The Maltese Falcon is the definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre. It introduces legendary PI Sam Spade, a loner who follows his own code and the rules of the street as he zeros in on his partner's killer and the...
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:Hammett, DashiellSummary: - Author:Dobson, JoanneSummary:
In classic noir tradition, English Professor Karen Pelletier gains a client when her office door opens and Trouble walks in. The dog, a Rottweiler, brings with him a famous Private Eye novelist and a problem. And since Sunny Hardcastle...
- Author:Tombs, KerrySummary:
A captivating historical murder mystery set in Victorian England. The Malvern murders is packed with delicious dialogue, sly humour and Victorian atmosphere. Perfect for fans of M.R.C. Kasasian, E.S. Thomson, Oscar De Muriel and Karen...
- Author:Pearce, MichaelSummary:
The Mamur Zapt, head of Cairo's CID in the heyday of (the indirect) British rule, focused on political, not police, matters. With the bustling new century, the loosening of imperial ties, and the rise of nationalism, his was a busy...
- Author:Osman, RichardSummary:
An instant New York Times bestseller! The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment "It's taken a mere...
- Author:Osman, RichardSummary:
An instant New York Times bestseller! The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment. "It's taken a mere...
- Author:White, Randy WayneSummary:
When solitary marine biologist Doc Ford focused his telescope on the woman in the white boat, he didn't know his life was about to be capsized: that his conniving uncle Tucker Gatrell would discover the Fountain of Youth, that the...
- Author:Kienzle, William X.Summary:
"This 19th Father Koesler mystery is packed with Kienzle's signature twists and turns, but is different from the previous mysteries. In this story, Father Koesler takes a vacation from his parish and the sleuthing is carried on by his...
- Author:Chesteron, G. K.Summary:
Set in early 1900s London, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover officer Gabriel Syme and his secret involvement with Scotland Yard's task force that attempts to take down underground anarchists. In doing so, Syme encounters...
- Author:Hallinan, TimothySummary:
Simeon Grist is drawn into the Asian underworld of Los Angeles when two children vanish in Chinatown and the parents refuse to inform police for fear that Vietnamese hit men will do them in.
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, an eminent art historian is framed and the ace investigators of the department of sensitive crimes are on the case... Detective Ulf Varg is a man of refined tastes...
- Author:White, Randy WayneSummary:
Doc Ford is hot on the trail of his deceased war buddy's missing wife. Rumor has it that she vanished into the steamy jungles of South America in the company of an unsavory specimen of humanity. From Florida to Colombia and Panama, he...
- Author:Macmillan, GillySummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true Be careful what you wish for... Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal,...
- Author:Harwood, MichaelSummary:
In this bitingly witty, saucy, acutely observed debut novel, Michael Harwood pulls back the damask drapes to reveal life among the modern aristocracy--upstairs, downstairs, and occasionally, behind stairs... Anthony Gowers assists...
- Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary:
August 1914. Michael Clifton is mapping the land he has just purchased in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, certain that oil lies beneath its surface. But as the young cartographer prepares to return home to Boston, war is...
- Author:Adler-Olsen, JussiSummary:
The New York Times and internationally bestselling author returns with an astonishing and sinister case for Department Q All fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson wants is to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. But...
- Author:Burnside, Heather, Massey, ChloeSummary:
Book one in the shocking and brilliant Working Girls series from the queen of urban crime. When respected journalist, Maddy, goes to interview prostitutes in a rundown Manchester pub, she doesn't reckon on attracting the attention of...
- Author:Pearce, MichaelSummary:
The Great War has ended, and the army is keen to be demobbed. But Willoughby, the new British High Commissioner in Egypt, has managed to affront the Khedive by refusing to receive rival delegations fueled by rising nationalism. Then,...
- Author:Forbes, ElenaSummary:
Mark Tartaglia of the London murder squad investigates a series of bizarre and brutal murders in these gripping and compulsively readable thrillers — get the exclusive bundle featuring books 1, 2, and 3 now!This bundle includes:Die With...
- Author:Thorogood, RobertSummary:
Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there's no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she...
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