Noir fiction Books

2025 Reprint of the 1929 Edition. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die -- violently. Is she the victim of a family...

Einstein Flint is an ex-rodeo rider, born in Brooklyn and raised in every other borough in the city.  Now, he's banged-up, burnt out and back in NYC, bouncing at Boom Boom's.  Dasha Bragin was smart, fearless and...remorseless as desert sun. But now...

Louis Vetters is a recently retired Chicago Police Detective, one of the sharpest and most- respected cops on the force, who now works as a Private Investigator.He is drawn in to the murder of an aspiring young black artist on Chicago's South Side, who...

When petty crook Trevor English is offered two thousand dollars to deliver a letter across the country, the choice seems fairly simple—money up front, no way he can go wrong.And when he finds himself in possession of correspondence several parties...

Sheriff Matt Simms' days are numbered. Diagnosed with liver cancer, and waiting for a transplant, Simms remains steadfast to the things that matter: his friends, his wife, and his duty to protect the citizens of Parker County. <br><br>The...

Les Moore, special serial killer task force leader whose wife and daughter were murdered by the notoriously grisly Riverbend Killer, returns from a self-imposed 3-year "hiatus" to pick up where he left off.His only problem? His boss, the ridiculously...

Jessica Gracers sits in a jail cell. Accused of murdering her husband; a crime she insists she is innocent of. Having heard of Derek Cole and his investigative skills, Jessica hires Derek and requests he begin the investigation immediately. But when...

In the third book of the Dom Reilly series, Dom is happy. He and his boyfriend, Ronnie, are working on the co-op they recently bought, he has good friends, and things at The Freedom Agenda are working out well. Having decided to take the Larry Wilkes...

FBI special agent Gwen Harrison is resting in an unidentified rehab facility after being shot by two assassins. Immobilized, she suggests that the Bureau permit Special Agent Karen Wilken to join her in seeking the perpetrators. Karen (a UCLA-trained...

When a madman murders his wife and unborn baby, Danny Logan-known on the streets as a psychopathic cop with a license to kill-sets out to murder the killer-in cold blood. But when Logan tracks down the killer, the reader soon realizes that this is...

Oklahoma Police Headquarters calling all cruisers, all Highway Police.Look out for Lemmy Caution who has today broken jail at Oklahoma City, after killing a guard and Deputy Sheriff.Last seen proceeding in the direction of the State line near Tahlequah...

Supernatural meets The Maltese Falcon in this paranormal noir set in 1950's Las Vegas-a town where everything goes bump in the night.It was a case P. M. Mayer never should have taken--a rich developer found dead in his trailer,...

The crime fiction canopy's a broad one, with room to give shelter to writing of all sorts, as editor Lawrence Block shows with At Home in the Dark:“Some of these stories have one or both feet planted in another genre. James Reasoner's story...

PREY BY NIGHT Bill Williams works for the Marquesa running contraband from Tangiers to the Spanish Coast. That is, until the Association decides to scuttle his boat one dark night, almost killing him and his mate Paco. Williams knows he has to fight...

A vacation getaway at a remote cabin becomes the scene of a gruesome double murder. One victim was ambushed. The other hunted down in a merciless chase.Detective Jake Cashen is called in to investigate the chilling deaths of a young couple in the heart...

A woman’s disappearance from an isolated moorland community with a neighbour’s young son stirs up painful memories, suspicion and guilt.  Besieged by journalists, two of her estranged children return to their rural roots to face the...

As a private investigator, you seldom deal with attempted murder. Most cases involve some sleaze bag cheating on his or her spouse. Occasionally, a case comes along where the victim wasn’t simply sitting at home watching the late show while their...

Twelve short stories from the top writers in crime fiction today. <br><br>Featuring the work of Stephen D. Rogers, Tom Leins, Michael Pool, Andrew Davie, Sharon Diane King, Preston Lang, Jay Butkowski, Steven Berry, Craig Francis Coates,...

Daring thieves steal the 200-year-old Jade Lily from a Minneapolis art museum and then offer to sell it back for one-third of its insured value—$1,300,000. But there’s a catch. They demand that unlicensed P. I. Rushmore McKenzie act as...

It was called Denver's Crime of the Century. In 1988, Frank Magnuson, a young man struggling with life's curve balls, was set to testify against a Crip kingpin who along with three other men perpetrated a robbery of a Denver restaurant. The night before...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Lost Parchment: A Detective Story is a novel written by Fergus Hume and first published in 1914. The story follows the investigation of a missing parchment that contains a valuable secret by detective Paul Harley. The parchment has been stolen from a...

Shithead: A Love Story - Where Passion Meets Peril on the Dirt Roads of DeceptionWelcome to Shiloh Springs, a town where the dust from the dirt roads mixes with secrets, and where love and crime dance in a deadly tango.Enter Shane Hall - the epitome of...

Elizabeth Finch, Private Investigator; a hard working woman trying to do her best in a city that's all but rotten to the core, Carlson Flats. As she closes in on the end of one case, another is dropped right into her lap by an infamous fixer named Colson...

