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Clint Wolf Boxed Set: Books 4 - 6 by BJ Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks 4-6 (But Not Forever, But Not For Naught, and But Not Forbidden) of the Clint Wolf Mystery Series by award-winning author BJ Bourg now available as a boxed set! BUT NOT FOREVER After a year of working as a tour guide in the swamps of Louisiana--and the day after a man’s body is found in a canal--former Police Chief Clint Wolf realizes he can’t stay away from law enforcement work... -
![Dead and Buried: A Scottish Detective Mystery by John Carson]()
Dead and Buried: A Scottish Detective Mystery by John Carson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the past is better left behind...Detective Chief Inspector Harry McNeil had found himself back in CID after a leave of absence saw his team disbanded. Now he's been temporarily assigned to an existing Major Investigation team, working alongside his old friend, Detective Inspector Frank Miller, after Miller's DCI dies suddenly.A body is found in the city centre, torn to pieces... -
![Joey Mancuso Crime Mysteries Vols 1 - 7 by Owen Parr]()
Joey Mancuso Crime Mysteries Vols 1 - 7 by Owen Parr
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKnown as The Last Advocates of the Victim, Former NYPD Detective Joey Mancuso and his half-brother, Father Dominic O’Brian are private investigators... -
![The Depth of Darkness by L.T. Ryan, Sean Patrick Hopkins]()
The Depth of Darkness by L.T. Ryan, Sean Patrick Hopkins
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDetective Mitch Tanner's life hangs in the balance. He clings to the daughter in his care. He agonizes over the disappearance of his son and estranged wife. Twelve months has yet to turn up a solid lead.While investigating the apparent accidental death of Dusty Anne Miller, Mitch and his partner Sam Foster find themselves in the middle of a fiendish plan that strikes too close to home... -
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![Never Too Late by Sally Rigby]()
Never Too Late by Sally Rigby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA vicious attack. A dirty secret. And a chance for justiceEx-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage... -
![Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu]()
Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRodica Ojog-Braşoveanu a publicat romane poliţiste, istorice şi alte povestiri. Maestră in arta suspansului, Rodica Ojog-Brasoveanu se arată o fină cunoscătoare a maștilor dincolo de care se ascund întotdeauna oamenii și în literatura, și în viata. Această carte o dovedește din plin.Despre "Ciclul Melaniei": Melania este cheia întregii serii, prin unicitatea ei... -
![Consummatum est by César Pérez Gellida]()
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![Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini]()
Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMentre Rocco Schiavone affronta a Roma i suoi fantasmi con la sensazione che a quella città non abbia più niente da dire, ad Aosta nei boschi vicino Saint-Nicolas, vengono rinvenute alcune minuscole ossa umane. Sono di Mirko Sensini, un bimbo di 8 anni strangolato dopo aver subito violenza sessuale. Rocco stavolta dovrà scavare nel terreno più torbido della psicopatologia la pedofilia... -
![Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini]()
Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRocco Schiavone indaga sull’omicidio di una professoressa in pensione. E intanto l’ombra del passato si fa pressante: la pena per Sebastiano, l’amico fraterno che non ha mai smesso di dare la caccia a Enzo Baiocchi, che gli ha assassinato la moglie, lo rende inquieto e gli ruba il sonno... -
![Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø]()
Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the thirteenth novel in the New York Times best-selling series, brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own team to help find a serial killer.Harry has gone to Los Angeles to drink himself to death, in the wake of his life back in Oslo falling to pieces... -
![Brick by Conrad Jones]()
Brick by Conrad Jones
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA hard-boiled and utterly gripping crime thriller from a best-selling author When a teenager is the victim of an unprovoked attack while walking his dog, a murder investigation begins. A cruel twist of fate makes his innocent family the targets of a vicious campaign of terror... -
![Ο λαβύρινθος των πνευμάτων - τόμος 2 by Carlos Ruiz Zafón]()
Ο λαβύρινθος των πνευμάτων - τόμος 2 by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsΗ Αλίθια έβρεξε την πένα στο μελανοδοχείο και την άφησε να γλιστρήσει πάνω στο χαρτί, χαράζοντας μια γραμμή σε μπλε γυαλιστερό χρώμα. Έγραψε το όνομά της κι έμεινε να κοιτάζει το μελάνι που στέγνωνε σιγά σιγά. Η απόλαυση της λευκής σελίδας, που πάντα στην αρχή ανάδινε ένα άρωμα μυστηρίου γεμάτο υποσχέσεις, χάθηκε μεμιάς... -
![Kamer 19 by Marc Raabe]()
Kamer 19 by Marc Raabe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOp het openingsevenement van de Berlinale zorgt een snuff-movie voor een massale schok. Ruim 1800 sterren en beroemdheden zien hoe een gruwelijke moord op camera is vastgelegd. Het slachtoffer is de dochter van burgemeester Otto Keller. De dader dreigt dat het niet bij deze moord zal blijven. Rechercheur Tom Babylon en psychologe Sita Johanns staan met hun onderzoek naar de moord onder hoge druk... -
