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![Fargo by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen]()
Fargo by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the Academy Award as the best Original Screenplay of 1996.Set in the midst of the bleak midwinter snow drifts of the American Midwest, Fargo is a story of murder and mayhem.Stylistically, Fargo -in its observation of a specific Minnesota community-is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the post-modernism of The Hudsucker Proxy and the baroque hallucinations of Barton Fink... -
![Boy on a Shelf by J.T. Daniels]()
Boy on a Shelf by J.T. Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by a true story, J T Daniels exposes the horrific life of Peter. His family lived a normal life – work, school, church – while he was chained in a room, starving. Peter was their dirty, little secret. They would go to any lengths to keep him hidden from others... -
![The Arrangements - Box Set by Annie Adams]()
The Arrangements - Box Set by Annie Adams
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Final Arrangment The Vulture is dead. The body of Quincy McKay's nemesis and biggest competitor in the floral business has just been discovered in a casket at the mortuary, complete with flowers on the lid. Derrick Gibbons, aka The Vulture, stole all of Quincy's funeral business, and now she's on a mission to get it back... -
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![Hot Type by Joseph Flynn]()
Hot Type by Joseph Flynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo men on the run ... Newspaperman Dan Cameron gets a cool old typewriter for his 40th birthday. It once belonged to Ben Hecht, who used it to write the movie "Notorious." Dan uses it to write a best-seller. Then the Hecht estate says the typewriter was stolen and demands its return... -
![Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson]()
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTurns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst. PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation—if she can manage to finish writing it... -
![Bubblegum Blonde by Anna Snow]()
Bubblegum Blonde by Anna Snow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom author Anne Snow comes a brand new series about a not-so-dumb blonde who has her hands full... "Expect the unexpected" has been Barb Jackson’s motto ever since the day she became a private investigator... -
![Bryant & May: England’s Finest by Christopher Fowler]()
Bryant & May: England’s Finest by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'Winningly eccentric . . . London, in all its non-homogenous, sprawling splendour, is as much a character as Fowler's sleuthing duo' Barry Forshaw, Financial TimesThe Peculiar Crimes Unit has solved many extraordinary cases over the years, but some were hushed up and hidden away. Until now.Arthur Bryant remembers these lost cases as if they were yesterday... -
![One Strange Date by Laurence Shames]()
One Strange Date by Laurence Shames
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect romance. Perfect nightmare. Sometimes it’s a fine line. Meet Key West native Renita Daughtry--22, wide-eyed, gorgeous, and very much in love with love. In other words, an irresistible target for professional impostor and pathological liar Richie Pestucci, who plans to charm her into utter helplessness. But there’s just one problem... -
![Leather Pants by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff]()
Leather Pants by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Book #2 of The Happy Pants Cafe Series.It Only Takes One Hot Rock Star To Ruin Your Life... The youngest woman to ever sit on the bench, the Honorable Sarah Rae Alma has busted her butt to get where she is. No fun. No distractions. And definitely no bad boys... -
![Mr. Monk is a Mess by Lee Goldberg]()
Mr. Monk is a Mess by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsObsessive. Compulsive. Detective. An all-new original mystery starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something's out of place....No one likes to come home to a mess--least of all Monk and Natalie. But when they return briefly to San Francisco from an extended stay working as cops in New Jersey, Natalie discovers somebody has been sleeping in her bed... -
![Zaginięcie by Remigiusz Mróz, Krzysztof Gosztyła]()
