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Cockroaches
by Jo Nesbø
A detective investigates a series of unexplainable deaths, uncovering a dark and twisted world.
Norway 's ambassador to Thailand is found stabbed to death in a brothel on the outskirts of Bangkok . , Oslo detective Harry Hole is sent to help the Thai police solve the crime before the scandal ... (Wikipedia)
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
Detective searches for clues to an elusive crime to find a killer terrorizing Oslo.
The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and design—winner of The ... (Goodreads)
The Devil's Star
by Jo Nesbø
Murder mystery set in Oslo involving a mysterious pentagram symbol.
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the ... (Goodreads)
The Dogs of Riga
by Henning Mankell
A murder investigation leads Inspector Wallander to Riga, Latvia, where he uncovers a web of corruption and political intrigue.
Second in the Kurt Wallander series. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, ... (Goodreads)
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
A thrilling tale of espionage and wartime romance, set in the chaos of WWII.
In 1940, Henry Faber, a German spy nicknamed 'die Nadel' ('The Needle') due to his trademark weapon being a stiletto , is working at a London railway depot, collecting information on troop movements. ... (Wikipedia)
The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
A police detective investigates a mysterious disappearance, uncovering a sinister conspiracy.
Carl Mørck is demoted to Department Q, the cold case unit, after a raid goes wrong. One case, a suspected suicide, piques his interest. His investigations suggest that the woman, a rising politician, ... (Wikipedia)
The Absent One
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
A criminal investigation uncovering the truth behind a series of cold cases.
In "The Keeper of Lost Causes," Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed but brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. ... (Goodreads)
Naïve. Super
by Erlend Loe
A humorous coming-of-age story of a young man's search for understanding and purpose in life.
The narrator of this funny and poignant novel is searching for meaning, going back to his childhood, onto the web and off to New York to find it. He writes lists, obsesses over the nature of time, ... (Goodreads)
Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For
by Frank Miller
Dark and gritty tale of crime and revenge set in a corrupted city.
The second volume of Frank Miller's signature series is now planned as the lead story in the upcoming Sin City 2! This newly redesigned edition sports a new cover by Miller - some of his first comics ... (Goodreads)
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
by Fredrik Backman
A grandfather's memories of life and love, intertwined with his grandson's journey of growing up.
A little book with a big heart—from the New York Times bestselling author of, A Man Called Ove, and, Anxious People,. “I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
A fantastical, satirical examination of Soviet life, intersecting with the supernatural.
The novel has two settings. The first is Moscow during the 1930s, where Satan appears at Patriarch's Ponds as Professor Woland . He is accompanied by Koroviev, a grotesquely-dressed valet; Behemoth , ... (Wikipedia)
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
A young girl's disappearance leads to a complex investigation that uncovers dark secrets in a small Swedish town.
In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallander and his daughter Linda, just graduated from the police academy, join forces to search for a religious fanatic on a murder spree and soon find ... (Goodreads)
The Hard Goodbye
by Frank Miller
A brutal and gritty noir tale of revenge, as a man seeks to avenge the death of his one true love.
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found, here, The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that introduced the now-infamous character Marv and spawned a blockbuster film returns in a newly ... (Goodreads)
The Third Twin
by Ken Follett
A thrilling mystery of genetic engineering, espionage, and murder.
Jeannie Ferrami, Psy.D. , is an associate professor and criminality researcher at the fictional Jones Falls University, an Ivy League school in Baltimore, Maryland . , She studies the influence of ... (Wikipedia)
The Probable Future
by Alice Hoffman
The women of the Sparrow family possess supernatural abilities, but their gifts come with a curse. Three generations must confront their past to break the spell.
Alice Hoffman’s most magical novel to date – three generations of extraordinary women are driven to unite in crisis and discover the rewards of reconciliation and love. Women of the Sparrow family ... (Goodreads)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
by P.D. James
Young detective Cordelia Gray investigates the apparent suicide of a Cambridge dropout, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
Young private detective Cordelia Gray walks into the London office she shares with former police detective Bernie Pryde to find her partner has committed suicide. Pryde has left everything, including ... (Wikipedia)
Lie Down with Lions
by Ken Follett
A love story set in the midst of a civil war in Afghanistan, where loyalties are tested and secrets are revealed.
Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman. They were two men on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing ... (Goodreads)
The Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery Deaver
A retired detective is called back to solve a case involving a notorious killer and his only surviving victim. Twists and turns abound.
When Special Agent Kathryn Dance – a brilliant interrogator and kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation -- is sent to question the convicted killer Daniel "Son of Manson" Pell as ... (Goodreads)
Bones Never Lie
by Kathy Reichs
An anthropologist solves a cold case murder, uncovering a web of secrets.
In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered. Unexpectedly called in to the ... (Goodreads)
Blue-Eyed Devil
by Lisa Kleypas
Romance between a wealthy socialite and a blue-collar worker, uncovering secrets and lies of the past.
The, New York Times, bestselling author of, Sugar Daddy, is back with her most breathtaking, hot-and-bothered novel yet!,MEET THE BLUE-EYED DEVIL,His name is Hardy Cates. He's a self-made millionaire ... (Barnes & Noble)
Any Other Name
by Craig Johnson
A Wyoming Sheriff investigates a cold case murder that uncovers a tangled web of secrets.
A sheriff’s mysterious death spurs the new novel in the, New York Times, bestselling Walt Longmire series Sheriff Walt Longmire had already rounded up a sizable posse of devoted readers when the A&E ... (Goodreads)
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
by Grant Naylor
Two hapless space-faring technicians get into all sorts of trouble as they travel the galaxy repairing and causing damage to spaceships.
The book begins in 2180. Commercialism is still rife, and most of Earth 's natural resources have been depleted. Most of the solid planets and moons in the solar system have been colonised. Having ... (Wikipedia)
Snuff
by Chuck Palahniuk
A porn star's final film, shot on a private island, becomes a grotesque spectacle of sex and violence.
Snuff follows three men who are waiting to immortalize themselves into pornography history as they wait to bed Cassie Wright, a former porn queen who has fallen into harder times. Each chapter ... (Wikipedia)
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
An assassin attempts to kill the president of France in a thrilling race against time.
The book begins in 1962 with the (historical) failed attempt on de Gaulle 's life plotted by, among others, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart : ... (Wikipedia)
A Serpent's Tooth
by Craig Johnson
A small-town sheriff investigates a mysterious murder in the Wyoming foothills.
The inspiration for A&E's, Longmire, finds himself in the crosshairs in the ninth book of the, New York Times, bestselling series The success of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series that began with ... (Goodreads)
The Preacher
by Camilla Läckberg
A gripping crime novel about a young detective investigating a series of murders in a small Swedish town.
Almost every subplot focuses on a parent-child relationship: central we have three generations of misogynist father/son in which violations of young girls is almost enshrined; ramifications occur ... (Wikipedia)
Thunderball
by Ian Fleming
A global battle of wits between a British secret agent and an international criminal syndicate.
During a meeting with his superior, M , Bond learns that his latest physical assessment is poor because of excessive drinking and smoking. M sends Bond to a health clinic for a two-week treatment to ... (Wikipedia)
The Diary of a Nobody
by George Grossmith
A humorous look at the everyday struggles of an ordinary family living in 19th century London.
Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, impertinent young office clerks and wayward friends, not to ... (Goodreads)
Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill
by Frank Miller
Dark, crime-filled cityscape in a noir-style story of revenge, justice and morality.
One of "Sin City's" most fascinatingly conflicted characters, Dwight, returns in "The Big Fat Kill", the third volume of Frank Miller's seminal noir comic and the inspiration for one of the segments ... (Goodreads)
Trouble Is My Business
by Raymond Chandler
Private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a series of cases that lead him into the dark underworld of Los Angeles.
In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, ... (Goodreads)