![Clean Kill by C.E. Nelson]()
Clean Kill by C.E. Nelson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was the chance of a lifetime for the band, touring with Prince, and a friend of a friend had a decked out tour bus they could use. Things couldn't be better - except for the body in the bus. A very clean body.Don Trask, Lead Agent for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, finds it odd that someone would go to the trouble to bleach a body. It was strange... -
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![The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s by Otto Penzler]()
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s by Otto Penzler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled. Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it... -
![Shella by Andrew Vachss]()
Shella by Andrew Vachss
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of the acclaimed Burke private-eye series comes an ambitious and chilling novel that shows us not only what evil is, but where it comes from. For Shella is nothing less than a tour of evil's spawning ground, conducted by one of its natural predators... -
![Dies irae by César Pérez Gellida]()
Dies irae by César Pérez Gellida
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDespués de Memento mori... ha llegado el día de la ira.La acción de este thriller implacable arranca en la peculiar ciudad italiana de Trieste, frontera entre dos mundos. Augusto Ledesma elige el que fuera hogar de James Joyce como primer escenario para continuar su siniestra obra, que alimenta del aliento de sus víctimas y de la humillación de sus perseguidores... -
![On the Street Where You Die by Al Stevens]()
On the Street Where You Die by Al Stevens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStanley Bentworth is not all that tough. Previously a homicide cop, he drank his way out of a job and now runs a one-man private eye agency finding people who don’t want to be found... -
![Hollywood Blood by M.Z. Kelly]()
Hollywood Blood by M.Z. Kelly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLAPD Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner, Bernie, return in this edge-of-your-seat thriller with laugh-out-loud humor. Hollywood Blood is the second book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers. If you think you’ve got problems, meet LAPD cop, Kate Sexton... -
![No Happy Ending: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II]()
No Happy Ending: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third English language case for Mexico City independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne, No Happy Ending, is Paco Ignacio Taibo II at his subversive, darkly comic best. First, Hector discovers the body of a dead actor, dressed like a Roman in full breastplate and regalia, propped up on the toilet in his office... -
![The Killing by Lionel White]()
The Killing by Lionel White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohnny Clay, an ex-con determined to strike it rich, has worked out a fool-proof scheme to knock off a racetrack payroll. The two million bucks should be enough to last him a lifetime or two. But a two-faced dame has another idea: Let Johnny do the work, then she'll grab the swag for herself and her boyfriend... -
![The Slanted Gutter by S. Craig Zahler]()
The Slanted Gutter by S. Craig Zahler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDarren Tasking is a slick who lives in Great Crown, Florida and considers himself an entrepreneur. Others might refer to him as a criminal or a pimp or an extortionist or all of these things, if they knew what he was doing at night. His income is derived from a number of brothels and gambling parlors that are secreted behind iron doors in what appear to be typical apartment buildings... -
![King Suckerman by George P. Pelecanos]()
King Suckerman by George P. Pelecanos
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's the week leading up to the Bicentennial celebration in Washington, D.C., and King Suckerman is the hot new blaxploitation film that's got everyone talking. Small-time dealer Dimitri Karras and his friend, record-store owner Marcus Clay, are out looking to score some weed when they stumble in on a big deal gone bad -- and pick up some cash that isn't theirs... -
![The Sweet Forever by George P. Pelecanos]()
The Sweet Forever by George P. Pelecanos
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMarcus Clay's record store is at the epicenter of the drug trade in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1980s. Dimitri Karras, his best friend and store manager, is rapidly developing a nasty drug habit. But things get worse when the two men witness the theft of the bag of a local drug lord who is willing to destroy the entire neighborhood to get it back. "A detailed and emotionally powerful crime novel... -
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![Pain Management by Andrew Vachss]()
Pain Management by Andrew Vachss
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBurke is back, but still lurking in the shadows, unable to return home. He is prowling the unfamiliar streets of Portland, Oregon, in search of a runaway teen. By all accounts, Rosebud Carlin is a happy, well-adjusted girl. She doesn't fit the profile of the runaway kids Burke knows so well�and once was... -
