Crime Noir

The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a...

'An outstanding cosy crime debut. Death by Noir is the sparkling start to a corking new series!' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Killer Question 'Uncork this sparkling delight and quaff deep. With high notes of comedy, suspense and fruity characterisation Olly Smith's debut is...

Jason is a werewolf. He's one of my best friends and sometimes a lover. And right now he needs me, Anita Blake – not to be a vampire hunter, or a Federal Marshall, or a necromancer, but because his father is dying. Because this is the weekend that Marmee Noir, ancient mother of all vampires, picks to make her move.

Joe Dylan ventures into the Bangkok City bars. The detective follows a trail leading to Demon Dreams, a Bangkok S&M joint run by a beautiful transsexual and her mentally deranged brother. Joe discovers a world of bizarre nocturnal acts and black magic rituals. It's a seedy Bangkok underworld that picks-up fallen women from the streets and throws them into an evil world of torture and murder.

Es ist die Woche vor Beginn der Hirschjagdsaison – in Texas kommt das einem landesweiten Feiertag schon ziemlich nahe – und die Einheimischen werden zunehmend nervös. Der Wildhüter John Marlin hat alle Hände voll zu tun: Meldungen über Wilderei gehen schneller ein, als er Strafzettel für Verstöße in der Schonzeit ausstellen kann. Dann kommt ein Anruf ganz anderer Art.

In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.

Als eines kalten Dezembermorgens in Essex der Nebel sich lichtet, offenbart sich ein Albtraum. Die Leiche der 17-jährigen Lily Monteith wird auf einem Feld gefunden, ihr Mord erschreckend einzigartig-nur für sie entworfen. DS Tomek Bowen, der zwischen einer anspruchsvollen Ermittlung und seinem Leben als alleinerziehender Vater jongliert, deckt eine beunruhigende Verbindung zwischen Lilys Tod und einer Reihe ungelöster Morde aus vergangenen Jahren auf. Die Tötungen hörten abrupt auf-aber jetzt scheint der Raubtier zurück zu sein.

"Outback noir has a new star" The Times Burnt-out from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his father, who emigrated from the turbulent Prespes region which straddles the borders of Greece...

Im Naturreservat Nöbbelövs Mosse bei Lund entdeckt eine Familie beim Camping die grausam zugerichtete Leiche des 21-jährigen Mattias Lindqvist. Das Ermittler-Duo Fredrika Storm und Henry Calment stößt auf ein Echo der Vergangenheit: Vor 15 Jahren wurde Mattias' Mutter ermordet, ihr Partner verschwand spurlos. Als Fredrika in Mattias' zurückgezogenes Leben zwischen Hörbehinderung, Online-Gaming und Dorfalltag eintaucht, treten Angst und alte Feindschaften zwischen Nachbarn zutage. Was verbindet die beiden Verbrechen? Und wer profitiert davon, wenn die Wahrheit weiterhin verschwiegen wird?

Nel borgo laziale di Petraura, la famiglia Del Giudice ha un codice tutto suo: quando il male bussa, non si limita a chiedere aiuto. Reagisce. Mentre tutti festeggiano il successo di Ruggero alle Antiche Terme della Sabina, Viola resta a casa, immobilizzata da un infortunio. Di notte, dalla finestra, vede una scena che somiglia troppo a un delitto. E decide di indagare. Tra i Carabinieri, i Del Giudice e misteriose figure nell'ombra, si apre una corsa contro il tempo fatta di sospetti, ricatti e piste sbagliate. Perché a Petraura la verità ha un prezzo. E la vendetta… è solo l'inizio.

Film noir: the name comes from the French for “black” or “dark film.” It points to the central feature of the genre: mood. There is a darkness about film noir, a somberness accompanied by a thrill of dread and ever-present danger. This aura envelops wealthy heiresses, English aristocrats, tough-guy drifters, jazz musicians, drug dealers, and respected schoolteachers—all of whom have secrets to hide and much to lose if those secrets are unveiled.

