Aground (John Ingram, #1)
By: Charles Williams
3.67
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A classy blond, a beautiful yacht, an island in the Bahamas -- every man's dream. But for Ingram it…
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1. The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
By: Robert B. Parker
3.92
Format: 204 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hir… read more
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"A cold McDonald's hamburger is halfway between a jelly doughnut and a hockey puck, but the nine-dollar bourbon helped."-Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
"It was a bright day, but cold, and the whores had emerged, working the Combat Zone, looking cold and bizarre in their miniskirts, boots, and blond wigs. Being seductive at twenty degrees was heavy go…"-Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
2. Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)
By: Ian Fleming
3.57
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note #1: this entry is for one of the editions that includes the fourth story, "007 in … read more
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3. Nightmare Alley
By: William Lindsay Gresham , Nick Tosches
3.83
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abje… read more
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"Also Dad said it was a shame to go to bed early and miss everything when you could sleep late the next day and catch up..."-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"Beyond that elfin face, the steady eyes, there was something breathing, something that was fed blood from a tiny heart beating under pointed breasts. But is was cobweb under the fingers. Cobweb in th…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"Hoatley - First Carnival Owner: Now this creature - There he is, THE GEEK! He has puzzled the foremost scientists of Europe and America. Is he the missing link? Is he man or beast? Some have pronounc…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"The speech fascinated him. His ear caught the rhythm of it and he noted their idioms and worked some of them into his patter. He had found the reason behind the peculiar, drawling language of the old…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
4. The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
By: James Crumley
3.74
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
An unforgettable detective story starring C.W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by wo… read more
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5. Sleep with the Devil
By: Day Keene
5.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Ferron was big, tough and ruthless--he'd break your arm as soon as look at you. He had the morals o… read more
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6. The Bottoms
By: Joe R. Lansdale
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
The narrator of The Bottomsis Harry Collins, an old man obsessively reflecting on certain key exper… read more
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7. The Seventh (Parker, #7)
By: Richard Stark
4.08
Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Why not? Just because no one had ever tried it before? What better place for a heist, if it was … read more
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"They had this block to themselves. The windows of all the tenements on both sides were marked with the white X of urban renewal; they stood nearly empty, waiting for the wreckers. Within them the coc…"-Richard Stark, The Seventh (Parker, #7)
8. Miami Blues
By: Elmore Leonard , Charles Willeford
4.15
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room… read more
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9. Legends of the Fall
By: Jim Harrison
4.12
Format: 29 pages,
'Legends of the Fall, an epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, explorati… read more
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11. The Jugger (Parker, #6)
By: Richard Stark
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, because what he did was steal. But Joe Sheer, a ret… read more
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"Well, it just figures," Younger told him, like a man explaining his religion."-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)
"The technicians worked around him now as though they expected to launch him into space."-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)
"The room was full of law. Apparently somebody on Younger’s force had invited the state police to attend after all; the pack of technical men, with their cameras and chalk, powders and notebooks and l…"-Richard Stark, The Jugger (Parker, #6)
12. The Outfit (Parker, #3)
By: Richard Stark
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more
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13. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
By: Richard Stark
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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14. A Judgement in Stone
By: Ruth Rendell
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Paperback
What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre? On Valentine's Day, fo… read more
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15. The Hunter (Parker, #1)
By: Richard Stark
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Double-crossed, shot, and left for dead -- by his wife. The thriller that introduces Parker. "A bri… read more
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16. The Mourner (Parker, #4)
By: Richard Stark
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more
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"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)
17. The Handle (Parker, #8)
By: Richard Stark
3.96
Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Baron ran a gambling island off the Texas coast in the Gulf’s blue waters. To Parker, it was ju… read more
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"Parker simply went where money was and took it away."-Richard Stark, The Handle (Parker, #8)
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19. The Score (Parker, #5)
By: Richard Stark
3.93
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more
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20. Aground (John Ingram, #1)
By: Charles Williams
3.67
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A classy blond, a beautiful yacht, an island in the Bahamas -- every man's dream. But for Ingram it… read more
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