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"I would not only say you should buckle up before getting in this indie car of a book, I’d suggest wearing a five point harness, this book moves fast and is relentless. Great action and wonderful climax. Brewer delivers on every level." More info | 384 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"If you like to laugh, and you hate reality TV, you will love this wonderfully, viciously hilarious book." More info | 336 pages | $13.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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Rising crime fiction star Cameron (Lost Dog) has Kadash take a wisecracking, cynical approach to his situation, and this results in a very humane, personal investigation in which our protagonist must navigate the dangerous shoals of police office politics and the ugly fact that someone wants him gone permanently. Highly recommended for all collections." More info | 320 pages | Add to cart |
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“Smart, stylish, sexy and amusingly insouciant. It's a true find, a well-written and sophisticated addition to the heralded San Francisco private-detective story…a panoramic tour de force.” 244 pages | $16.95 (paper) | Add to cart
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"If you laid all the boring Silicon Valley authors end-to-end it would be a good thing. But they still wouldn't amount to half the insight Coggins lays down in his adventurous novel. Fast cars, nymphomaniac rich kids, billionaires with short attention spans and long money: a truer picture of Silicon Valley can't be found. More info | 300 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to Cart |
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"Coggins's private investigator August Riordan proves a worthy successor to the iconic Sam Spade... [A] volume that fits comfortably alongside those of Hammett and Chandler. Heartily recommended." More info | 308 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"[D]eliciously quirky ... panache to spare." More info | 312 pages | $14.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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“Marshall J. Cook serves up a steaming helping of small-town life, garnished with realistic characters, and a protagonist who’s both smart and admirable. Mystery fans will savor this tasty debut.” More info | 200 pages | $19.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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"The book is satisfying in the same way a home cooked meal is, created with care and completely filling.” More info | 248 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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The importance of family and faith permeate this mix of mystery and family drama, the third in a series. More info | 240 pages | $13.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Readers who like their mysteries relatively bloodless and leavened with a pinch of romance, humor and regional color should find this a perfect fit." More info | 262 pages | add to cart |
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"New York cop-turned-PI Moe Prager returns to his Coney Island roots in the fourth entry of Coleman's outstanding series. Moe Prager is an engaging if reluctant hero; his struggles with family and fidelity remind us of his vulnerability." More info | 256 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"...the dark, compelling fifth Moe Prager mystery from Anthony-winner Coleman...." more info | 300 pages | add to cart |
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“Hardboiled Brooklyn is a rocky ride full of surprises that linger in my memory. The stories all get right to the point and provide insights into a Brooklyn state of mind, each word ringing true.” More info | 220 pages | $15.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Red Sky, Red Dragonfly is one of the best first novels and one of the most ‘authentic’ fictional evocations of this country and its people I have ever read.” More info | 336 pages | $17.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Galligan portrays the radiantly quirky characters with deft strokes, pulling their strings with panache and outlining their world with humor and acceptance. A real treat.” More info | 264 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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“A superbly told tale…The tetchy xenophobia of Witness combined with the unbridled energy of Deliverance and a touch of The Compleat Angler: one helluva story.” More info | 312 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"With a plot as entangled as a drunkard's fishing line, this Big Sky excursion into the wilds of human frailty deftly and surely snags the imagination. The ending offers just a hint, elusive as that legendary brown trout of fishermen's dreams, of redemption for Galligan's beguiling antihero." More info | 320 pages | Add to cart |
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"This impressive volume has soul, grit and plenty of high notes." More info | 312 pages | $15.95 (paper) | Add to cart
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"Hellmann brings to life the reality of hazing and bullying among teenage girls in a story with enough twists and turns to keep you reading to the end. Highly recommended." More info | 320 pages | Add to cart |
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"Houston is one smart writer: She traps us in the same chilling More info | $14.95 (paper) |
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"Houston is one smart writer: She traps us in the same chilling More info | $14.95 (paper)
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"Houston is one smart writer: She traps us in the same chilling More info |$14.95 (paper)
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"Houston is one smart writer: She traps us in the same chilling More info | 240 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"[S]eries fans will appreciate Loon Lake's starring role, with its
local color and murderous urges lurking just beneath the placid waters." More info | 262 pages | Add to cart |
