Browsing: Noir

James M. Cain, virtuoso of the roman noir, gives us a tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful story in Double Indemnity, an X-ray…

An “utterly inventive” (The Washington Post) Edgar Award winner with over 600 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Vince enjoys a quiet new life in Spokane as a protected witness — until his past comes knocking. Can he find redemption before it’s too late? “Immensely entertaining” (Chicago Tribune).

A mesmerizing novel of faith, passion, and murder by the author of The Civil War: A Narrative. Drawing on themes…

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award! When his employer is murdered, an unlikely amateur sleuth goes hunting for the killer — and finds his world unraveling. Hailed upon publication as “the best novel of the year… Utterly original and deeply moving” (Esquire).

With over 8,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads: In a small Mississippi town, a terrible crime forces boyhood friends Larry and Silas to confront their long-buried past. A New York Times bestseller hailed as “a great novel by a great novelist” (Dennis Lehane).

“[Lehane has] emerged from the whodunit ghetto as a broader and more substantial talent….When it comes to keeping readers exactly…

“ELLROY IS THE AUTHOR OF SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL CRIME NOVELS EVER WRITTEN”- NEW YORK TIMES Danny Upshaw is…

“[Leonard has] written so many first-rate crime stories that it would be fatuous to say Killshot is his best, but…

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River: When a Boston psychiatrist comes to them for help, private investigators Kenzie and Gennaro are pulled into a dangerous game of secrets, lies, and murder. With nearly 10,000 five-star Goodreads ratings!

A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot…