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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.
San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel-girls, jazz, bootleg hooch...and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe.
The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed...
San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel-girls, jazz, bootleg hooch...and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe.
The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed...
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Legendary author Thomas Pynchon, winner of the National Book Award for his classic Gravity's Rainbow, applies his inimitable style to the mystery novel. As the marijuana haze of the free-love 1960s begins to fade, Doc Sportello drifts in and out of awareness. He hasn't seen his girlfriend in a long time. Then one day she shows up and rattles off a fantastic story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer, and Doc can't help but get drawn...
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New York Review Books
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English
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Wes Anderson on Stefan Zweig: "I had never heard of Zweig...when I just more or less by chance bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I loved this first book. I also read the The Post-Office Girl. The Grand Budapest Hotel has elements that were sort of stolen from both these books. Two characters in our story are vaguely meant to represent Zweig himself — our “Author” character,...
4) Fresh kills
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Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Unabridged CDs * 8 CDs, 10 hours
Raw emotion, razor- sharp dialogue, dark humor, and a heartfelt sense of place and character define this noir mystery—and herald the astonishing debut of a compelling voice in contemporary fiction.
Raw emotion, razor- sharp dialogue, dark humor, and a heartfelt sense of place and character define this noir mystery—and herald the astonishing debut of a compelling voice in contemporary fiction.
5) Life deluxe
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English
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The final chapter in the electrifying Stockholm Noir Trilogy, which has been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide: here is the no-holds-barred, rapid-fire tale of a supreme struggle for the legacy of the Swedish underworld, as the power, honor, and respect commanded by Stockholm’s largest criminal organization are passed from father to daughter.
Jorge was making a living as a drug dealer until he was caught and...
Jorge was making a living as a drug dealer until he was caught and...
6) Sudden times
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st [Harcourt] ed.
Physical Desc
331 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome thug, and the mystery of the missing woman that brings them together. 1970s Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger. Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful...
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Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Debut novel about the matriarch of an outlaw community of cannabis farmers in Northern California's Emerald Triangle who goes missing from her home, and the retired journalist and a burned-out cannabis grower who team up to discover what happened"--
9) Bury me deep
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.
Physical Desc
240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
Author
Publisher
Liberties
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
238 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Adrift in the half-life limbo of an unpublished novel, hospital porter Billy needs to up the stakes. Euthanasia simply isn't shocking anymore; would blowing up his hospital be enough to see Billy published, or be damned?
12) Zig zag: a novel
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Publisher
Shaffner Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
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English
Description
A burnt-out bail bondsman pursues a couple driving a stolen car packed with high-end marijuana into the Mojave Desert.
13) Querelle
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Publisher
Grove Weidenfeld
Pub. Date
1987
Edition
1st Evergreen ed.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of a dangerous man seduced by peril, Querelle deals in a startling way with the Dostoyevskian theme of murder as an act of total liberation"-- Publisher description.
14) The ice harvest
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Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
As lawyer Charlie Arglist prepares to leave Wichita, Kansas, with a suitcase full of stolen money, he revisits the scenes of his past--his angry ex-wife, ex-lovers, cops on the take, and bars filled with secrets that others will do anything to hide.
15) Close
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Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Grand Central Pub.ed.
Physical Desc
500 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Lily Diamond escapes her life of poverty and parental neglect by marrying London gangster Patrick Brodie, she become acquainted with his world of crime, violence, and betrayal as she tries to raise her children with love.
16) Easy money
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
469 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows encounters between a vengeful escaped drug dealer, a money-strapped student, and a disenchanted mafia thug whose efforts to establish places for themselves are complicated by dangerous elements on both sides of the law.
17) Red jade
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Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
248 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
NYPD Detective Jack Yu's investigation of a possible murder-suicide at a historical Tong battleground leads him to Seattle's Chinatown, where he tracks a Chinese-American gangster and a mysterious Hong Kong femme fatale.
18) Chourmo
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Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
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English
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In this second installment of Izzo's legendary Marseilles Trilogy, Fabio Montale has left a police force riddled with corruption, racism, and greed to follow the ancient rhythms of his native town, but his cousin's son has gone missing, and Montale is dragged back onto the mean streets of a violent, crime-infested Marseilles.
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Quirk Books
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English
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"Vice President Joe Biden is fresh out of the Obama White House and feeling adrift when his favorite railroad conductor dies in a suspicious accident, leaving behind an ailing wife and a trail of clues. To unravel the mystery, "Amtrak Joe" re-teams with the only man he's ever fully trusted--the 44th president of the United States. Together they'll plumb the darkest corners of Delaware, traveling from cheap motels to biker bars and beyond, as they...
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