- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Thriller
HAS SOMEONE GOT AWAY WITH MURDER? On the verge of a four-billion-dollar deal, a tech entrepreneur from Shoreditch is found dead in a construction site, which leads to the discovery of three skeletons over a hundred years old. But...
The Detective and the Pipe Girl
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Finalist for the 2015 Nero Wolfe Award Finalist for the 2015 Shamus Award With a style as distinct as crime masters such as Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassen, and Harlan Coben, Michael Craven delivers a richly atmospheric, humorous, fast-paced mystery...
- Location(s): Ohio
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
In Knockemstiff, Ohio, war veteran Willard can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from a slow death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his ‘prayer log’. Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial...
- Location(s): The Indian Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1630s
An impossible murder A remarkable detective duo A demon who may or may not exist It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial...
The Devil and the Disappearing Sea
- Location(s): Uzbekistan
- Genre(s): Comedy, Thriller
- Era(s): 2000
Set among the ruins of the Soviet empire, this darkly comic true-crime thriller involves environmental disaster, international intrigue, and an unsolved murder. In January 2000, Rob Ferguson went to Uzbekistan to work on a project designed to save the...
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
- Location(s): The Sudan, Darfur
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals,...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Venice, the beauty hides secrets that are steeped in darkness. It’s August, and the city is melting under the heat. As locals flee for Ferragosto, retired archivist Arnold Clover plans to enjoy the rare silence – until his...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Late 19th Century
When the mutilated corpse of a beautiful dancer is found in a Montmartre sewer, a nervous public fears that Jack the Ripper has crossed the Channel—but Inspector Achille Lefebvre has his own theories. Amid the hustle and bustle of...
- Location(s): Italian Lakes
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1820s
- Location(s): The American South
- Genre(s): Noir, Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Sometimes God is your copilot, but it’s the Devil who takes you home.’ It was never just a job. Becoming a hitman was the only way Mario could cover his young daughter’s medical expenses. But before long his family...
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