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IRS agent-turned-PI Mortimer Angel is relaxing in a hole-in-the-wall bar in a Reno casino when an attractive young girl hires him to find out who left her a cryptic message demanding a million dollars. At the girl's house, Mort finds the body of missing rapper Jonnie Xenon-Jo-X to his legions of fans-hanging from the rafters with two bullet holes in him. Mort is shocked when he learns the identity of the girl's father-and even more shocked when the...
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Detective Connie Gianelli is a broken woman, and she doesn't have the will to start again. While recovering in Brooklyn, she gets a call from her old partner about a new case in Texas. Combined with the pressure from her uncle, it's enough to convince her to pack up and leave. But what seems like an easy case, turns out to be the worst killing spree Houston has ever seen. On top of that, her nemesis, Carlos Cortes, is waiting to kill her. But first...
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My fingers can't find the bullet holes. They're there, because they brought me down.
Like a guitar riff sharp enough to slit a throat or the devil's amplifiers shrieking through the lonely night, this bonanza of blood and brawn rings with the vibe of the best new noir suspense. Culled from the net's most hardcore, award-winning site, these fresh, raw, and uncut stories pack a stiff punch. . .
"As long as she keeps calling me, there's hope. Hope...
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Commissioner Tegeler and the self-righteous: detective novel
by Alfred Bekker
The volume of this book corresponds to 140 paperback pages.
The detective commissioners Ortwin Tegeler and Ludwig Härtl are employed by the special task force of the federal police in Munich. But then both are sent to Berlin for a mission. While Ludwig Härtl officially appears there as an investigator, Tegeler is given a new identity so that he can work undercover....
65) Green Ice
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In this Golden Age noir classic, a falsely convicted man is released from prison only to find he's being framed for multiple murders In the 1930s, when pulp magazines like Black Mask reigned and noir fiction was in its heyday, mystery author Raoul Whitfield ranked with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as one of the genre's heavy hitters. Widely acknowledged by those in the know as a pioneer of hard-boiled detective fiction, Whitfield wrote...
66) Sangre de liebre
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En el despacho de Florián Falomir se presenta Lu Sangara, un artista bohemio de turbulenta historia que acaba de casarse con la hija del millonario Abdón Chaure. Durante una de sus juergas con prostitutas, Lu ha perdido su reloj, regalo de boda de su mujer y valorado en treinta mil euros. Falomir se compromete a recuperarlo. Esa noche visita el Salón Cosmos e interroga a Denise, la amiga con la que Lu ha pasado la noche. A partir de ese momento,...
67) Someone Knows
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Meet Jason Vincent, a good man doing a bad thing. A school principal, he has allowed himself to slip into an affair with one of his teachers. Now, haunted by guilt, he decides to end it and get back to being the husband his wife deserves. But this is only the beginning of Jason's problem, it seems that his secret isn't a secret after all. Somebody knows what he's been up to, and that somebody is ready to make him pay. Jason has gotten to know guilt....
68) Cry at Dusk
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A college football star's dark past catches up with him when his uncle is murdered. Johnny Marks knows all about running, and not just because he's a standout on the football field. Ever since he was twelve, he's been raised by his shady Uncle Walter, moving from town to town and using a different name each time, until forged transcripts land him a place at a top-tier college. Johnny, now going by the name Oliver Stringer, doesn't know why he and...
69) Brotherly Love
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Brotherly Love is An Anthony Carrick mystery.
There's a small park in the tony Holmby Hills, not far from Beverly Hills, called De Neve Square Park, where a man (Ray Hope) lies dead.
Capt. John Robers of the LAPD Homicide Unit is investigating and he calls in his old friend, Anthony Carrick to help.
Behind the rich facade of the Holmby Hills neighborhood, lies a rotting core. The rich men and women have a seedy side, and it's this seedy side that...
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The young policeman Jona Janssen was murdered by shooting from three revolvers, and his widow Britta asks Bernd Schuster to look for the murderers. When an anonymous caller informs the private investigator that the murder order was given by Britta herself, all alarm bells ring at Schuster. But he quickly wonders what a businessman with ties to the Berlin underworld has to do with a rocker gang? Finally, a promising trail leads to the North Sea island...
