Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book ReviewWhen the beautiful young wife of a Boston policeman goes missing, he asks his friend, private detective Spenser, to find her.

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'The best new private eye in fiction since Raymond Chandler' Dan WakefieldTV reporter Candy Sloan is in danger, after investigating labour racketeering in Hollywood's movie industry.

TWISTED is the second Petra Connor novel and a superb example of international bestseller Jonathan Kellerman's mastery of the psychological thriller as demonstrated in his renowned Alex Delaware series, which includes KILLER and BREAKDOWN.

It is the early 1980s, a time when air travel was uncomplicated, when people still smoked in offices, restaurants and bars.

Jack Taggart, an undercover Mountie, lives in a world where the good guys and the bad guys change places in a heartbeat.

2013 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery - WinnerWhen missing persons investigator Dan Sharp attends a wedding, he finds himself investigating more than one murder.

Shortlisted for the Crime Fest 2016 Last Laugh AwardLife is sublime in the idyllic suburb of New York City.

Peter Ellis is a rookie probation officer in interior British Columbia when he gets saddled with a file that goes sideways.

'Will captivate both longtime and soon-to-be-devoted Spenser lovers' Kirkus ReviewsA local theatre director claims he is being followed.

Young Alex Hamilton is intelligent and independent but given to sudden fits of violent rage.

It is the early 1980s, a time when air travel was uncomplicated, when people still smoked in offices, restaurants and bars.

'It was a night that would be long remembered.

Cemetery Road is a power novel.

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Death Row Breakout Stories brings together seven previously unseen short stories that draw fully on Edward Bunker's incomparable experience of the U.

A Jesse Stone MysteryThe woman on the bed was barely out of her teens.

A private investigator and a journalist take on a ruthless gang in Calgary to rescue a runaway and find justice for themselves.

Death's not so simple when there's money involved .

As we've come to expect from John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - this thriller, with its vivid characterisation, masterful sense of suspense and sardonic take on life, is so gripping, you'll be hard pressed not to finish it in one sitting.

If Lars Marlin had three wishes, two have already been granted: he has escaped from Devil's Island .

Gangs of London meets Kimberley Chambers in this gripping thriller of betrayal and survival in a world where one mistake could cost you everything.

An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home.

From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a tense, taut and twisted psychological thriller about a dark mother-daughter relationship that will keep you hooked.

'Here ends one of the finest achievements of recent crime fiction' - Sunday Telegraph'Outstanding' - The Times*Winner of the 2022 CWA Historical Dagger and Gold Dagger*Los Angeles.

A case of stolen shoes leads maverick Chicago PI Sam Kelson into something far darker and deeper in the second of this hardhitting crime noir series.

A mercenary turned hitman.

The scene is Quinsigamond, a decaying New England factory town, a model locale of turn-of-the-century chaos.

Ricky Rice is a middle-aged hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind.

The Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - is one for fans of Lee Child, Michael Connelly and John Grisham not to miss.

The eleventh Jack Taggart Mystery pits Taggart against the ruthless new leader of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Gang.

THE RIVETING AND UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FOR FANS OF STIEG LARSSON'S MILLENNIUM TRILOGY'Ambitious, intricate, riveting' THE TIMES________Journalist Farah Hafez is after another killer story.

Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit.

Sixteen-year-old Amanda McCready has disappeared.

Cool, deadpan, a rollercoaster ride to hellIf Jim Thompson had gotten an MBA, he might have written Cold Caller, a ravingly readable story of a downwardly mobile yuppie who'll just kill to get ahead.

As Anna Delinny, a central character in 'A Place in Paradise' says, "e;There are places of power on the earth.

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players.

A Chee-Chalker is a newcomer to Alaska; an Indian word meaning one who is inexperienced or has no knowledge.

More than a whodunit detective story, Picasso Blues is a gripping tale of missed opportunities and hidden desires set amid rampant cynicism, fear, and deadly danger.

"e;IRRESISTIBLE AND PULSE-POUNDING"e; Karin Slaughter"e;A TENSE, PACY PAGE-TURNER"e; GUARDIAN"e;BRILLIANT AND RELENTLESS"e; Don WinslowThe unmissable new thriller from the bestselling author of THE CHAIN.

Insurance investigator Brent Calloway may be too hard-boiled to crack a smile, but he'll go to any length to crack a case.

Richie Segal's prospects are pretty miserable and, what's more humiliating, his wife's career is on the up.

Taggart takes on gangs armed with sophisticated weapons who are battling for control and spreading terror in British Columbia.

The last thing Peggy Jo Riley wanted this holiday was a hard-boiled charmer in her house 24/7.

The sixth gripping thriller in the No.

From the critically acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.

From "e;one of the best crime writers at work today"e; (Michael Connelly) comes a fast, funny, violent new noir crime classic-a Coen Brothers movie come to life.

'Well into MARTINA COLE territory' Independent'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANEON THE STREETS OF LONDON, DANGER LURKS EVERYWHERE .

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie seriesThe award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller.