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Mission Road

Mission Road


Rick Riordan



From Publishers Weekly The past collides explosively with the present in Edgar-winner Riordan's relatively weak sixth Tre...
Rebel Island

Rebel Island


Rick Riordan



From Publishers Weekly At the start of Edgar-winner Riordan's entertaining seventh crime novel to feature San Antonio, Te...
The Trail to Buddha's Mirror

The Trail to Buddha's Mirror


Don Winslow



The Trail to Buddha's Mirror...
Killer

Killer


Dave Zeltserman



From Publishers Weekly The strong final book in Zeltserman's felon-out-of-prison trilogy (after Pariah and Small Crimes) ...
Bad Thoughts (Five Star Mystery Series) (Five Star Mystery Series)

Bad Thoughts (Five Star Mystery Series) (Five Star Mystery Series)


Dave Zeltserman



From Publishers Weekly In Zeltserman's unconvincing third thriller (after Fast Lane), Cambridge, Mass., detective Bill Sh...
Hard Candy

Hard Candy


Andrew Vachss



From Publishers Weekly At the onset of Vachss's fourth street-smart novel featuring unlicensed New York private eye Burke...
Have His Carcase

Have His Carcase


Dorothy L. Sayers



Review “Written with distinction and wit, and is as much as psychological story as an experiment in detection. It ...
Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee Mysteries)

Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee Mysteries)


John D. Macdonald



From the Publisher 7 1-hour cassettes --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. ...
Broken Prey

Broken Prey


John Sandford



From Publishers Weekly Sandford sends series hero Lucas Davenport's family off to London to ensure that domestic concerns...
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)

A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)


Lawrence Block



Amazon.com Review Matt Scudder, the recovering alcoholic private eye from and , embarks on another descent into the nigh...
Darker Than Amber (Travis McGee Mysteries 07)

Darker Than Amber (Travis McGee Mysteries 07)


John D. Macdonald



From the Publisher 7 1-hour cassettes --This text refers to the edition. From the Inside Flap A great bestsel...
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Series #7)

Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Series #7)


Walter Mosley



Amazon.com Review Racial tensions and America's civil rights movement have previously figured into Walter Mosley's serie...
A Stained White Radiance

A Stained White Radiance


James Lee Burke



From Publishers Weekly As the murder of a local cop draws him into the painful conflicts of a bayou family, sadistic vill...
The Song Is You: A Novel

The Song Is You: A Novel


Megan Abbott



From Publishers Weekly Fans of James Ellroy nostalgic for his gritty, cynical take on postwar Hollywood in such noir clas...
Lost Light

Lost Light


Michael Connelly



From Publishers Weekly Award-winning former crime reporter Connelly (The Black Echo; City of Bones) hits all the right no...
Voodoo River

Voodoo River


Robert Crais



From Publishers Weekly Fifth installment in Crais's Elvis Cole series, in which the wisecracking private eye journeys fro...
Trigger City

Trigger City


Sean Chercover



From Publishers Weekly When Isaac Richmond, a retired army colonel, asks Chicago PI Ray Dudgeon to look into his daughter...
Bright Orange for the Shroud (Travis McGee Mysteries 06)

Bright Orange for the Shroud (Travis McGee Mysteries 06)


John D. Macdonald



From Library Journal MacDonald, whose 21 Travis McGee novels represent arguably the best U.S. mystery series of the past ...
Pale Gray for Guilt (Travis McGee Mysteries 09)

Pale Gray for Guilt (Travis McGee Mysteries 09)


John D. Macdonald



From the Publisher 6 1.5-hour cassettes --This text refers to the edition. From the Inside Flap With an intro...
Everybody Dies (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)

Everybody Dies (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)


Lawrence Block



Amazon.com Review You would think that by the 14th novel in a series, an author might become a bit bored with his char...
The Complaints

The Complaints


Ian Rankin



The Complaints...
The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole Novels)

The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole Novels)


Robert Crais



From Publishers Weekly Crais's latest L.A.-based crime novel featuring super-sleuth Elvis Cole blends high-powered action...
The Simple Art of Murder

The Simple Art of Murder


Raymond Chandler



From Library Journal Chandler is not only the best writer of hardboiled PI stories, he's one of the 20th century's top s...
Cadillac Beach

Cadillac Beach


Dorsey



Cadillac Beach...
Breach of Duty: A J.P. Beaumont Mystery

Breach of Duty: A J.P. Beaumont Mystery


J.A. Jance



Amazon.com Review In Breach of Duty, after a three year hiatus, J.A. Jance resumes her Seattle-based mystery series featu...
The Nothing Man

The Nothing Man


Jim Thompson



From Library Journal Published in 1953 and 1954, respectively, this duo by Thompson offer an autobiographical novel of a ...
Deep Blue Good-by

Deep Blue Good-by


John D. Macdonald



From the Publisher When I first arrived at Ballantine, where I am the mass market managing editor, we were just undergoin...
Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder)

Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder)


Jonathan Kellerman, Lawrence Block



From Publishers Weekly This is the third of Block's superb Matt Scudder series to appear (it was first issued by Dell in ...
Censure and Sanctions (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)

Censure and Sanctions (Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice)


Andrew Von Hirsch



Review "This principled and humane approach to sentencing is set forth clearly and concisely, as are the views of its cri...
Die a Little: A Novel

Die a Little: A Novel


Megan Abbott



From Publishers Weekly A velvety 1950s Southern California vibe suffuses this noirish novel about a young woman who sacri...