue and gone all-the-way fascist. Joan Conville was born rogue. She's a defrocked Navy lieutenant and a war profiteer to her core.L.A. '42. Homefront madness. Wartime inferno--This Storm is James Ellroy's most audacious novel yet. It is by turns savage, tender, elegiac. It lays bare and celebrates crazed Americans of all stripes. It is a masterpiece.
£16.15
Little, Brown & Company Trigger
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£14.44
Little, Brown & Company Heed the Thunder
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Little, Brown & Company Pop. 1280
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£17.09
Little, Brown & Company The Grifters
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Back Bay Books A Song for the Dark Times
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Mulholland Books Sympathy for the Devil Mulholland Classic
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Mulholland Books Hard Girls
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WW Norton & Co The Bramble and the Rose A Henry Farrell Novel
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal Best Mystery of 2020 "You would be hard-pressed to find a finer new series than Tom Bouman’s Henry Farrell novels because of the complexity of the plots or the richness of the characters, but what it really comes down to is just damn good writing." —Craig JohnsonTrade Review"The Bramble and the Rose has animal-hunting sequences to rival those of William Faulkner and hand-to-hand combat struggles as tense as any depicted by Ron Rash or Daniel Woodrell. Mr. Bouman writes like a poet, whether describing an autumn landscape or a bear autopsy or a man in a midlife crisis." -- Wall Street Journal"An elegant tale of an introspective detective whose life experiences have seared his soul without extinguishing his hope." -- Kirkus Reviews
£18.99
WW Norton & Co The Bramble and the Rose A Henry Farrell Novel
Book SynopsisThe newest Henry Farrell mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Dry Bones in the Valley.Trade Review"As if Henry David Thoreau had lived into the age of pickup trucks, survivalists and fentanyl." -- Washington Post"The Bramble and the Rose has animal-hunting sequences to rival those of William Faulkner and hand-to-hand combat struggles as tense as any depicted by Ron Rash or Daniel Woodrell." -- Tom Nolan - Wall Street Journal"Bouman [is] a master of rural noir." -- John Timpane - The Philadelphia Inquirer"Tom Bouman’s lyrical descriptions of rural Pennsylvania, and the violent confrontations that take place there, are so good they give you goosebumps." -- Times (UK)
£12.34
WW Norton & Co Cascade Stories
Book SynopsisFrom the best-selling author of The Saturday Night Ghost Club comes this collection of seven brilliantly cinematic short stories.Trade Review"Davidson’s prose is very sharp but never only sharp; it is alive, it is limpid, it is darkly funny, and it never hides or shies from love. You should read this collection now, so that you can read it again, in the winter, and again next spring." -- Amy Bloom, National Book Award finalist and author of White Houses
£12.34
Penguin Putnam Inc The First Rule
Book SynopsisJoe Pike and his partner Elvis Cole must solve the murder of an old friend and his entire family in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.When Frank Meyer and his family are executed during a home invasion, the police begin investigating the secret life they're sure Meyer had. Joe Pike's on a hunt of his own: to clear his friend's name, and to punish the people who murdered him. What starts out as a simple trail gets twisted fast by old grudges, double crosses, blood vengeance, and a crime so terrible even Pike and his partner Elvis Cole have no way to measure it.Trade Review“Is it possible for a crime novel to be both ultra-violent and elegant? If so, then The First Rule is a prime example. The mayhem is graphic and unflinching, but the prose and story line are as sleek and efficient as a beautifully crafted piece of machinery.”—The Seattle Times“[The First Rule] will satisfy longtime fans and make new ones...well-written action sequences and snappy dialogue.”—Los Angeles Times“Crais follows a straightforward, no-nonsense tradition that marks him as a direct descendant of Raymond Chandler.”—Pittsburg Tribune-Review“A devastatingly effective thriller.”—The Providence Journal“Adrenaline-fueled...Pike emerges as an enigmatically appealing hero, whose lethal skills never overshadow his unflappable sense of morality.”—Publishers Weekly“Crais plants each twist carefully and detonates it expertly...Righteous vengeance, a reckless pace, astratospheric body count, and just enough surprises to keep you turning the pages.”—Kirkus Reviews
£9.49
