Noir fiction Books

1940s Wichita, Kansas World War II is over, but shamus Dwayne Wheeler is about to be caught up in a war of his own. Charged with the safekeeping and transferring of works of art that are sold and traded among a cabal of wealthy collectors, he is...

1940s Wichita, Kansas Local shamus Dwayne Wheeler is in the middle of the freewheeling no-holds-barred postwar underworld. Enjoying steady work as a bounty hunter for a local bail bondsman, he can often be found tracking down and apprehending...

In late September 1948, LA private detective Michael Garrett is hired to find another detective who has apparently gone missing. Garrett soon finds the missing man alone in his office, sitting behind his desk with a bullet hole in his chest...

It's been five years since Detective Vic Lenoski took early retirement to help raise his granddaughter. But the shooting of an elderly man outside a cemetery reawakens his detective instincts. The victim is famous for a string of brazen armed robberies...

"A strong mystery that clearly shows some secrets, like a few bodies, can't stay buried." -Kirkus ReviewsAfter a kidnap-for-hire plot results in the death of a young boy, Burr police chief Emmett Hardy blames himself and has an alcohol-fueled breakdown...

As summer winds down in Chicago's Levee District, the crime rate continues to soar. With the murder of an entire prominent family, in what appears to be a robbery, Patrick Moses must look for a killer who had left very few clues. With the prosecution of...

Detective Jan Larkin's career with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is rife with success. But an elevated level of achievement comes at a high personal price. <br><br>"Echoes of Janie" begins with Jan summoned by her partner, Detective...

Morris White escaped the crime and working-class roots in the Philly projects by learning to cook. He's got great taste and impeccable kitchen skills, and now he's a Sous Chef at a first-rate Philadelphia French bistro. The stove burners aren't the only...

Step into the shadowy world of Reverend Daunt, the ingenious detective-clergyman from the legendary pages of Black Mask magazine. For the first time ever, the first six spellbinding stories are collected in one volume, complete with their original...

Journey into the shadowy depths of It's Always Raining Corpses in Chinatown, a compendium edition that brings together captivating tales of Asian intrigue from the classic detective and adventure pulps of the 1920s-40s. Across 700 pages and featuring 17...

Discover the genius of Dashiell Hammett, arguably the finest writer to grace the pages of Black Mask magazine. Now part of the authorized Black Mask Library, Hammett's groundbreaking Continental Op series defined the magazine's style and inspired...

Unveil the gripping world of The Parson, the masterful detective from the legendary Black Mask magazine, penned by Arthur Pincus under the pseudonym James Duncan. For the first time, all five hard-boiled stories are collected in one volume, complete with...

Dive into the gritty world of Border Brand, Raoul Whitfield's gripping serial novel originally serialized in Black Mask magazine. Now, for the first time, all six hard-hitting stories are collected in one volume, complete with the original illustrations...

Embark on a journey through the iconic Jerry Tracy series, crafted by Theodore A. Tinsley, a shining gem from Black Mask magazine's golden era. Follow the sharp-tongued celebrity gossip reporter as he maneuvers the unforgiving streets of New York City,...

Explore the shadowy realm of Tony Key, the hard-boiled private detective navigating the treacherous streets of Hollywood. Written by the author of the classic noir film I Wake Up Screaming, these tales offer a rare glimpse into the gritty glamour of...

Shikari: A Damien Bell Novel is a fantasy book about vampires, werewolves, and all manner of other magical creatures and Fae beings. In this book we will explore the idea of living with a vampire as a human, murder, and the intricate nature of magic...

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. Surviving on the streets of Paris as an artist's model had been difficult, but Laura had wanted to be remembered forever, as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's putains had been immortalized. In another place and time, her alliance...

Kenny Prince enjoyed the finer things in life - namely cocaine, strippers, and a 1976 Corvette Stingray. But Kenny wound up dead on his couch with two bullet holes in him and a QR code slapped onto the wall above his body. So now it's up to Logan...

 In this Lunchtime Chronicles crosover novella, Corso and Jessie story is a depiction of truth, lies, familial ties, & ultimate loyalty. JessieI came prepared to take on the mafia's devil—Corso DeLuca.He took the only...

He takes the children in the middle of the night. And drops them into the deepest of water. Glendale reeks of perfection. Beautiful homes. Perfect families. The residents live the dream the work hard for.But in some families, autistic children...

Murderous nanobots are on the loose, and detective Maris Peterson is going to find out why.After a young woman plunges to her death from a penthouse and the vicious bots eat another victim from the soles up, surly city detective Maris gets on the case...

Population has doubled within the last twenty years, leading to a living hell where poverty, crime, and claustrophobia rule. Those who can afford it, have withdrawn to the well-protected gated communities, while the police have left entire neighborhoods...

"Unlike all those world-weary private investigators you've read about, here's one as fresh and green as a new dollar bill. You don't have to be grizzled and gruff to walk those mean streets."- Byron Rupert McCafferty, Seattle Book JournalAs the greenest...

An unprecedented heat and humidity has fallen upon the city of Bridges. People are dying. Crops are failing. And the Inventors can't find the cause.With all she's learned in our previous chapter, Jacqui has what she needs to unravel the conspiracy...

