The worlds of business, Irish politics, and crime collide when two men with the same name, from the same family, die on the same night—one death is a gangland...

"...The worlds of business, Irish politics, and crime collide when two men with the same name, from..."

“They’d never kill a reporter....” On the morning of April 29, 1948, a West Side pier hiring boss was shot on his way to work. The murder reminded the New York...

"...of an international crime “syndicate,” at a time when J. Edgar Hoover would not admit that such a syndicate, let..."

Winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Award Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman in a...

"...Winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Award Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman in a.... Winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Award Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman..."

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM RELATIVITY MEDIA A burnout at thirty-five, months behind on his book, low on cash, and something of a loser, Eddie Spinola...

"...Review “A compulsive chemical thriller.”—San Francisco Chronicle. PART ONE [ 1 ] IT’S GETTING LATE. I..."

One of The Wall Street Journal's Best fiction books of 2011 England, 1923. A gentleman critic named Leslie Shepherd tells the macabre story of a gifted young...

"...Statesman (UK) “Wesley Stace’s tale of music and murder is a baroque intellectual thriller, wittily..."

A 2010 Lambda Literary Award Winner A 2009 Edgar Award Nominee A 2009 Agatha Award Nominee A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week Patricia Highsmith, one...

"...A 2010 Lambda Literary Award Winner A 2009 Edgar Award Nominee A 2009 Agatha Award Nominee A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week Patricia Highsmith, one.... A 2010 Lambda Literary Award Winner A 2009 Edgar Award Nominee A 2009 Agatha Award Nominee A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week Patricia..."

An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association From New...

"...An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association From New.... An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee   Named One..."

The hero of Christine Falls, Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgue...

"...thriller.. "A page-turner told in prose so beautiful you'll want to read some passages repeatedly..."

A National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Lush Life is a tale of two Lower East Sides: one a high-priced bohemia, the other a home to...

"...Chabon, The New York Review of Books "Richard Price knows how crime sounds and smells, and he knows..."

In this new extraordinary thriller from Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason, the Reykjavik police are called on an icy January day to a garden where a...

"...In this new extraordinary thriller from Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason, the Reykjavik police are called on an icy January day to a garden where a.... In this new extraordinary thriller from Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason, the Reykjavik police are called on an icy..."

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An outstanding historical series . . . deeply empathetic.” (The New York Times Book Review) Christmas Eve, 1931. On the way to...

"...York Times Book Review) Christmas Eve, 1931. On the way to.... A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An outstanding historical series . . . deeply empathetic.” (The New York Times Book Review) Christmas Eve, 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street..."

On a blowtorch-hot night in Cape Town, American ex-model Roxy Palmer and her gunrunner husband, Joe, are carjacked, leaving Joe in a pool of blood. As the...

"...confirms Roger Smith as one of the world's best new thriller writers.. “Smith's writing is astonishing..."

Three years ago, Lydia and Alena were two hopeful girls from Lithuania. Now they are sex slaves, lured to Sweden with the promise of better jobs and then...

"...is a mind-blowing psychological thriller of the highest order.. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR “A high-impact Swedish thriller.” —The New York Times “Superb . . . Roslund and Hellstrom..."

Detective Mercado of the Havana Police department is devastated when she learns that her father’s been killed in a mysterious hit and run accident – in...

"...Detective Mercado of the Havana Police department is devastated when she learns that her father’s been killed in a mysterious hit and run accident – in.... Detective Mercado of the Havana Police department is devastated when she learns that her father’s been killed in a mysterious hit and run..."

A HOUSTON CHRONICLE SUMMER READING PICK An elderly lady approaches the front desk at the Twelfth Precinct in Copacabana and demands to speak with the chief....

"...to solve crimes."--Booklist on the Inspector Espinosa series..."

Picador celebrates the 40th anniversary of this seminal crime novel with a brand new reissue -- it has been called the very best of its genre by everyone from...

"...or self-parody, he is able to sustain long arias of criminal shoptalk. . . . A sophisticated thriller..."

Jimmy Luntz is an innocent man, more or less. He's just leaving a barbershop chorus contest in Bakersfield, California, thinking about placing a few bets at...

"...“A short, tight, grimly funny dark crime-comedy about losers, hustlers, alcoholics, murder, lowlifes..."

Rabb’s sinister and seductive evocation of Weimer Republic Berlin serves as the backdrop for this superb literary crime novel.

"...historical detective mystery . . . gives a haunting, dark portrait of Berlin society in the Weimar..."

A sprawling debut legal thriller in which the entire city of Toronto – from the detectives, to the defense attorneys, to the prosecutors, to the journalists –...

"...A sprawling debut legal thriller in which the entire city of Toronto – from the detectives..."

In this latest entry in the evocative Edgar-award winning series, set during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, intrigue abounds when Eunuch investigator...

"...In this latest entry in the evocative Edgar-award winning series, set during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, intrigue abounds when Eunuch investigator.... Detective.  Polyglot.  Chef.  Eunuch. Investigator Yashim Returns in this Edgar® Award-Winning Series   Istanbul, 1840: the young sultan..."

He left the blood-soaked mountains of Chechnya behind to become a gun-for-hire in the new Moscow. But an international cabal is luring Alexei Volkovoy back to...

"...as noir as a winter night in Saint Petersburg."—Library Journal (starred review): "In Ghelfi's mesmerizing second Russian thriller (after Volk's Game)... crisp characterization and strong visual prose..."

Part thriller, part social satire, the story of a crime that lies hidden behind all the trappings of suburban security.  

"...Part thriller, part social satire, the story of a crime that lies hidden behind all the trappings of suburban security.. There isn't much crime in Stoneleigh, Massachusetts, a college town, a mountain getaway for the quietly rich.  So when Edward Inman, owner of Stoneleigh Sentinel security, gets..."

A corrupt cop, a gangbanger, and an ex-marine sitting on three million dollars in stolen cash find themselves entangled in this "cinematic cape town thriller"...

"...… [with a] fascinating and vividly conjured location."—Kirkus Reviews   "A gripping thriller that follows..."

An honest lawyer, a Czech hand model, and a box of mysterious Christmas ornaments--each plays a part in Colin Harrison's compelling new intrigue George...

"...York fetish and of detective parodies like Garrison Keillor’s “Guy Noir,” all the while sustaining..."