Zaginięcie by Remigiusz Mróz, Krzysztof Gosztyła
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTrzyletnia dziewczynka znika bez śladu z domku letniskowego bogatych rodziców. Alarm przez całą noc był włączony, a okna i drzwi zamknięte. Śledczy nie odnajdują żadnych poszlak świadczących o porwaniu i podejrzewają, że dziecko nie żyje... -
![Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake]()
Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn his latest caper, Dortmunder is hired to steal the femur of a 16-year-old girl who was canonized because, 800 years ago, she was killed and eaten by her family. Now two European countries and the Catholic church are fighting like dogs over the bone. How will this free-for-all end? Don't Ask... -
![Mr. Monk Gets on Board by Hy Conrad]()
Mr. Monk Gets on Board by Hy Conrad
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsObsessive. Compulsive. Detective. An all-new original mystery starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place... Of all the things that make Adrian Monk uneasy, change ranks high on the list. So when Natalie completes her P.I. license—and technically becomes Monk’s boss—it’s not easy for him to accept... -
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![Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte]()
Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis beloved, comedy-noir thriller teams up Leo Bloodworth, a hard-drinking, middle-aged Los Angeles PI with hypertension and a low tolerance for precious teenagers, with Serendipity Dahlquist, a bright and strong-willed roller-blading 14-year-old searching for her lost dog... -
![He Who Dares by Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter]()
He Who Dares by Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack-the-lad, wheeler-dealer, and international playboy (just ask the manageress of El Sid's, Torremolinos, 1978), this was a man destined for greatness. One day he would mature into an award-winning man of business, thriving entrepreneur and glittering member of the jet-set. A force of nature, a man who beat the odds, if only for a bit. This is his story. The story of Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter... -
![Famous in a Small Town by Diana Anderson]()
Famous in a Small Town by Diana Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe quiet town of Cypress, Mississippi is turned upside down when a former citizen, Raven Sawyer, returns for a funeral. Raven’s fictional novel goes viral when the town folk realize that she’s the author, and soon they’re thinking that her book is not fiction but truth... -
![Hick Lawyer by Corey Burns]()
Hick Lawyer by Corey Burns
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDexter Smith has muddled his way through life, and law school. And he has found a small Nebraska town to hide out in and do as little as possible, handling simple court appointed cases while life passes him by. Now, Donald Birch has been charged with three counts of first degree murder... -
![ILUSANITI by Adib Zaini]()
ILUSANITI by Adib Zaini
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsILUSANITIIni kisah sekumpulan kawan.Lama sudah kenal secara online.Untuk kali pertama mereka bertemu.Seorang mati bunuh diri selepas itu.Ataupun ada konspirasi yang mereka tidak tahu.Nisan siapa bakal diukir lagi?Ingatan semakin hilang setiap hari.Tidur dipenuhi dengan mimpi ngeri... -
![Deadly Ashes by N.C. Lewis]()
Deadly Ashes by N.C. Lewis
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoris Cudlow is a feisty reporter with a nose for the truth. When Doris takes a stroll on a blustery gray Skegness beach, the most she expects is a downpour. Instead, she walks straight into a baffling mystery—a body on the beach. It looks like the victim died of natural causes. No one believes it was murder, but Doris is not so sure... -
![Bösland by Bernhard Aichner]()
Bösland by Bernhard Aichner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSommer 1987. Auf dem Dachboden eines Bauernhauses wird ein Mädchen brutal ermordet. Ein dreizehnjähriger Junge schlägt sieben Mal mit einem Golfschläger auf seine Mitschülerin ein und richtet ein Blutbad an... -
![Bird Brain by Guy Kennaway]()
Bird Brain by Guy Kennaway
