Noir fiction Books

This is the book that Gordon Williams wrote after Straw Dogs (the film was based on his novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm). Working in Soho at the time he turned his forensic gaze on the landscape and characters around him. Slated by one reviewer for...

People should know. Between pandemics and before the Apocalypse, people should find out. Why would beautiful, intelligent women pay upwards of $1,200 to spend a night with the cover-illustrated clown gigolo, self-described as "just a skinny guy with a...

Belgium, 1944. A young German soldier is gunned down in a mass execution by American riflemen. Left for dead among the frozen corpses of his comrades, Matthias Bartsch is attacked by a pair of sinister creatures and undergoes a horrid transformation. As...

"This is a comic, crazy, original crime novel. You won't find another one like it this year, or, more likely, ever." Bill CriderR. Doubting Thomas Perdue, tough Aussie former P.I. and jailbird, is in trouble, and it can only get worse. Tom's *Feng shui*...

A woman finds a Death Curse symbol scratched into the soap scum around her sink. A young boy watches his family fall apart after the death of his father. A butterfly chrysalis hatches, under the watchful eye of a hungry cat, and a teenage grim...

Zeus is the lowest of the low: a hitman, and muscle for a monster who sells children into sexual slavery. It was only because he learned from the guy who used to do the same job, though, that he made it off the streets. It isn't until he is sent to...

October 1986-the tarnished heart of the "Greed is Good" decade. Private detective Peter O'Keefe is a physically scarred and emotionally battered Vietnam Vet. Hired by his childhood best friend, ace attorney Mike Harrigan, O'Keefe...

Für den Ingolstädter Kriminalhauptkommissar Hendrik Brauner ergibt sich ein schwieriger Fall: Auf dem Einödhof Finsterholz, der zum Dorf Moosbach gehört, wurde ein Mehrfachmord verübt. Eine ganze Familie wurde ausgelöscht. Als er mit seinem Team die...

Condamné à court ou moyen terme par un contrat lancé contre lui par un mystérieux commanditaire, Wade tente tant bien que mal de survivre au sein d'une ville où il doit plus que jamais se faire invisible. Quand un informateur anonyme lui propose un...

ON THE RUN. ACCUSED OF MURDER. WITH NO WAY OUT.Coroner Fenway Stevenson is accused of a homicide she didn't commit-but all the evidence points her way. Staying one step ahead of the police, she unearths one secret after another. But the victim's trail...

James Hopper (1876-1956) was an American footballer, journalist, and author, penning some 450 short stories and six novels, one of which he co-authored with fellow journalist and author Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt (1874-1950). Inspired by...

For Private Investigator, Moses Winter, the job just got more complicated. His adultery case has taken a violent turn landing the subject of his investigation, Fred Dunsmore, in the hospital and Moses in jail. Moses is held for questioning along with his...

VIRGIN CAY Gus Robinson has lost his boat—sunk beneath the waves thirty fathoms down—and nearly lost his life as well. But he manages to swim to land at Spanish Cay, and that’s how he meets Clare. She offers him her bed, her body,...

BIG RED’S DAUGHTER It all starts with a road accident. Jim Work has just returned from Korea and is driving around Carmel. Buddy Brown cuts in front of him, they collide. And that’s how he meets Wild Kearny, Buddy’s girl. But the...

TEARS ARE FOR ANGELSWhen Jean finds Harry London, there isn’t much left of the man. He lives alone in a shack, spends all his time drunk on moonshine. He’s forgotten about shaving, washing. All he does is shoot at empty cans of...

An NSA scientist has disappeared with a deadly plague virus. Donna and Jack must find him before it is unleashed on Fantasy island. But first they'll have to deal with a nude sunbathing serial killer, a Lord of the Flies ‘tween...

Her son was stolen. Could this injured boy be hers?From USA Today and New York Times bestselling thriller authors Diane Capri comes this gripping new thriller featuring Jess Kimball.When Jess Kimball's investigator finds a boy that...

FBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up where Lee Child's "The Enemy" leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up! "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her...

The sexy Italian seems too good to be true. Because he is.When her Taboo Magazine assignment uncovers a modern Italian crime family operating scams and killing their victims inside the US, Jess Kimball joins forces with FBI Special Agent Henry...

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Returns!For fans of Lee Child, John Grisham, Jack Reacher and Michael Connelly"Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too." -Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author...

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Returns!For fans of Lee Child, John Grisham, Jack Reacher and Michael Connelly"Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too." -Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of...

Voller Nervenkitzel und Spannung, aber auch klug und menschlich. Kim Otto ist eine großartige Figur. Ich liebe sie. - Lee Child, Autor der Jack-Reacher-KrimisDie Reihe Jagd auf Jack Reacher geht weiter!Die FBI Special Agents Kim Otto und Carlos Gaspar...

