English Detective Noir

A Young Body. A Sinister Mark. A Mystery That Won’t Stay Buried. When a young woman’s body washes ashore on North Cornwall’s Summerleaze Beach, DI Verity Zennor discovers a haunting link to two other unsolved murders. All bear a cryptic mark, but its sinister meaning—and the motive behind the killings—remains a mystery. As Zennor races to uncover the truth, another gruesome discovery shatters the investigation. On a remote farm, Susan Quant’s body is found exposed to the elements. Well-loved but burdened by a shadowy past, Quant’s death unearths a tangled web of betrayal, ...

1950s reporter May Beck never gives up. She uses her noggin, iron-willed moxy and her own set of rules to relentlessly collect clues that lead her to the culprit. And she'll do or say anything to get to the truth, no matter the cost. So when a mysterious clue from the past leads her one clue at a time to the trail of a criminal enterprise, she'll risk everything to catch the criminal and save an innocent victim. But will attempts on her life dissuade her? Will she crack the case before it's too late for the innocent woman? And who can she really trust? When Walls Talk is the second book in ...

Grace had never been more terrified...the pain was relentless. Nothing in her life prepared her for this. She desperately needed somewhere safe...someplace she could hide. Someone she could trust with her life. It was dark...and getting darker. Ronan Hendricks didn’t recognize her voice. Not family...not friends. Probably not an enemy. But he didn’t need the years he’d spent as a detective to recognize what he did hear... Fear. In a desperate moment of hope, a single number saved her life. Then a complete stranger opened his home offering safety yet Grace knew danger surrounded them.....

In Broome's tourist-perfect marina, where million-dollar boats promise wilderness adventures to wealthy visitors, Special Investigator Odysseus "Odie" Kalaris is called to examine what appears to be a robbery gone wrong. What begins as a straightforward marina murder evolves into something far more sinister, revealing connections between luxury tourism and a sophisticated fraud network targeting elderly investors. When Odie's tracking skills expose crime scene staging, he must navigate both the predatory undercurrents of seasonal tourism and the complex relationships that bind Broome's ...

Picking up right at the thrilling conclusion of "The Big Hello," "The Big Bout" finds Soldier working two new cases and taking care of his friends in wartime Panama City. He and Clip are protecting a boxer whose life is being threatened before his big bout, and he's trying to solve a baffling murder -- all while taking care of the woman he loves. The Thrilling 4th novel in the noir series that began with THE BIG GOODBYE . . . History. Mystery. Romance. Action. Thrills. Suspense. Noir. Walk the mean streets of wartime Panama City with Jimmy “Soldier” Riley, a wounded, woman-haunted ...

A secret list and a nine-fingered man push Acapulco’s first female police detective to the edge in this exciting companion to the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz mystery series. After she stops a gang attack in an upscale neighborhood, Emilia discovers a black notebook with a list of names, numbers, and dates. Convinced it is a list of dirty cops, Emilia knows she’s in danger. In a police department riddled with corruption, how long until someone finds out she has the list and comes gunning for her? Meanwhile, the head of the police union initiates an internal investigation, all but...

In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead but then decides he'd rather help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it.

In the dark heart of Buffalo's Chippewa District, where reality dances cheek to cheek with fantasy, you'll find yourself pulled into the drama at Marco Pollo's Bar & Grill & Cabaret. Here, amidst the tantalizing aroma of Tiny's game-changing Pierogi-olis, a culinary clash brews, and Max Noir, fortified with bourbon and a tongue as sharp as a chef's knife, maneuvers through the eccentricities of the scene. But when a mysterious demise casts a noirish shadow over the revelry, Max is thrust into a culinary battleground armed only with his cynical gaze and a nose for trouble. Brace yourself for...

LOS ANGELES, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically everyone, especially the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu’s former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it’s Lulu when they discover a body one morning in an out-of-the-way stable, far from the Beverly Hills home where she lived after her fame skyrocketed. The sisters suspect Lulu’s death is the result of foul play, but the police don’t seem motivated to investigate.

A murder mystery. The seventh book in the Detective Riley Scott series. When Homicide Detective Riley Scott is called to investigate a murder at the same exact apartment, with the same exact M.O. as a homicide he not only investigated 3 years earlier, but solved, he is catapulted along a course that will take him from Tampa to New Orleans where he nearly loses his own life trying to get answers. At the same time, the trial for the killer he arrested 3 years earlier for the original murder is floundering in the courts as the judge and the defense team are demanding answers—answers Scott is...