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! San Francisco, 1971. L'inspecteur Garrett Erickson enquête sur une série de meurtres : des jeunes femmes décapitées dont plusieurs organes ont été prélevés. Obsédé par ces victimes dont on ne retrouve même pas l'identité, il est aidé par l'agent Will Slater du FBI, qui l'incite à penser de manière irrationnelle, à penser comme le meurtrier. Peut-il s'agir d'un cannibale ?

It's corrupt to the bone and under the ever watchful surveillance system known as the Eye. Money has been abandoned in favor of the credit system. All citizens are required to carry hand held devises containing their credit score and personal information. Dylan is recovering from the government attitude adjustment program known as the Punch since his credits reached zero. His adopted son Jimmy is missing presumed dead and his basement office is infested with contrarian rats.

A teaser novella, providing a peek into Cameron's hardboiled and cinematic series ...March 2022. Twenty-three-year-old Haley Wolfe is visiting Florida from New York, staying in the small town of Englewood to help her ailing 90-year-old grandmother. Haley is missing out on being with her friends over in Miami Beach for spring break, and she is both frustrated and dismayed with having to sort out her grandmother’s waning finances.

Cally’s Kingdom is a standout piece of contemporary noir. It is a story about the terrifying efficiency of the modern mind and the realization that while you can launder money and identities, you can never truly launder the soul. It leaves the reader with a chilling thought: the most dangerous men in the world aren't the ones hiding in the shadows of the council flats; they are the ones sitting behind glass walls, managing the "logistics" of our lives.

Former investigator, Thomas Ravnsholdt—known as Ravn—drifts like wreckage along Copenhagen's harbour, numbed by cheap liquor and old wounds. But his peace is shattered when a desperate young woman shows up, pleading for help: her brother has vanished after stealing millions. The trail leads Ravn from the windy docks of Copenhagen to Berlin, where ghosts of the Cold War still linger: Stasi files, double agents, and brutality that never truly came to an end. Ravn soon realises that the missing is not merely lost, but ensnared in a deadly web.

Ray Kerze hasn't been having the best time of it. His closest friends are the guys in line with him at the liquor store before breakfast. He lives in his office in the decaying heart of Detroit, and that's only because the building is so far gone, no one shows up to collect rent. An ex-cop turned private investigator, he's not so much investigating as drowning himself in whiskey and helping out other struggling denizens of downtown in his sober moments. His life becomes a bit more interesting—and, some might say, worth living—when a young woman shows up at his office.

Rita Daveed, an ex Israeli intelligence officer, becomes the business manager and partner of a Hindu mystic, Baba Bhang, who promotes his somewhat corrupted interpretation of the ancient philosophy of Charvaka: a pursuit of pleasure based on the notion that there are no Gods or afterlife. When Rita and Baba open their American ashram in California wine country, they find themselves in a real estate conflict with the local winery owners and their industrial backers.

Illustrateur de trente-sept ans, Ray doit abandonner sa vie de célibataire et ses activités professionnelles pour retourner dans la maison familiale suite au décès accidentel de son père. Il y retrouve Thomas, son cadet, et du même coup toutes les difficultés qu'il pensait avoir laissées derrière lui. Thomas, atteint de schizophrénie, vit reclus dans sa chambre et passe ses journées sur son ordinateur, devant un programme de cartes interactives baptisé Whirl360.

Hard Case Crime, die außergewöhnliche Krimi-Reihe als exklusive und ungekürzte Hörbuchproduktionen: Willkommen in einer Welt, in der die Sonne nur scheint, um tiefe Schatten zu werfen und in den Augen verkaterter, übernächtigter Männer zu brennen. Einer düsteren, brutalen Welt der Ganoven und Huren, in der die scheinbar ehrbaren Bürger moralisch verkommen sind, die Polizisten sowieso.