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife was always difficult for Banger Peyton-Crumbe, an antiquated, misanthropic blood-sport obsessive, but it gets considerably worse when he is killed in a shooting incident and returns to earth as a pheasant. Banger's family think his death was an accident, but his gun dogs, who witnessed their master's demise, know it to be murder... -
![Roll The Dice by Mimi Barbour]()
Roll The Dice by Mimi Barbour
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen attractive Las Vegas detective, Aurora Morelli, makes a friend, she takes the relationship very seriously. And if someone hurts that person, they’re going down. Slim and dainty, she has the heart of a lion, and when angry, the manners of a she-cat. Therefore the sicko who attacked her partner has become her prime target and nothing or no one will stand in her way... -
![Laughing Dog: A Leo and Serendipity Mystery by Dick Lochte]()
Laughing Dog: A Leo and Serendipity Mystery by Dick Lochte
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHardboiled private eye Leo Bloodworth and his self-appointed partner, fifteen-year-old Serendipity Dahlquist, are back in a wild and deadly new mystery that’s every bit as brilliant and memorable as SLEEPING DOG, a New York Times Book of the Year, a Nero Wolfe Award winner, and a finalist for the Edgar, Shamus and Anthony Awards. “Dancingly macabre, packed with perils, pungent with humor... -
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![Score! by Jilly Cooper]()
Score! by Jilly Cooper
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSir Robert Rannaldini, the most successful but detested conductor in the world, had two ambitions: to seduce his ravishing nineteen-year-old stepdaughter Tabitha Campbell-Black, and to put his mark on musical history by making the definitive film of Verdi's darkest opera, Don Carlos... -
![Sucker Bet by James Swain]()
Sucker Bet by James Swain
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA hardened ex-cop with great instincts, a sharp eye, and a short fuse, Tony Valentine still catches crooks, but a very special breed of them. He nabs hustlers who rob casinos, and finds the fatal flaw that allowed the place to get ripped off in the first place. Sometimes that means biting the hand that feeds him, but Valentine isn’t paid to sugarcoat the cold, hard truth... -
![The Case of the Not-So-Fair Trader by Jim Stevens]()
The Case of the Not-So-Fair Trader by Jim Stevens
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLibrarian note: alternative cover edition - ASIN B00AL2LDFIA despicable stock trader is found buried under an avalanche of his own garden rocks, causing fired-from-the force- Richard Sherlock to be yanked off the bowling alley and whisked to the crime scene by his pampered protegee Tiffany Richmond. He must prove murder and stop payment of the twelve-million-dollar Richmond Insurance policy... -
![One Taste of You by Amanda Siegrist]()
One Taste of You by Amanda Siegrist
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Amanda Siegrist comes an exciting, edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense that also has a bit of humor and lots of love.One night will never be enough…but a killer has other plans.One night of glorious bliss.One night turned into utter humiliation.Zoe Sullivan doesn't want to see the man who took her for a prostitute ever again... -
![Lana'i of the Tiger by JoAnn Bassett]()
Lana'i of the Tiger by JoAnn Bassett
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn mid-November, Maui wedding planner Pali Moon is hustled into witness protection after sticking her nose in a hush-hush federal sting operation aimed at taking down a vicious drug lord. She’s sent to the private island of Lana’i, Hawaii, to hang out while the feds finish up... -
![Goblins & Greatcoats by Travis Baldree]()
Goblins & Greatcoats by Travis Baldree
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery, a rain-soaked night, four adventurers, a pair of corpses, a junk-drawer knife, some unfortunate taxidermy, and a beleaguered Gatewarden…These are the primary ingredients in a locked-room mystery that can only be solved by the Territory's most unlikely detective.Her name is Zyll... -
![The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce]()
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis new novel in the 'Louie Knight' series is3 the most dark and disturbing adventure yet... -
![A White Merc with Fins by James Hawes]()
