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What do readers say about The Thin Man?
tight and loose sharp and witty language hard boiled mystery good and complexIn Dashiell Hammett's famous crime novel, we meet one of the detective-story master's most enchanting creations, Nick and Nora Charles, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly r... More details on The Thin Man
1 I was leaning against the bar in a speakeasy on Fifty-second Street, waiting for Nora to finish her Christmas shopping, when a girl got up from the table where she had been sitting with three other ...
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What do readers say about The Fabulous Clipjoint?
classic noir mystery pulp, kinda noir great tone and mood post-war1948 Edgar Award Winner Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. He doesn't want to end up like his father, a linotype operator and a drunk, married to a harridan, with a harridan-in-training stepdaughter. Ed wants out, he wants to live, he wants t... More details on The Fabulous Clipjoint
The Central Mutual turned out to be a moderate−sized branch office of a company whose headquarters were in St. Louis. It was a break for us; the smaller the office the more likely they were to remembe...
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What do readers say about March Violets?
noir police procedurals noir-ish police procedurals pre-and post-war germany the berlin noirTHE FIRST NOVEL IN PHILIP KERR'S ACCLAIMED HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES
When private investigator Bernie Gunther agrees to track down some stolen jewels, his search takes him down the dangerous streets of pre-World War 2 Berlin and into the path of the... More details on March Violets
This morning, at the corner of Friedrichstrasse and Jäger-strasse, I saw two men, S A men, unscrewing a red Der Stürmer showcase from the wall of a building. Der Stürmer is the anti-Semitic journal th...
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What do readers say about Low Town?
noir mystery thriller tightly focused fantasy novel wonderful, earthy, believable characters most of the storyDrug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.
In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is... More details on Low Town
In the opening days of the Great War, on the battlefields of Apres and Ives, I acquired the ability to abandon slumber with the flutter of an eyelid. It was a necessary adaptation, as heavy sleepers w...
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What do readers say about Love Me to Death?
perfectly placed plot twists parts were too twisted lucy kincaid series softer, muted waySix years ago, Lucy Kincaid was attacked and nearly killed by an online predator. She survived. Her attacker did not. Now Lucy's goal is to join the FBI and fight cyber-crime, but in the meantime, she's volunteering with a victim's rights group, surf... More details on Love Me to Death
“Come on, come on,” she muttered as she split the large screen into six open chat windows that she could monitor simultaneously. “You’ve been here every day this week at five. Why are you late tonight...
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What do readers say about The Postman Always Rings Twice?
hard-boiled crime novel spare and bold cheating, lying, and murder a short, fast-paced readAn amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution-a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve.
First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its ex... More details on The Postman Always Rings Twice
They threw me off the hay truck about noon. I had swung on the night before, down at the border, and as soon as I got up there under the canvas, I went to sleep. I needed plenty of that, after three w...
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What do readers say about The Talented Mr. Ripley?
psychological crime novel a classic thriller simple, unadorned prose more of a noir'He is using you for what you are worth'
Tom Ripley wants money, success, and the good life - and he's willing to kill for it.Struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, Ripley leaps at the chance to start afresh on a free trip t... More details on The Talented Mr. Ripley
‘He’s been in Europe for two years. The Schrievers spoke very highly of you, and thought you might have some influence on Richard if you were to write to him. I want him to come home. He has responsib...
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What do readers say about City of Glass?
metafictional/metaphysical noir detective stories self-referential, existential quality hardboiled detective fiction noir detective novels'It was a wrong number that started it ...'Chosen as one of the '100 Most Important Comics of the Century', Faber is proud to publish the graphic novel City of Glass for the first time in the UK. As Art Spiegelman explains in his new introduction, Da... More details on City of Glass
IT was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not. Much later, when he was able to think about...
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What do readers say about Every Dead Thing?
deep and lyrical southern gothic tale elegant and bitter prose great suspense thrillerTortured and brilliant private detective Charlie Parker stars in this thriller by New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.
Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is on the verge of madness. Tortured by the unsolved slayings of his wife a... More details on Every Dead Thing
The waitress was in her fifties, dressed in a tight black miniskirt, white blouse, and black high heels. Parts of her spilled out of every item of clothing she wore, making her look like she had swoll...
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What do readers say about I'm Traveling Alone?
nordic crime novel superb police suspense a solid thriller unpleasant main plot lineInternational bestseller Samuel Bjork makes his US debut, a chilling and fast-paced thriller in which two detectives must hunt down a vengeful killer--and uncover the secret that ties each of them to the crime A six-year-old girl is found in the coun... More details on I'm Traveling Alone
Walter Henriksen took a seat at the kitchen table and made a desperate attempt to force down a little of the breakfast his wife had prepared for him. Bacon and eggs. Herring, salami, and freshly baked...
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