Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

"e;Plenty of mayhem for fans of dark fiction .

"e;Featuring short, edgy fiction on the Emerald City's seamy underbelly .

Sixteen stories of capital crimes and misdemeanors-the basis for the film directed by George Pelecanos, producer and writer of The Wire.

Sheriff Kyle of Deadeye, Nevada, is headed east to the nation's capital.

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

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Sheriff Kyle of Deadeye, Nevada, is headed east to the nation's capital.

American Sailor Kurt Reid is a hothead and a hard case-a man who hits first and asks questions later.

American Sailor Kurt Reid is a hothead and a hard case-a man who hits first and asks questions later.

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.

Killing is easy.

The classic novel of suspense is "e;a headlong story of nerve-wracking tension, psychological validity and emotional drive"e; (Oakland Tribune).

A husband falls into a psychological spiral in a novel by the author of Laura, "e;an expert at suspense and suspicion"e; (The New York Times).

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.

Murder casts a long shadow, reaching from fabled Easter Island in the South Pacific to the desolate shores of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.

Undercover operative Jack Taggart is hurled into a world where morality, justice, and the legal system are pitted against one another.

This psychological mystery introduces David Morgan and Miranda Quin, two maverick and culturally sophisticated Toronto police detectives.

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

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

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.

The story takes place at the end of the nineteenth century at the World's Fair in Chicago.

'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.

The third book in the DI Nicholas Lowry series, for fans of Peter James and Stuart Macbride.

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.

"e;Northern Italy's answer to Inspector Montalbano"e; Alessandro BariccoSeptember 2008.

NO ONE EVER FORGETS MEETING THE SISTERS STRANGE .

'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS'Impossible to put down' GLOBE AND MAILThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'Louise Penny's writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling' PETER JAMES'Penny is a joy' IRISH TIMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

*** 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.

'Outstanding' THE NEW YORK TIMES'No one writes evil like Louise Penny' ANN CLEEVESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'Ingenious and unexpected' GUARDIAN'One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction' THE TIMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'No one does atmospheric like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS'Altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POSTThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' ANN CLEEVES'One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction' THE TIMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'One of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHSThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'This gloriously shocking book grips from the very first page' DENISE MINA'Wonderful' ELLY GRIFFITHSThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

'Makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' THE TIMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.

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.

'Compelling .

*** NOMINATED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER ***'Full of twists and turns .

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.

'A cracking storyteller' ANN CLEEVES'Stellar .

*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.

Is a Perfect Storm the Perfect Time for a Murder?

'Like being on a scary and unpredictable rollercoaster ride with moments that left me speechless.