A Taut, Electrifying story of revenge like you've never known."If you have to kill one, kill the other also."These were the words that the renowned psychologist, Dr. Susan Patterson, had reluctantly spoken to Detective Iris Williams and her partner and...

A racist killer uses the resources of his Aryan gang to falsify an innocence claim, intending to use fraudulent evidence to gain his release from prison. Only the original trial team, cowboy detective E.J. Kane and his former prosecutor ex-wife Rebecca...

TULIAISIA ETELÄSTÄEräs Luontopuolueen keulahahmo löytyy murhattuna, ja komisario Lasse Åberg apulaisineen huomaa joutuneensa petosten, murhien ja perversioiden verkkoon, syyllistä etsiessään. Mutta lantakasasta löytyvä luuposliinimuki johtaa poliisin...

Hard-boiled private investigator Luigi Ferro is summoned to an elite boarding school in Ravenna to solve the brutal murder of a wealthy Swiss student. Amidst polished oak's opulence and shadowy streets' secrecy, Ferro unravels a web of clues and red...

Un cadavre mutilé est découvert sur la plage d'Antibes, c'est celui du conservateur du musée Grimaldi, où un vol de tableaux a été commis. Une série de disparitions vient compliquer les choses, et de vieilles histoires boueuses, datant de la guerre...

From award-winning author J. M. Holmes, a tightly-wound tale of passion, murder and greed. This hardboiled noir crime novel, set in the arid West Texas scrublands, dives deep into dark, dangerous places populated by a host of seedy and corrupt characters...

Beat Cop CPOP 1986 is a Police Officer's gritty cop story set in New York City during the turbulent 1980s. A new female cop and a more experienced male patrolman work in adjoining precincts but come together in the aftermath of a tragic occurrence. CPOP...

Jeff Resnick is definitely out of his element when he and Maggie take a working vacation at a quaint Vermont inn. For most people, the chance to spend time with a beautiful woman in a romantic, isolated setting would be a plus, but the moment Jeff...

The Autumn Dead Jack Dwyer used to be a cop. Now he's a rent-a-cop and part-time actor. Dwyer isn't complaining—not much anyway—he's got a great girlfriend; he's older, a little heavier, but what the hell, that's life...

NUDE ON THIN ICE It starts with a letter. Ken McCall is sunning himself in Key West with his current girlfriend, Betty, when he finds out that his old friend Carl has died. Carl’s last wish was that Ken look after his wife, Nanette, a request...

The Cheaters Clint Mayer is a big man with big dreams.  Or so he thinks.  When Clint leaves Beaverkill for the rough and tumble dock town of Wilton, he hooks up with Charlie Fletcher, good time saloon owner and businessman.  One of...

One for Hell When Willa Ree emerges from the boxcar, he is broke and ready for a fresh start. And Breton looks to be a town full of fresh suckers. Ben Halliday is not one of those suckers, or so he thinks. One of the town leaders, he needs a new cop...

TO FIND CORA   Cora has run off with another man, and Joe Byars is sick with the loss. It makes him so crazy, he starts searching everywhere for Cora. The memory of her long, flowing black hair and alabaster skin haunts him. Eventually Joe gets...

LEAVE HER TO HELL Percy Hand is hired to locate Constance Markley—the third Mrs. Markley—who supposedly ran off with another man two years ago. The soon-to-be-fourth Mrs. Markley, Faith Salem, doesn’t want any loose ends before she...

Under the full moon on the busy streets of Melbourne, a killer prowls ...Every month under the light of the full moon, a predator strikes. Victims are being stalked across Melbourne, their final moments filled with terror and claws. And it's up to...

A burglary, a murder, and a killer who wears a maskA woman is found dead in her bed, badly beaten. Precious items are missing from the house, including a Fender Stratocaster guitar belonging to her husband. Was it just a burglary gone wrong?Perhaps...

The dark side of the internet comes to disturb a sleepy Northern townDavid Hunter and his wife are found dead in a small Yorkshire village. The apparent victims of a hit and run. They led successful and quiet lives, so police are stumped when looking for...

A hypnotically good murder mystery... read this and you'll be spellbound!DI Stewart Gardener is adding the final touches to his motorbike restoration project when a murder case drops a spanner in the works.A man has stumbled upon his...

Our darkest secrets are best left buried...When a local journalist is found dead in an isolated spot on Roydon Common, lying beneath a hangman's noose on the anniversary of a teenager's suicide, DI Tom Janssen is asked to take on the investigation as a...

When Ricardo moves into a small apartment complex in Panama – an apartment building full of expats and retirees – he thinks he’s found the perfect tropical hideaway from all he left behind in the States… until Alison points out...

Rich, sensuous, alcoholic Mary Coldgrave leads an anti-criminal team against elements considered too dangerous to be incarcerated. The team members range from the easygoing to the neurotic in this story filled with dark humor and bold, bloody action...