When You Love Someone to Death, They Simply Must Die When Jack is hired by a crime writer/writing professor to find the culprit in the alleged murder of a young man for which he's the prime suspect, he and his sidekick, Blood, find themselves entering a shady world of lies, fictional facts, nonfictional lies, and sexy women who want to lure them into their honey traps. From New York Times and USA Today bestselling Thriller and Shamus Award-winning author Vincent Zandri. For fans of Michael Connelly, Lee Child, and Robert B. Parker. Nab your thrilling copy now. "Vincent Zandri is one of the ...

Vivienne Lane thought she left the drama behind when she traded big-city chaos for the quiet charm of Foxwick Harbor. Now, she spends her days running Lane & Co. Antiques, sipping lattes at Bean & Bloom, and avoiding her nosy neighbor’s unsolicited opinions. But when she stumbles upon the town’s most scandalous socialite dead in a wedding dress—and in a very inconvenient place—Vivi suddenly finds herself at the center of a mystery far messier than her shop’s storage room. Gwendolyn Fairchild wasn’t just any bride-to-be; she was a journalist with a reputation for unearthing ...

Tyler and Daphne investigate the apparent murder of Charles Yoder, a member of the city's flea market scene. But with every new development in the case, their list of suspects grows. It seems a lot of people hated Mr. Yoder.

"5-Star Noir Fiction!" Murder, Sex, Exotic Cocktails and Exotic Women. And of course, some very eerie phantoms... (Note: This book contains sex, strong language, violence, and very scary situations. Not for the timid. If it were a movie, the rating would be R. It's also a long adventure, not a quick read, intended for those who love to read books which draw you in and keep you entrenched in the mystery). Set in New York City and the Florida Keys in 1956, Murder on Tiki Island is a noir-style murder mystery (updated for today's audiences) which follows Detective Bill Riggins (Murder Behind ...

Good, bad or indifferent, the job makes no difference to LT if the price is right. A jack-of-all-trades in the city’s underworld, LT is a true outlaw when it comes to solving your problems, generally at the point of a gun. In Noir, LT is hired by a doctor and his barren wife to help deliver the ransom money for a kidnapped, surrogate baby. According to the doctor, the young woman he hired to carry his surrogate baby demanded more money once the baby was born. It seemed simple enough a task, deliver the ransom and pick up the baby. Simple enough until a mysterious group of people murder ...

In this gripping fourth installment of the dark psychological crime series, Detective Mike Parsons confronts a chilling murder mystery that unravels dangerous secrets. As he delves deeper into the case, he discovers a web of deceit that challenges his every belief. With a hard-boiled attitude and relentless determination, Mike must navigate a treacherous landscape of betrayal and danger. In a world where nothing is as it seems, can he uncover the truth before it consumes him? Prepare for a thrilling ride filled with twists and dark revelations in this pulse-pounding thriller!

Claire Perrigaux a clandestine SOE agent during WW2 operating from Saint Brieuc in Northern France,has a past life she doesn't like to talk about. In 1925, the world was a different place. As a child prodigy, Claire Lane, a Professor of Mathematics at London’s prestigious St Anne's University. Her specialty- scientific study of probability. In other words, the likelihood that an event will reoccur. Chief Police Inspector Ralph McGinniss of Scotland Yard is sent down from London to investigate these heinous crimes, and enlists the skills of Claire Lane to help him. A team is forged. How ...

When construction workers uncover preserved human remains at Kingfisher Station—a luxury resort development in rural Australia—Detective Maya Thorne is called back to the hometown she fled as a teenager. The discovery is eerily similar to a case she solved months earlier, but this time it's personal: the development borders her childhood home, which she abandoned. The victim is identified as Elaine Mercer, an environmental consultant who disappeared eight years ago while investigating water rights during the region's worst drought in decades. Maya quickly discovers that Elaine had ...

Charlie just wants a quiet life … Then he finds a human skull buried in the front yard. Mystery writer Charlie McGinley moves from L.A. to a small town in New Mexico. No more big-city hassles. No more big-city hustles. Guess again! Suddenly Charlie has to deal with disappearing bodies, crabby cops, crazed killers, and a very pregnant wife, while trying desperately to avoid ending up in an unmarked grave next to the mysterious stiff. Gold Medal Winner, Humor and Satire —2024 Global Book Awards “Proverbial skeletons in closets and actual ones buried in the yard help make this a bone-...

Betrayal cuts deeper than a blade… and this time, it’s personal. In the gripping finale to the DI Zennor trilogy, the Cornwall-based detective and her team face their most perilous challenge yet. When a daring operation unravels a sinister network with ties both local and international, DI Verity Zennor is thrust into a deadly game where trust is a luxury she can no longer afford. As the case takes a devastating twist, Zennor discovers a wicked betrayal that threatens not just her investigation—but the very core of her team. Meanwhile, DS Sam Cartwright is forced to confront a fear ...