A White Merc with Fins by James Hawes
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dazzling debut of a new voice in fiction, this is the funny, unexpected story of a balding, thickening 28-year-old who, having spent the bulk of his twenties avoiding a career in the quasi-black market of London's temp agencies, now finds himself not only without a job, but seriously without prospects... -
![Ting-A-Ling by Mike Faricy]()
Ting-A-Ling by Mike Faricy
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTing-A-Ling is the Seventh mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series. In Hitchcockian fashion, the telephone rings at two in the morning. PI Dev Haskell answers, half-asleep, to a giggling woman named Danielle. It seems she's found his phone number on a bathroom stall... -
![Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle]()
Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOrphaned as a child and raised as the only son of a Thai mafia godfather, Chance plans to quit the family business for the woman he loves.Chance’s father is the godfather of Pak Nam and owner of the largest crocodile farm on earth. He didn’t get to where he is without knowing a thing or two about people, including how long it takes for a crocodile to digest one... -
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![Rewizja by Remigiusz Mróz]()
Rewizja by Remigiusz Mróz
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsŻona i córka robotnika z Ursynowa giną tragicznie w niewyjaśnionych okolicznościach. Ich polisa na życie jest tak duża, że towarzystwo ubezpieczeniowe nie spieszy się z jej wypłaceniem. Pogrążony w żałobie mężczyzna spodziewa się problemów, ale to, co go spotyka, przechodzi jego najśmielsze obawy…Ubezpieczyciel odmawia wypłaty, twierdząc, że to robotnik zamordował rodzinę... -
![The Fictional Man by Al Ewing]()
The Fictional Man by Al Ewing
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHollywood: Niles Golan is writing a remake of a camp-classic spy movie. The studio has plans for a franchise, so rather than hiring an actor, the protagonist will be 'translated' into a cloned human body.It's common practice - Niles' therapist is a Fictional. So is his best friend. So, maybe, is the woman in the bar he can't stop staring at... -
![Remodeled to Death by Valerie Wolzien]()
Remodeled to Death by Valerie Wolzien
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOH, THOSE LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER IN SUBURBIA, WHEN THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR A MURDER OR TWO.With the kids away, Susan and Jed Henshaw are in the mood for a lazy, romantic August. Then the pipes in an upstairs bathroom burst and water inundates the floors below... -
![Vegas Moon by John Locke]()
Vegas Moon by John Locke
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn order to save his own life, Donovan Creed signs on as bodyguard to the most famous gambler in Las Vegas history, Jim “Lucky” Peters. Lucky, worth millions, has hit a losing streak and must raise a lot of cash in a short period of time from some of the world’s creepiest people... -
![摩丑世代 by Santiago Lorenzo, 聖地亞哥‧羅倫佐]()
摩丑世代 by Santiago Lorenzo, 聖地亞哥‧羅倫佐
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 20 ratings西班牙導演聖地亞哥・羅倫佐，拿下西班牙電影最高殊榮哥雅獎後，厭倦了名聲帶來的浮華和紛擾，決定搬到一個只有七個人的小鎮，過著每日砍柴、喝咖啡及做模型的日子，背離電影界的繁忙勞碌，他在小鎮裡意外找到他所追求的快樂，並寫下《摩丑世代》這個故事。 這是一個充滿「摩丑族」的時代。摩丑族，家中塞滿3C產品，一天到晚確認手機，害怕寂靜、害怕陷入只有自己的情境，老是將一天填滿，渴望更多朋友和更多人愛，說服自己正過著快樂的生活。對摩丑族來說，孤獨是他們亟欲擺脫的事。 本書主角馬努爾是一個二十歲出頭的年輕人，剛出社會的他為了維持生計，將時間、身心靈全部投注於工作，幾乎無心思考其他事。他渴望與人產生連結，卻發覺難以融入任何群體。馬努爾就這樣於人世間遊蕩，不停尋求寄託。... -
![Diva Las Vegas by Caroline Dries]()
Diva Las Vegas by Caroline Dries
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFemale detectives seem to have a knack for finding trouble. Lots of trouble. But imagine the kinds of mischief a female private eye would get into if she also sidelined as a stripper. In Vegas. Exotic dancer Raven McShane doesn't want to be a stripper forever. She's always wanted to be a cop, but the cops won't hire her... for obvious reasons... -
![Some Like It Hot-Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen]()
Some Like It Hot-Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll Elliot Freed wanted to do was to make people die laughing. But he didn't mean it literally. The dead guy in Row S, Seat 18, is no joke. Elliot Freed, recovering writer, socked all his savings-and the alimony from his ex-wife-into the Comedy Tonight movie theater, never suspecting it would become a murder scene. And murder can't be good for ticket sales... Death by popcorn was the cause... -