Jon Catlett and Paul Frank have turned their once-failing used bookstore into one of the most thriving businesses in the Highlands. But they paid in blood for their success, for Twice Told Books is not just another dusty thrift shop, but a front for the...

IN BOOK 11 OF THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES:It's time for Donna Stone and Jack Craig to tie the knot–hopefully not around each other's necks as they juggle the planning of their wedding with tracking a terrorist in the White House.It...

FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are dispatched to find out whether Reacher is dead or alive in this gripping new suspense thriller.Reacher handled things the way he always does in Lee Child's tenth Jack Reacher novel, The Hard Way. And...

In 1970 Chicago, Parker Spooner, actuary and private eye, married with four children is hired by Frank, a college physics professor, to find Nicole, a former student who is missing and who Frank loves. Nicole is bothered by a dark secret that she...

Sometimes it seems like murder and mayhem follow Jeff Resnick, challenging his psychic ‘sixth sense’ to solve crimes. Since the vicious mugging that changed his life, he’s tried to keep his unwanted gift in check. But when a bartender...

Matthew Scudder, played by Liam Neeson in A Walk Among the Tombstones, investigates a secret, private club in Manhattan whose members suddenly start dying, when it becomes obvious that someone is trying to kill them all.

WHEN YOU CAN’T CALL THE COPS,YOU CALL SCUDDER. Kenan Khoury’s wife went out grocery shopping and never came home. Alive, anyway. But because Kenan Khoury buys and sells drugs for a living he can’t go to the police for help. He goes...

DEAD DOLLS DON’T TALK They didn’t have a body, but all the evidence proves to the jury that Harry L. Cotton murdered Bonnie Deering on her husband’s yacht. Doc Hart is so sure, he even persuades the one holdout on the jury to...

Jim Nash wants to put his past behind him, but in order to do that, he has to remove himself from the present. His quick trip down the Baja is beginning to look like he overstayed his welcome on a vacay from hell. He's riding around in an armor-plated...

Doctors Alexandra Belliveau, a police forensic psychologist, and Paul Bernard, a crime laboratory director, have their inaugural retirement celebration interrupted with an upsurge in terrorist attacks. Their investigation reveals a connection between...

LIZ Liz Allen isn’t going to take it anymore. Men have been trying to victimize her all her young life. But that ends when the fat local sheriff strips her and whips her alone in a cell. It ends with a dead sheriff and Liz on the run. She soon...

RAPTURE ALLEY No one needs Lora. Ken claims to love her, but he is married to Lora's wheelchair-ridden sister, Chris, and he doesn't really need her. And all Lora wants is to be needed. Lora feels alone, defeated by herself. Then Arty comes...

SHAKE HIM TILL HE RATTLES North Beach, San Francisco: It is the early 1960's and the beat scene is changing. The Narco Squad are coming down heavy. One particular narc, Lieutenant Carver, really has it in for Lee Cabiness. All Cabiness wants to...

I take a deep breath before I utter the words I'm terrified to say out loud. My therapist waits patiently for me to speak, but nothing could prepare her for what I tell her next. 'I think I killed my best friend...' Three years ago, Alice Kelly was found...

Plus d'un million de lecteurs dans le monde pour cette série à suspense par l'autrice best-seller primée par USA Today et le Wall Street Journal. Elle ne savait pas qu'il l'observait. Jusqu'à ce qu'il soit trop tard. Elle avait parcouru ce chemin des...

A woman with dark circles under her eyes stands on your doorstep, clutching a little boy's hand. Your heart stops. You let her into your home once before, and it nearly cost you everything... When you first took Riley in as a teenager, you showed...

John Tait gets back to his peaceful Northumberland village after a business trip abroad. He's looking forward to a quiet family dinner with his wife and son.But the porch light is off. And the house is pitch black. Where are they?Anxiety turns to dread...

Frank Doy can't even go to the shop without getting ambushed by hitmen.He's followed into the supermarket car park. A sharply dressed man and a young woman corner him. They want to know where Frank's old friend Malky Malkovich is. But Frank has no idea,...

Someone betrayed him.They wiped out his entire unit.And now they're coming for him too.British secret service agent Harry Gibson arrives late at the designated safe-house in Prague to find his three colleagues murdered.Shot dead, execution-style. He...

In the golden morning light, a beautiful young woman lies diagonally across the bed, dressed for a night out, her long lashes pressed against her cheeks as if she's sleeping. But the crimson that creeps across the sheets tells the story of an innocent...

You'd think being a Private Investigator in a small, coastal Australian town would be pretty easy. Stolen cars, infidelity, small stuff, basically. That's what Mac Durridge thought it would be. And until he was framed for murder and a whopping huge bank...

"Steve Rockfish is back and kicking militia ass. In fact, the whole crew is back, busting balls as they solve crimes and track down the bad guys. The wisecracks fly fast and furious. So do the twists and turns. The bad guys are badder, the danger more...

"A well-crafted gangland crime thriller with a fascinating military subplot and a deliciously mysterious villain." -BestThrillers.comWhen a covert operation during the Vietnam War ends in tragedy, one of its members resolves to kill the man who betrayed...

New York City private eye Nic Knuckles gets the call all private investigators live for: a mysterious client with money to burn who needs answers and needs them now. The job is simple. Fly to Kleinstadt, Indiana, and determine whether fifteen years ago,...