7 Top noir books like Palm Springs Noir by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

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Palm Springs Noir

By: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

3.97

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley …

If you liked the noir plot in Palm Springs Noir by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) by Walter Mosley

1. The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

By: Walter Mosley

3.78

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling mystery writer Walter Mosley's electric new novel introduces a brand new investigator -… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
"A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library …"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most…"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

Cover of The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16) by James Lee Burke

2. The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16)

By: James Lee Burke

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This is James Lee Burke's latest mystery featuring Dave Robicheaux. It is also much more than that.… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Safe Man: A Ghost Story by Michael    Connelly

3. The Safe Man: A Ghost Story

By: Michael Connelly

3.80

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Published for the first time under his own name, a dark and haunting story from #1 New York Times b… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. San Diego Noir

By: Maryelizabeth Hart

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

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  • short stories
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. Free Will

By: Sam Harris

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think abo… read more

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6. Dispatches

By: Michael Herr

4.22

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when… read more

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"for years now there had been no country here but the war."

-Michael Herr, Dispatches

"And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?"

-Michael Herr, Dispatches

"We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop."

-Michael Herr, Dispatches

"When all the projections of intent and strategy twist and turn back on you, tracking team blood, 'sorry' just won't cover it. There's nothing so embarrassing as when things go wrong in a war."

-Michael Herr, Dispatches

7. Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics

By: Naomi Hirahara , Raymond Chandler , Walter Mosley , Ross Macdonald , James Ellroy , Margaret Millar , Leigh Brackett , Paul Cain , Chester Himes , James M. Cain , Joseph Hansen , Kate Braverman , Jervey Tervalon , Denise Hamilton , Yxta Maya Murray , William Campbell Gault

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

From Hollywood starlets to downtown taxi dancers, and from Central Avenue speakeasies to clapboard … read more

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8. Congratulations, By the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness

By: George Saunders , None

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse … read more

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9. Known to Evil (Leonid McGill, #2)

By: Walter Mosley

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Walter Mosley and his new hero, Leonid McGill, are back in the new New York Times-bestselling m… read more

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10. Los Angeles Noir

By: Denise Hamilton

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, R… read more

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11. Pop. 1280

By: Jim Thompson

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest cri… read more

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12. A Killing on the Hill

By: Robert Dugoni

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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13. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

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  • short stories
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10) by Martin Cruz Smith

14. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke

16. Flags on the Bayou

By: James Lee Burke

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2) by Walter Mosley

17. Every Man a King (King Oliver, #2)

By: Walter Mosley

3.87

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
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18. Mrs. Caliban

By: Rachel Ingalls

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Now back in print, Mrs. Caliban is “totally unforgettable” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “… read more

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  • fiction
"Drugs,"

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

"Why do you call him a monster?"

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

"I can’t imagine living in a different time,"

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

"Still, people would notice a man with a green head. I guess I should get you a wig."

-Rachel Ingalls, Mrs. Caliban

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19. The Hurricane Blonde

By: Halley Sutton

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A former child starlet is plunged back into the dangerous glitter of Hollywood after discovering a … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • noir
  • fiction
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20. Wisdom Spring

By: Andrew Cunningham

4.47

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition for this ASIN B00EP0UQEQ can be found here. Jessica Norton is a woman o… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Nowhere Alone: An Alaska Thriller (The Alaska Thrillers Series Book 2) by Andrew  Cunningham

21. Nowhere Alone: An Alaska Thriller (The Alaska Thrillers Series Book 2)

By: Andrew Cunningham

4.48

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The crash was just the beginning … Scott Harper makes his living flying hunters and fishermen into … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Gangsters Don't Die: A Novel (Gangsterland) by Tod Goldberg

22. Gangsters Don't Die: A Novel (Gangsterland)

By: Tod Goldberg

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The “gloriously original” ( The New York Times ) and critically acclaimed crime series starring a C… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West by Tom Clavin

23. Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West

By: Tom Clavin

3.99

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explore… read more

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Cover of The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1) by Ron Corbett

24. The Sweet Goodbye (Danny Barrett, #1)

By: Ron Corbett

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling new series from Edgar®-nominated author Ron Corbett, the most dangerous predator … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. The First Death of Winter

By: Kevin Wignall

4.13

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

The compelling new novel from the bestselling author of A DEATH IN SWEDEN, THOSE WHO DISAPPEARED an… read more

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26. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

Cover of A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase

27. A Lonesome Place for Dying

By: Nolan Chase

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Blaine, Washington is a seaside town where on an average day, the most serious police work involves… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Palm Springs Noir by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

28. Palm Springs Noir

By: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

3.97

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley … read more

Similar categories in Barbara DeMarco-Barrett's Palm Springs Noir book and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett's Palm Springs Noir

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of South Central Noir (Akashic Noir) by Gary Phillips

29. South Central Noir (Akashic Noir)

By: Gary Phillips

3.91

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

The Akashic Noir Series’ forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Ang… read more

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  • short stories
  • noir
  • fiction
Cover of A Blood Red Morning (Henri Lefort Mysteries #3) by Mark Pryor

30. A Blood Red Morning (Henri Lefort Mysteries #3)

By: Mark Pryor

4.31

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unputdownable WWII series, Paris detective Henri Lefort, must solve a complex case when a m… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Growing Up Boeing: The Early Jet Age Through the Eyes of a Test Pilot's Daughter by Rebecca Wallick

31. Growing Up Boeing: The Early Jet Age Through the Eyes of a Test Pilot's Daughter

By: Rebecca Wallick

4.24

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Growing Up Boeing gives an insider’s perspective of the Boeing test pilots and engineers who regula… read more

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21 must-read fiction books like Palm Springs Noir by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Transform Your Habits

The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

Walter Mosley

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux, #16)

James Lee Burke

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Safe Man: A Ghost Story

Michael Connelly

3.80

Transform Your Habits

San Diego Noir

Maryelizabeth Hart

3.79

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28 Best fiction books like Gangsters Don't Die: A Novel (Gangsterland) by Tod Goldberg

Transform Your Habits

The Winter of Frankie Machine

Don Winslow

3.95

Transform Your Habits

A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey, #1)

Don Winslow

4.00

Transform Your Habits

While Drowning in the Desert (Neal Carey, #5)

Don Winslow

4.00

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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