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»Totschlag" ist eines der raren Werke des Hardboiled-Poeten Paul Cain, der Ende der zwanziger einen kurzen kometenhaften Aufstieg als Pulp-Autor erlebte, bevor er in den Regalen der Antiquariate verschwand. Seine Stories und Romane erschienen in dem legendären Pulp-Magazin Black Mask, in dem auch Dashiell Hammett und Raymond Chandler ihre Karrieren begannen. Cains Figuren sind Betrüger, heruntergekommene Privatdetektive, Bodyguards, versoffene...
72) Wild Turkey
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Phil Landsdale has problems. He's out of a job, his son's a pyromaniac, and his wife is running out of excuses as to why she comes home from work every night six hours late.
In his newly appointed house-husband position, Phil decides he has plenty of time to figure things out. And, he learns when you have a lot of time on your hands, you begin to notice your neighbors, intricate nuances, and the upset balance if someone doesn't follow the same routine...Like...
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Walker and Brandy are tested to the limit while trying to find thekiller of a friend and the loss of a family member. Foreign gangstersand domestic crooks keep getting in the way of the truth. When Emilygets in danger nothing will stop Walker from finding her. "It's hard to lose a friend, especially when the killer walks among the goodguys. Another good story." DLF Reviews "Walker is tested to the max but comes through when it's need the most. He...
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Drum guards a killer against an assassin with diplomatic immunity Everybody knows George Brandvik killed Jorgen Kolding. As soon as the jury acquits him, Brandvik sells his story to View magazine, confessing to the crime in exchange for a payday. Once the magazine hits newsstands, the death threats start rolling in-semi-literate garbage which nevertheless must be taken seriously. A reporter from View hires private detective Chester Drum to protect...
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Die Twice--two gripping Dennis Milne mysteries in one from Simon Kernick.
The Murder Exchange
When ex-mercenary Max Iversson agreed to provide security for nightclub owner Roy Fowler, he never expected a bloodbath. Three men have been shot, the briefcase Iversson was guarding is empty...and now he wants to know why. So begins a dangerous hunt for answers that will take him into direct conflict with Detective Sergeant John Gallan, who is investigating...
76) Poet's Seat
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Agent Nathan Hunt makes a decision that will change his life and sets in motion a series of events involving the Mafia, the Russian Mob, the poetry of Charles Bukowski, and the small town of Graham Massachusetts where he has gone to ground as Eddie Sanders a janitor at the local community college. This is Wilson Roberts fourth published novel. He is the author of The Cold Dark Heart of the World, a supernatural thriller, The Serpent and the Hummingbird,...
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Full of gory conflict, these three whodunits offer nonstop action, savage violence, and an unforgettable cast of characters
The Wilson Mystery Omnibus brings together Mike Knowles's first three critically acclaimed novels just as the fourth gritty Wilson mystery, Never Play Another Man's Game (May 2012), hits shelves. In Darwin's Nightmare, we meet the reluctant mob enforcer Wilson who has spent his life under the radar. A simple job - steal a bag...
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Based on Stream of Consciousness Technique, "Love Orchard In The Backyard" sets new dimensions of women emancipation. Women emancipationist Somya, the heroine of this novel is one of those who surpasses even the famed existentialists like Simone de Beauvoir for the protection of her existence and sets an example for all women. This novel brings the readers to women's sex psychology face to face. It highlights not only the sex psychology of women but...
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A drive-by killing puts Drum on the scent of a Washington sex scandal When Chester Drum first took a crack at detective work, PI Gil Sprayregan offered to split a case with him, giving the rookie half the fee and more credit than he deserved. Years later, Drum is established and Gil is at the tail end of a long, slow fall, drinking heavily and considering blackmail to make ends meet. When he gets in over his head, Sprayregan's wife begs Drum to help....
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The Essen detective Kevin Marenberg staggers into a shopping center and suddenly shoots around at random. Chief Detective Gerd Thormann, who is shadowing someone there, as he later explains his presence there, intervenes and shoots his superior.
But, why was Marenberg running amok? That is what the two investigators Harry Kubinke and Rudi Meier should find out.
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