![Cabaret Biarritz by José C. Vales]()
Cabaret Biarritz by José C. Vales
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorges Miet escribe por encargo historias populares para la editorial francesa La Fortune, hasta que un día su editor le pide una novela “seria” acerca de los trágicos hechos que habían conmocionado quince años antes la vibrante Biarritz de 1925, durante la temporada estival. Tras una terrible galerna el cadáver de una joven de la localidad aparece sujeto a una argolla en el muelle... -
![Maid of the Mist by Colin Bateman]()
Maid of the Mist by Colin Bateman
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing much ever happens in Niagara Falls. It is a sleepy town full of honeymooners and tourists, and that's how Inspector Frank Corrigan likes it. He saw enough trouble as a cop in Northern Ireland. Now he's happy dealing with parking offences and the odd drunk, although since his wife has left him and taken their daughter, 'happy' may not quite be the word... -
![The Slaughtered Virgin of Zenopolis by David Blake]()
The Slaughtered Virgin of Zenopolis by David Blake
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBATHS, BANKS AND ROMAN INSURRECTION "A well-observed comic novel that is actually, genuinely, laugh-out loud funny." Stevie O'Connor, Amazon.co.uk "Very funny, unpredictable, good pace. I'm now reading his second book and so far just as good and just as unpredictable. If you have a sense of humour and want to be amused and entertained this is the writer for you." Amazon Customer, Amazon.co... -
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![The Case of Tiffany's Epiphany by Jim Stevens]()
The Case of Tiffany's Epiphany by Jim Stevens
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRichard Sherlock is back on the case when his attractive, blonde assistant, Tiffany Richmond, takes a sip of a loaded cocktail putting her life into a complete tailspin. This sets off a chain reaction of twists, turns, and troubles, which only Sherlock, can untangle... -
![Boca Knights by Steven M. Forman]()
Boca Knights by Steven M. Forman
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"Like Elmore Leonard on speed . . ." - Lincoln Child In a debut novel sure to both excite passions and elicit laughter, author Steven M. Forman has created a different kind of hero in a most unlikely criminal hotbed: Boca Raton. Eddie Perlmutter's career as a much-honored Boston cop has come to an end... -
![Fletch Reflected by Gregory McDonald]()
Fletch Reflected by Gregory McDonald
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFletch ReflectedFletch’s newfound son Jack has just heard from an old flame who’s about to marry a billionaire’s son—that is until her future father-in-law suffers several near-fatal accidents... -
![No Sleep Till Wonderland by Paul Tremblay]()
No Sleep Till Wonderland by Paul Tremblay
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMark Genevich, narcoleptic detective, is caught between friends and a police investigation in this wickedly riveting PI novel with a twist—a follow-up to The Little Sleep Mark Genevich is stuck in a rut: his narcolepsy isn't improving, his private-detective business is barely scraping by, and his landlord mother is forcing him to attend group therapy sessions... -
![Il cuore è uno zingaro by Luca Bianchini]()
Il cuore è uno zingaro by Luca Bianchini
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIl maresciallo Gino Clemente avrebbe immaginato tutto tranne che doversi trasferire dalla sua amata Polignano a Bressanone, in Alto Adige, a pochi chilometri dall'Austria, dove molti parlano tedesco e la gente cena alle sette di sera... -
![Heiress, P.I. by Amanda Mahan]()
Heiress, P.I. by Amanda Mahan
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars and Gossip Girl... Meet Lucy Hansen. She’s the richest teenager in the world – and possibly the shyest. She doesn’t flash her business to the paparazzi as she’s getting out of limos or send selfies while smoking salvia. No, Lucy hides behind her frizzy bangs, environmental causes and organic hemp-blend sweats...
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