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Noir Book of the Month – November 2019

Published on Tue, 2019-11-05 00:26
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Mexico City’s Cult Noir Classic! ”The best f***ing novel ever written about Mexico City” – Francisco Goldman

Blood Standard

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Laird Barron Blood Standard

Laird Barron
Blood Standard
Paperback

Noir Book of the Month – August 2019

Published on Thu, 2019-08-01 13:25
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Winner Edgar Award 2019 for Best First Novel by American author!  Bearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling—filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed. James McLaughlin expertly brings the beauty and danger of Appalachia to life. The result is an elemental, slow burn of a novel—one that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.  

This Body’s Not Big Enough For the Both of Us

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Edgar Cantero This Body’s Not Big Enough For the Both of Us

Edgar Cantero
This Body’s Not Big Enough For the Both of Us
Paperback

Noir Book of the Month – May 2019

Published on Thu, 2019-05-02 17:56
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Black Water is set in the world of the Dublin gangs – the area of Dublin O’Keeffe has lived for many years which tourists are told to avoid – the streets alongside Dublin’s grand canal. Cormac O’Keeffe is the award-winning security correspondent for the Irish Examiner – work that has given him unique access to contacts in the police and the community. He has lived near Dublin’s Grand Canal for many years; his professional and personal lives inform and fuel this novel, giving it the intensity, authenticity and originality of personal experience. 

Noir Book of the Month – March 2019

Published on Sun, 2019-03-03 15:05
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The long-awaited return of Kent Anderson, with ”the best of what crime fiction can do” (Michael Connelly). A raw, unflinching novel about America's divided cities and one man's divided soul. ”Tells the unvarnished truth about what it is to be a cop in modern day America. I can give a suspense novel no higher compliment” (James Patterson)

Noir Book of the Month – October 2018

Published on Fri, 2018-10-12 12:22
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In the vein of Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone and the works of Ron Rash, Desperation Road is set in a rough-and-tumble Mississippi town where drugs, whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect. Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2017 and highly praised by readers and reviewers alike.

Noir Book of the Month – August 2018

Published on Wed, 2018-08-01 12:25
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A novel about family, adventure, and the art of the con from acclaimed crime writer Richard Lange – one of the very best writers of SoCal/Border Noir. Recommended by Jan!

Noir Book of the Month – June 2018

Published on Sat, 2018-07-07 12:02
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A taut exploration of the ways we hurt and save (or try to save) one another. With unforgettable characters, a fist for a plot, and a deeply evocative setting, Boyle navigates alleys and streets with the best of them, Lehane, Price, and Pelecanos.

Noir Book of the Month – April 2018

Published on Sat, 2018-04-07 09:23
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Who is the real victim here? Who is the perpetrator? And who, ultimately, is the fall guy? It is summer, 2012. Charlie, a wealthy banker with an uneasy conscience, invites his troubled cousin Matthew to visit him and his wife in their idyllic mountain-top house. An entertaining story of fracture in paradise, where an idyllic summer retreat becomes a stage for lies, lust and revenge. 
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