Tex Larimee is a grizzled Arizona sheriff who's leaving the deserts of Cactus County behind, blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of Manhattan.
Tex Larimee, a grizzled sheriff, leaving the deserts of Cactus County, Arizona, behind and blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of New York.
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.
The discovery of two headless corpses dressed in colonial clothing and locked in a grisly embrace draws Detectives Miranda Quin and David Morgan of the Toronto Police Service into a Gothic mixture of sex and death that ultimately threatens their survival.
In this gut-wrenching sequel to Loose Ends and Above Ground, Jack Taggart's quest for justice takes him from the beaches of Cuba to the ghettos of Hanoi.
2008 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize - LonglistedJack's life and career are on the line in a gritty return to the dark Vancouver underworld of Loose Ends.
'This book is so spectacularly good' Goodreads review Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the city.
A classic slice of Japanese hard-boiled noir paying homage to the master of the genre: Raymond ChandlerThe Wrong Goodbye pits homicide detective Eiji Futamura against a shady Chinese business empire and U.
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*** WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST MYSTERY NOVEL 2021***'Makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' THE TIMES'Altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POST There is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
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WINNER of the the Barry, Macavity, & Anthony Awards for Best Novel WINNER of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Crime Novel 'Outstanding' THE NEW YORK TIMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
'One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction' THE TIMES'Penny combines clever plotting with beautifully evocative descriptions' DAILY EXPRESSThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Crime NovelWinner of the Macavity Award for Best Crime NovelWinner of the Agatha Award for Best Crime Novel'Penny's writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling' PETER JAMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A pitch-perfect espionage thriller' Sunday Times'The foremost living spy novelist in the English language' New Statesman****In MI5 a scandal is brewing and there are bad actors everywhere.
*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022***'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin****Slough House - the crumbling office building to which failed spies, the 'slow horses', are banished - has been wiped from secret service records.