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Noir stories from twenty-one writers, including Sara Paretsky, Marcus Sakey, and Barbara D'Amato. In Stuart Kaminsky's "Blue Note," gambler Pitch…
Noles must win at a poker game or his blues-singer mother will lose a finger to a loan shark. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2007
Newlyweds Daisy Dalrymple and Scotland Yard detective Alec Fletcher are sailing to America when their honeymoon is interrupted by a…
series of mysterious accidents and a murder. Suspicion falls on an American millionaire, a chorus girl turned trophy wife, and a gambler. 2001
Thirty-nine selections of short noir fiction, written between 1923 and 2007, by such authors as Mickey Spillane, Jim Thompson, Patricia…
Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tom Franklin. In Elmore Leonard's "When the Women Come Out to Dance," a stripper hires a widow to have her husband murdered. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2010
The most populous city in India--previously known as Bombay--is the setting for this anthology of fourteen crime stories. In "Justice,"…
Riaz Mulla shows how an ordinary businessman can turn into a bomb-planting extremist. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Crime stories set in North America's most multicultural city outside of Miami--known also for its cold winters, strong beer, and…
transportation options. The sixteen entries include Peter Robinson's "Walking the Dog," in which a husband and wife each plan the other's murder. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008
Fourteen crime stories reveal a side of Catalonia's capital never found on walking tours. In Teresa Solana's "The Offering," a…
young doctor at a hospital morgue discovers that a shy, unattractive, hospital secretary who committed suicide has the most beautiful organs. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Fourteen crime stories set in the intense, teeming capital of the Philippines. In F.H. Batacan's "Comforter of the Afflicted," a…
priest who is helping his cop friend with a murder investigation learns that the female victim helped other women escape domestic violence. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2013
Anthology of twelve crime stories set in Mexico's capital is divided into parts: Above the Law, Dead Men Walking, and…
Suffocation City. Editor and contributor Paco Ignacio Taibo II's "The Corner" centers on a novelist's suggestion for dealing with a crime-ridden intersection. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010
Collection of fourteen previously published stories of crime fiction by women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes "The Heroine"…
by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley (DB 50315), where a young woman is hired to be a nanny and dreams of being more. Some violence. 2013
Collection of twenty previously published short stories. In Megan Abbott's "My Heart Is Either Broken," a man slowly begins to…
doubt his wife's story of how their toddler went missing. Authors include Russell Banks, Annie Proulx, and James Lee Burke. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014
Two collections, each containing fourteen crime stories, set in various sections of the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg,…
revealing the country's dark side. Translated from Russian. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Edwidge Danticat is both editor and contributor in this anthology of eighteen stories written around the time of Haiti's devastating…
2010 earthquake. In Ibi Aanu Zoboi's "The Harem" a playboy tends to his three lovers amid the destruction. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Anthology features works from twenty writers, including Dennis Lehane, Gar Anthony Haywood, Kurt Vonnegut, and Lyndsay Faye. In Lehane's "Animal…
Rescue" a lonely bartender's life is infused with love and danger after he finds an abused puppy. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010
Previously published works of mystery, crime, and suspense, including pieces by Charles Todd, Mary Gaitskill, T. Jefferson Parker, and seventeen…
other authors. In Tom Andes "The Hit," a man hires someone to kill his wife, but it all goes wrong. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Twenty previously published tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. In Joe R. Lansdale's "The Stars Are Falling," a long-absent man…
returns home to a fatal surprise. Includes selections by S.J. Rozan, Lawrence Block, Ed Gorman, and Loren D. Estleman. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Twenty previously published tales selected by mystery novelist Scottoline. In Patricia Smith's "When They Are Done with Us," the mother…
of a violent sixteen-year-old dropout plans to get rid of him. Includes works by Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Connelly. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2013
Fifty-three stories, novellas, and serialized novels featuring hard-boiled detectives that were published in the pulp magazine Black Mask from 1920…
to 1951. Includes short bios of Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, and the collection's other noir authors. Some violence and some strong language. 2010
Collection of fourteen stories set in various parts of Pittsburgh. In Stewart O'Nan's "Duplex" a woman takes careful steps to…
end the relationship between a friend's son and his trashy girlfriend so she can get an apartment she covets. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
From a simple robbery gone horribly wrong to a grisly murder in a secret love dungeon, this stellar collection of…
crime fiction short stories showcases some of today's finest voices of color. Edited by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abby L. Vandiver, this thrilling anthology will keep you on the edge of your seat. Jennifer Chow—Midnight Escapade: After years of silence, two women decide to meet up in a unique escape room but get trapped in a deadly game from which there may be no escape. Tracy Clark—Lucky Thirteen: A gun. A last meal. And only one survivor. Sometimes the stars align—but only for the lucky one—as predator and prey come face-to-face one fateful New Year's Eve. H. C. Chan—Murderers' Feast: Techpreneur John Manley left a trail of duped investors and damaged women in his wake. What happens when two hundred of his closest enemies gather for a five-day gourmet retreat? Christopher Chambers—In the Matter of Mabel and Bobby Jefferson: It's almost midnight, it's snowing, and a bored call center worker catches a customer inquiry that smells of murder. Is he a knight rescuing the intended victim or someone else's pawn? Plus, stories by Richie Narvaez, Frankie Bailey, E. A. Aymar, Faye Snowden, Tina Kashian, and many more
Twenty-two short stories dealing with the criminal justice system, with themes that include lawyers, victims, liars, revenge seekers, killers, and…
alibi witnesses. In Joel Goldman's "Knife Fight" a female Jewish attorney defends a black, drug-dealing murderer. Includes work by James Grippando, Barbara Parker, and S.J. Rozan. Strong language. 2009