![Hyenas by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Hyenas by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHyenas marks the always-welcome return of Joe R. Lansdale’s most indelible fictional creations: Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. Once again, the embattled but resilient duo find themselves enmeshed in a web of danger, duplicity, and escalating mayhem. The result is a tightly compressed novella that is at once harrowing, hilarious, and utterly impossible to put down... -
![The Rainy City by Earl Emerson]()
The Rainy City by Earl Emerson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the first Thomas Black mystery. Black is a private eye working in Seattle. The Rainy City was nominated for a Shamus award from the Private Eye writers of America... -
![Cassidy's Girl by David Goodis]()
Cassidy's Girl by David Goodis
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassidy's Girl , first published in 1951, is a noir thriller by acknowledged master-of-the-genre David Goodis. The story, set in post-WWII Philadelphia, revolves around Jim Cassidy, who suffers setback after setback in his life, losing his job as an airline pilot and taking a job as a bus driver. His wife begins an affair with another man, while Cassidy takes up with a heavy-drinking femme-fatale... -
![Hell on Church Street by Jake Hinkson]()
Hell on Church Street by Jake Hinkson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeoffrey Webb—once a con man, always a con man—has talked himself into a cushy job as a youth minster in a small Baptist church in Arkansas. Unfortunately for him he shows the preacher's underage daughter a little too much attention, and when their relationship is discovered by the corrupt local sheriff, Webb's easy life begins to fall apart... -
![Wild Wives by Charles Willeford]()
Wild Wives by Charles Willeford
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father’s smothering influence. Unfortunately for Jake, the smothering influence includes two thugs hired to protect her—and the woman is in fact not the daughter of the man she wants to escape, but his wife. Now Jake has two angry thugs and one jealous husband on his case... -
![Sleeping Dogs by William Paul]()
Sleeping Dogs by William Paul
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsInvestigating crime; it’s amazing what you dig up… David Fyfe is a dog lover with a wife and mistress to support and an ambition to retire early. His present lifestyle is complicated enough before past indiscretions come back to haunt him... -
![Lucky at Cards by Sheldon Lord, Lawrence Block]()
Lucky at Cards by Sheldon Lord, Lawrence Block
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAT CARDS AND WITH WOMEN, BILL MAYNARD KNEW HOW TO CHEAT On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action – but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill’s latest mark. Together they hatch an ingenious scheme to get rid of her husband. But in life as in poker, the other player sometimes has an ace up his sleeve... -
![City Problems by Steve Goble]()
City Problems by Steve Goble
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA moment of violence—a snap judgement—a life changed to the core Ed Runyon bolted from the NYPD after a runaway teen case fell through the cracks and turned into a nightmarish murder. Now, he’s learned to bury the rage that consumed him, cope with depression, and enjoy life as a Mifflin County sheriff’s detective in rural Ohio... -
![Southwesterly Wind by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza]()
Southwesterly Wind by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young man predicts a murder and identifies the perpetrator—himself—in this third entry in the critically acclaimed Brazilian crime seriesWhen a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story, Chief Espinosa of the Copacabana precinct is more than happy to set aside his paperwork... -
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![Hard Feelings by Jason Starr]()
Hard Feelings by Jason Starr
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThings aren’t going so well for Richie Segal. His prospects at the job are pretty miserable and, what’s more humiliating, his wife’s prospects at her job are pretty good. Richie knows he’s a good salesman, but he just can’t seem to land an account. And he’s starting to drink again. And worry about whether Paula’s seeing that old high school flame, or maybe someone new... -
![Bangkok Bob And The Missing Mormon by Stephen Leather]()
Bangkok Bob And The Missing Mormon by Stephen Leather
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIntroducing Bob Turtledove - Bangkok antiques dealer and part-time private eye - in a case that brings him up against Russian gangsters, hired killers and kickboxing thugs while looking for a lost Mormon in the heart of Thailand. This is the first book in a new series by bestselling author Stephen Leather... -
![New Yorked by Rob Hart]()
New Yorked by Rob Hart
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNominated for the Anthony Award for Best First NovelAsh McKenna is a blunt instrument. Find someone, scare someone, carry something; point him at the job, he gets it done. He generally accepts money upon completion, though a bottle of whiskey works, too--he's comfortable working on a barter system... -
![Magnolias in Paradise: The Man with the Hourglass by Leonard Seet]()
Magnolias in Paradise: The Man with the Hourglass by Leonard Seet
