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Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of Hanukkah noir, and poignant reminders of the meaning of the Festival of Lights. Includes stories by David L. Ulin, Ivy Pochoda,...
Author
Series
Henry Kimball volume 1
Language
English
Description
"A dark and devious literary suspense novel about a random encounter, sex, and a conversation that quickly turns to murder--a modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train--from the author of The Girl with a Clock for a Heart"-- Provided by publisher.
"At an airport bar, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner and soon they're sharing intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his wife, Miranda, whom he's caught in a serious...
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Containing seventeen stories, never before published in English, 'A Darker Shade of Sweden' illuminates this beguiling country and its inhabitants as never before. Included are stories from such Swedish literary luminaries as: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson, and Eva Gabrielsson."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. "Estamos rodeados de fantasmas" was Gabe's grandmother's refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. "We're gonna kill the guys who killed her," Bimbo swears. And they all agree. Feral with grief, Bimbo has become unrecognizable, taking no prisoners in his search...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Most nights PI Jack Coffey can be found hanging out in smoky Greenwich Village jazz clubs with well-known mobsters, jazzmen, and hoods. So, when an uptown financier calls him in for a job, it seems like he's headed for tonier climes. But it turns out the view from Louis Garrett's lavish penthouse overlooks the same vice-ridden Manhattan streets, which explains why he's so desperate to find his missing teenage daughter, Lucy. When Jack's search for...
8) The good son
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
240 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A young woman returns home with her child to her ghost-haunted father, while a religious extremist hunts the stormridden territory of southern Mississippi to find the girl who may be a savior in the apocalypse.
10) The drop
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2025
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An organized crime boss in Kentucky believes money and power are everything until his enterprise collides with a family tragedy in this gripping noir thriller perfect for fans of S.A. Cosby and Eli Cranor. Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades, building a powerful backwoods empire. But behind a well-run organization, his personal life is crumbling–his daughter can’t stay clean; his son...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A surefire plan that will end his marital and money problems in one swoop ... what could go wrong? Lenny Ovitz has plenty of secrets, and his wife, Paulina, has become a liability. His life would be so much better without her in it. It's the mid-'60s in Toronto, and Lenny works for a ruthless gangster whose travel agency is a front for a collections racket in the Kensington Market area. Lenny's days are spent with his partner, Gabe, terrorizing the...
14) Mark of Cain
Author
Series
Publisher
Diamond [distributor]
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
15) Blood relations
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Who is Claire Gravesend? So PI Lee Crowe wonders when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, who--having just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpin--is eager for distraction. But the questions about the...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
After botching an assignment for the clandestine organization that employs him, a spy finds his world crumbling around him. Now, he has to find the assassin sent to kill him before it's too late.
Author
Series
American underworld trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
18) Everybody knows
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
After her boss is gunned down at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Mae Pruett, a "black-bag" publicist working at LA's most powerful crisis PR firm protecting the rich and depraved, decides to investigate, running afoul of the whole system.
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Myles's courtroom testimony should have put Pryor, their one-eyed ringleader, behind bars after the bank robbery gone wrong, yet somehow Pryor got off scot-free while Myles served time. Now, upon his release, Myles decides he is done with his life of wrongdoing-a change that will only be possible if he can kill Pryor and turn over a new leaf. Pryor has other ideas, and the collision between these two deadly forces soon leaves the ex-con in critical...
Author
Series
Mike Hammer volume 15
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English








