Browsing: Hard-Boiled Mysteries

When former boxer and forger Liam Quinn discovers the death of an old contact, he’s sucked back into a world of shady crooks and power-hungry criminals. With a million dollars on the line, can Quinn get to the bottom of a deal gone terribly wrong?

Why would a seemingly happy mother drown her son and then hang herself? Detectives Kevin Coupland and Alex Moreton must unravel the chilling truth behind a tragic murder-suicide in this sharp and suspenseful crime novel that’s first in a series.

From a New York Times bestselling author: When a high school friend needs help exonerating his mother, private investigator V. I. Warshawski finds herself entangled in a deadly political game. “One of our genre’s crucial, solid-gold, best-ever series. Paretsky is a genius” (Lee Child).

When Kansas City lawyer Lou Mason tries to discover who murdered two of his partners, he finds himself in the killer’s crosshairs. “Joel Goldman is the real deal!” (New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart).

Former boxer and current insurance investigator Liam Quinn travels from Philadelphia to Arizona to locate a missing piece of art. But he’ll have to beat more than the heat when he runs afoul of a few powerful locals.

Following her husband’s death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job serving…

A classic work of noir fiction! When a beautiful woman conspires with a young drifter to murder her husband, nothing goes as planned… “A good, swift, violent story” (Dashiell Hammett) with over 6,600 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A sadistic KGB colonel hires Drum to locate a dead manAxel Spade would not have liked the way he died.…

In Spain for a wedding, Drum must rescue the kidnapped brideAlthough a fugitive from twenty-six world governments, Axel Spade has…

Drum confronts a senator to save the life of a drunken old friendWhen Chester Drum knew him, Jack Morley was…