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratings(Available in October 2016) Ernst arrives at the Paradise train station with fifty-thousand dollars to ransom his sweetheart, and while looking among the crowd for the young man with a magnolia, a beggar seizes his bag of cash and escapes through the revolving door. Chasing after the rascal, he slams into his contact--his girlfriend's lover in town... -
![Cat Chaser by Elmore Leonard]()
Cat Chaser by Elmore Leonard
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gripping, lightning-paced tale of an ex-soldier-turned Florida motel owner whose dangerous affair with the mistress of a Dominican general in exile—a former death squad leader—threatens to have lethal consequences…especially when drugs, double-cross, and murderous mob thugs are added into the mix. A classic thriller from crime fiction master who first brought us U.S... -
![Bust by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr]()
Bust by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratings5 IMPORTANT LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST:1. When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath.2. Drano is not the best tool for getting rid of a dead body.3. Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure.4. A curly blond wig isn’t much of a disguise.5. Secrets can kill... -
![Gun Work by David J. Schow]()
Gun Work by David J. Schow
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen his wife is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel, Carl Ledbetter, unable to come up with the ransom, calls in a favor from one of his old army buddies and gets more than he bargains for when the rescue mission doesn't go exactly as planned. Original... -
![Never Count Out the Dead by Boston Teran]()
Never Count Out the Dead by Boston Teran
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the winner of the CWA John Creasey Dagger comes a second thriller equally as powerful, terrifying and gripping as God is a Bullet. When a Los Angeles construction scandal threatens to blow sky-high, suspicions soar, allegiances crumble, and an unlikely investigative reporter uncovers enough material to bring prominent careers crashing to an end... -
![Freezer Burn by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Freezer Burn by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBill has no job, no money and no mother '... his mother was dead and kind of freeze-dried in her bedroom'. She doesn't smell as bad as she used to, but her welfare checks are piling up and Bill doesn't feel smart enough to forge her signature. So he decides to rob a firecracker stand across the highway from his house, for cash and may be a few loud bangs into the bargain... -
![Owning Up by George P. Pelecanos]()
Owning Up by George P. Pelecanos
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity, from esteemed crime fiction writer George Pelecanos; "Like his hero Elmore Leonard, Pelecanos finds the humanity in the lowest of lowlifes." ( Chicago Tribune )When the son of the Carusos is involved in a hold up, the family home comes under siege in the form of a no-knock warrant... -
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![The Double by George P. Pelecanos]()
The Double by George P. Pelecanos
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery man has his dark side . . . Spero Lucas confronts his own in the most explosive thriller yet from one of America's best-loved crime writers. The job seems simple enough: retrieve the valuable painting -- "The Double" -- Grace Kinkaid's ex-boyfriend stole from her. It's the sort of thing Spero Lucas specializes in: finding what's missing, and doing it quietly. But Grace wants more... -
![The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey]()
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHow far would you go to protect everything you love? On the South Side of Chicago, you're only as strong as your reputation. Danny Carter and his best friend, Evan, earned theirs knocking over pawnshops and liquor stores, living from score to score, never thinking of tomorrow.Then a job went desperately wrong, and in the roar of a gun blast, everything changed... -
![Gas City by Loren D. Estleman]()
Gas City by Loren D. Estleman
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCalling upon his considerable novelistic skills, Loren D. Estleman exposes the black heart of a seemingly stable, well-run city suddenly pitched into violence and chaos. A delicate balance of forces—greed and corruption, ambition and desire—run out of control in the wake of a serial killer's grisly rampage... -
![Murder on the Thirty-first Floor by Per Wahlöö]()
Murder on the Thirty-first Floor by Per Wahlöö
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the nation's sole publishing conglomerate receives a mysterious bomb threat, Chief Inspector Jensen is ordered to find a culprit within a week--or else. As his investigation begins to reveal the unsavory secrets of a growing list of suspects, Jensen realizes that he has uncovered a tragic story of betrayal and death in which he will play the central role... -
![Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery by Diane Wei Liang]()
Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery by Diane Wei Liang
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsModern-Day Beijing. Mei Wang, 31, lives and works as a private detective in China's capital city. After her resignation from the Ministry for Public Security, Mei saw her status drop swiftly in the eyes of her former colleagues, her TV-star sister, and even her mother...
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