Santa Cruz Noir
By: Susie Bright
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Noir, San Francisco Noir, San Diego Noir, Orange County N…
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1. The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)
By: John D. MacDonald
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Searching for a wealthy friend's yacht, Travis McGee puts himself square in the center of the inter… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- noir
- fiction
"It is one thing to look at a mistreated boat and another to look at a tomb. The silence of the bay seemed more intense. And I could see the glint of the carrion flies."-John D. MacDonald, The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)
"When you look at pictures of people you know are dead, there is something different about the eyes. As if they anticipated their particular fate.It is a visceral recognition. I told myself I was gett…"-John D. MacDonald, The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)
"At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be commi…"-John D. MacDonald, The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)
"Without my realizing it, it had happened so slowly, I had moved a generation away from the beach people. To them I had become a sun-brown rough-looking fellow of an indeterminate age who did not quit…"-John D. MacDonald, The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)
2. The End of Eve
By: Ariel Gore
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term … read more
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3. The Expatriates
By: Janice Y.K. Lee
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incide… read more
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4. Boston Noir
By: Dennis Lehane , Dana Cameron , Stewart O'Nan , Lynne Heitman , Brendan DuBois , John Dufresne , Don Lee , None , Jim Fusilli , Itabari Njeri , None
4.20
Format: None pages,
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5. Miami Noir
By: Paul Levine , Christine Kling , Vicki Hendricks , James W. Hall , Barbara Parker , Kevin Allen , Les Standiford , Tom Corcoran , None , David Beaty , George Tucker , None , None , None , None , None , None
3.42
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Brand-new stories by: James W. Hall, Barbara Parker, John Dufresne, Paul Levine, Carolina Garcia-Ag… read more
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7. This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
By: David Wong
4.26
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Originally released as an online serial where itreceivedmore than 70,000 downloads,John Dies at the… read more
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- fiction
"Damn it! I knew she was a monster! John! Amy! Listen! Guard your buttholes."-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
"When they write the sequel to the Bible, that shit is definitely gonna be in there."-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
"Falling in love with a house or a car or a pair of shoes, it was a dead end. You save your love for the things that can love you back."-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
"Your 'let's remain calm and stay put' speech would be a lot more convincing if you weren't giving it in front of a pile of burning skeletons."-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
8. Cut and Thirst
By: Margaret Atwood
3.15
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more
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- mystery
- short stories
- fiction
9. Camp Zero
By: Michelle Min Sterling
3.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a near-future northern settlement, a handful of climate change survivors find their fates intert… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
"Now Grant understood. College wasn't about books and ideas and new directions. It was slow annihilation."-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero
"Why do men take so easily whatever they want? Because nothing will ever be enough, she realizes. The more a man possesses, the more he thinks he deserves."-Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero
10. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- fiction
11. Blacktop Wasteland
By: S.A. Cosby
4.08
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
Beauregard "Bug" Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known - from North … read more
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- mystery
- crime
- noir
- fiction
"The truth had a strange way of ending an argument."-S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
12. When Women Were Dragons
By: Kelly Barnhill
3.85
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transfo… read more
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- fiction
"The dragons did not go away."-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"The work of storytelling requires a person to remain in a state of brutal vulnerability and punishing empathy. We feel everything. It tears us apart. We could not do this work without people in our l…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"There's very little we can control in this life. All we can do is accept whatever comes, learn what we can, and hang onto what we love. And that's it. In the end, the only thing you can hope to contr…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
"Instead, they drew dragons. Big dragons, tiny dragons. Dragons destroying skyscrapers and dragons swimming with whales and dragons dancing on the head of a pin and dragons skidding down one arm of th…"-Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
13. Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.73
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows th… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
"If you've turned up after all these years just to break Tita Rosie's heart again, I'll kill you. I'm serious. And Ate Bernie will help me hide the body," I said, bringing up his ex-girlfriend and my …"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"My aunt said a quick grace, then everyone helped themselves to the myriad dishes on the table: chicken afritada, bangus a la pobre, adobong pusit, beef nilaga, lumpiang togue, kang-kong in oyster sau…"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"I slid the cookie platter in front of them, which contained the four holiday cookies I'd come up with as well as peach-mango crumble cookies, my special of the day. The buttery, sweet base was topped…"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"I pulled one of my individual buko pandan trifles out of the refrigerated tote bag I was carrying. Considering how little time I had to come up with the recipe, I was proud of how they'd turned out: …"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
14. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023
By: Otto Penzler
3.85
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Je… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- mystery
- crime
15. Cleveland Noir
By: Michael Ruhlman
3.89
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Cleveland Noir joins Columbus Noir as the Akashic Noir Series continues its tour of Ohio, and navig… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
16. Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Issue 004 - Spring 2022
By: Brandon Barrows
4.20
Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition
Guilty is a magazine of crime stories, of criminals, their motivations and their beginnings and end… read more
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17. Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Issue 008 - Spring 2023: The Detective Annual
By: Brandon Barrows
4.20
Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition
Guilty is a magazine of crime stories, of criminals, their motivations and their beginnings and end… read more
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18. Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Issue 005 - Summer 2022
By: Brandon Barrows
4.05
Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition
Guilty is a magazine of crime stories, of criminals, their motivations and their beginnings and end… read more
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19. Austin Noir (Akashic Noir)
By: Hopeton Hay
3.75
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimension… read more
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- mystery
- short stories
20. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more
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21. Santa Cruz Noir
By: Susie Bright
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Noir, San Francisco Noir, San Diego Noir, Orange County N… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
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- fiction
- mystery
- crime