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"Crime-fiction fans who aren't repelled by heaping helpings of obscene language, deviant sexuality and graphic violence will find this collection, in the words of Billingham, 'a dark, disgusting and fabulous treat.'" More info | 376 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Twin Peaks meets The Da Vinci Code in this surpassingly weird debut." More info | 346 pages | $12.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"...picks up speed and chaos with the smash-mouth ferocity of a Bruce Willis epic..." More info | 320 pages | Add to cart |
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"Readers who aren’t keen on stories about paid assassins probably will pass on this collection, but that’s their loss. For everyone else, it’s a guaranteed hit." More info | 492 pages | $27.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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"Set at a fictional Texas university, Larson's sharp debut blends religion, philosophy and murder." More info | 240 pages | $12.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"... Logue provides an acutely rendered tale of addiction and the dangers of crystal meth, the drug of choice in many rural areas." More info | 240 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Just as Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins ("Maiden Rock") marshals her team to investigate the death of a naked man found in Lake Pepin, she is asked to probe a friend's murder. In her seventh series entry, Logue writes beautifully about rural Minnesota life while telling a good mystery. For fans of J.A. Jance and Margaret Maron." More info | 262 pages | Add to cart |
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"Every now and then you run into a book that has it all: humor, a delightfully dark tone, a world-weary and larger-than-life protagonist and a widly inventive storyline. Craig McDonald's Head Gamesis such a novel . . .worthy of James Ellroy or James Crumley. More info | 320 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Crime writer and ladies' man Hector Lassiter (Head Games) makes a return appearance in McDonald's outstanding second series effort." More info | 408 pages | Add to cart |
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Peffer piles on the atmosphere until it’s as thick as Provincetown pea soup in this seductive tale that, while obviously not for everybody, will appeal to those willing to cross over to the dark side. More info | 256 pages | $24.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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"Peffer has laid impressive claim to his Provincetown setting, and he effectively goes against type with his too-sensitive sleuth. A quirky, very appealing series." More info | 320 pages | Add to cart |
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"While some readers may wish for more high seas action, the character of Semmes, an ardent believer in the Southern cause as well as a daring and resourceful commander, and the difficult conditions under which he operated make this a compelling and colorful read." More info | 320 pages | Add to cart |
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“With a keenly developed sense of disillusionment and a real talent for capturing the vernacular, Singer leads readers on a raging, rollicking ride through the underbelly of American society.” More info | 216 pages | $16.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"A rollicking dash through space and time." More info | 192 pages | $19.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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"Singer evokes with rare passion the tumultuous confusions and conflicts as teens seek to work out their racial and sexual identities...readers will find Mikal’s erratic passage through a rough adolescence both vivid and compelling." More info | 240 pages | Add to cart |
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"Smith has a powerful voice and delivers quite a romp, offering along the way a sort of Tony Hillerman glimpse into a part of the country that is not often the subject of crime fiction." More info | 240 pages | Add to cart |
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"A well-developed protagonist lifts this police thriller, the first of a new series from Spinosa." More info | 292 pages | $23.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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"Spinosa, aka Reed Farrel Coleman, has ginned up a really hard-edged
novel set in a wonderfully gritty milieu and filled with fully fleshed
characters. The plot lays out a labyrinthine but believable trail of
violence, murder, corruption, politics, deep-dyed racism, and big money." More info | 302 pages | Add to cart |
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The Living Room of the Dead is a stylish, fresh take on classic noir themes. You won't soon forget Eric Stone's vivid depictions of Macau and Vladivostok--or the sad, doomed characters who think they're simply passing through." 292 pages | $23.95 (cloth) | Add to cart |
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"What starts as a fast-paced thriller turns into a deeper social novel concerned with poverty, slavery, and the best and worst of the human condition. This will appeal to fans of John Burdett and Colin Cotterill, as well as patrons who enjoy exotic Asian settings and a mystery plot with some substance. " More info | 292 pages | $14.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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"Brilliantly capturing the lone-man-on-a-mission archetype that has been Dick Francis's forte for so many years, Stone puts to good use his knowledge of the horrifying treatment of women in a violently male-dominated society and turns out a heart-stopping ending. Not for the easily frightened." More info | 302 pages | Add to cart |
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“Michigan writer Toth tells a surrealistic and satirical story of a young loser who reinvents himself as a winner, with unintended results.” More info | 192 pages | $16.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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“Toth is a smart writer with a natural gift for dialogue and creative introspection. Fishnet will make you smile, laugh, feel, and think. Ultimately it will leave you hopeful.” More info | 168 pages | $12.95 (paper) | Add to cart |
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