Voller Nervenkitzel und Spannung, aber auch klug und menschlich. Kim Otto ist eine großartige Figur. Ich liebe sie. - Lee Child, Autor der Jack-Reacher-KrimisWenn man es sich mit den Freunden eines Mannes verdirbt, sollte man anfangen, seine Feinde...

Voller Nervenkitzel und Spannung, aber auch klug und menschlich. Kim Otto ist eine großartige Figur. Ich liebe sie. - Lee Child, Autor der Jack-Reacher-KrimisEin neues Buch aus der Reihe Jagd auf Jack Rescher!Die FBI Special Agents Kim Otto und Carlos...

"Make some coffee. You'll read all night." - Lee ChildFBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up where Lee Child's "Persuader" leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher.Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up!"Full of thrills and...

Gino Cataldi is a man hanging on by a thread. Cancer took his wife, and drugs put his son in rehab. All he has left is his badge. When a teenage girl is kidnapped it brings back nightmares from the worst case he ever worked-the one that tore his life to...

Tony LaTour, a local bookie and second-rate gambler who is waiting for the big win, finds himself in debt to the Mafia. An old high school acquaintance and classmate, Bradley Clevenger, is starting a new career selling life insurance and their paths are...

Back from the Dead,Back on the CaseMeet Dan Chambeaux—a.k.a. Dan Shamble—zombie detective, a persistent hardboiled gumshoe (or maybe that’s something more sinister on the bottom of his shoe…)Even being murdered doesn’t keep...

The city of El Paso, Texas is under siege. A Quiet Street in El Paso may be a fiction thriller but reads like today's headlines. We read every day about the immigration problems, the wall, and about families being separated. Not to mention the endless...

Maxy Awards Winner - Best Mystery"An intelligent, immersive police procedural that will leave you pining for another Jack Bailey novel." -Best ThrillersWhat if it happened to your daughter? At first Detective Jack Bailey wonders who would kill a nice guy...

"A first-rate crime novel told in the classic noir tradition of Raymond Chandler, Jonathan Cain and Dennis Lehane." –Best ThrillersThe Book Nook Top 5 Books to ReadEx-con Bart Hodgkins is abducting women at random in the windy...

In mid-March 1977, ballistics link murders going back seven months to the same Charter Arms Bulldog .44. A psycho, Son of Sam, is on the loose. But Coleridge Taylor can't compete with the armies of reporters assigned by the city's tabloids--only...

In Lucifer’s Weekend, Digger cannot convince a crazy widow to take a million dollar settlement for accidental death, and ends up uncovering a complicated murder plot involving a baby with a surprising father, a rogue cop, and a scheming...

Shadows is a novel written by Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe and published in 1897. The story takes place in New England and follows the lives of two families, the Wentworths and the Murrays. The Wentworths are a wealthy and respected family, while the...

How deep would you sink to avenge the one you love?A deadly hit and run targeting a loved one sends L.A. cop Lucky Dey on a five-day rush for justice. Hell-bent for answers to a mystery he struggles to solve, Lucky uncovers a multimillion-dollar...

Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Max Allan Collins brings his acclaimed and unforgettable Perdition saga to a breathtaking conclusion.Lake Tahoe, 1973. Michael Satariano, now middle-aged, is running a mob casino, his days of killing behind him. So...

Only he can stop the corruption and protect those he loves. But will returning to Hungary result in his own destruction? Peter Andrassy can't rest. Fresh from solving his wife's murder, the former NYC detective is back in Hungary and on a mission. His...

A man fresh from prison meets a new group of friends...A painter grapples with a dark and troubling power...The Great Lakes are rising, and bringing more than just water...The team behind the Dark Waters Podcast brings you a collection of noir, horror,...

As she navigates her way through a caseload of missing children, Kelly Kharma crosses paths with ex-girlfriend Myrna. Though Myrna has forgiven Kharma for her mistakes in their relationship, Kharma still lives with the guilt. When Kharma learns that...

WHEN THE AMERICAN DREAM DIES, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN TO AMERICAN CRIMES!A lower middle-class couple, a mailman and a housewife, living in the suburbs suddenly find themselves caught up in the middle of a Mexican Cartel drug war.Brand new,...

In Manhattan und seinen Schlupfwinkeln erlebt der Privatdetektiv Callaghan aufregende und gefährliche Abenteuer.Seine reiche und schöne Freundin hilft ihm, seine Abenteuer heil zu überstehen. Ihre kleine Detektei wird immer bekannter und sie können sich...