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Out of Season
Out of Season
Robert Bausch
0151010145 Hardcover


An estranged father and his son meet a sister and a brother who are strangers to each other and propel Robert Bausch's powerful new novel into the elusive places where the heart takes refuge.
Spytime
Spytime
The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton
William F. Buckley Jr.
0156011247 Trade Paperback


The rise and fall of a legendary spymaster, by a bestselling master of espionage fiction.
Nuremberg: The Reckoning
Nuremberg: The Reckoning
William F. Buckley, Jr.
015602747X Trade Paperback


With his renowned authority and audacity, William F. Buckley Jr. creates a riveting thriller, taking the reader through unforgettable scenes of treachery and vengeance, love and hatred, and the struggle for justice found in a hangman's noose. It's a World War II novel set mainly in Germany culminating in the Nuremberg trials.
The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing
Thomas H. Cook
0156032805 Trade Paperback
0151012601 Hardcover


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Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
Karin Fossum
Translated by Felicity David
0156031361 Trade Paperback
0151010323 Hardcover


Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are masterfully constructed, psychologically convincing, and compulsively readable. They evoke a world that is at once profoundly disturbing and terrifyingly familiar.
Chasing the Devil's Tail
Chasing the Devil's Tail
David Fulmer
0156027283 Trade Paperback


Storyville, 1907: In this raucous, bloody, red-light district, where two thousand scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there's a killer loose.
Jass
Jass
David Fulmer
0156031914 Trade Paperback
0151010250 Hardcover


In the rowdy red-light district of Storyville, four players of the new music they call "jass" have turned up dead. When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to investigate, he discovers that every one of the victims once played in the same band, and the only one left alive has gone into hiding. As he digs deeper, Valentin becomes convinced that a shadowy woman is the key to the mystery.
Rampart Street
Rampart Street
David Fulmer
0151010242 Hardcover


Valentin St. Cyr returns to Storyville for the third installment of this gripping, evocative mystery series. David Fulmer has created a heart-pounding, deft mystery in this, his soulful detective's most dangerous case yet.
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger
Joe Gores
0156032740 Trade Paperback
0151011214 Hardcover


A testosterone-fueled thriller pitting rival snipers against each other in a plot to assassinate the president.
Damnation Street
Damnation Street
Andrew Klavan
0156032627 Trade Paperback
0151012172 Hardcover


Two sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both.
A Drink Before the War
A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane
0156029022 Trade Paperback


Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston. Working out of an old church belfry, they take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna, however, is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her.
The Mosaic Crimes
The Mosaic Crimes
Giulio Leoni
0151012466 Hardcover


An enthralling historical thriller, from Italy's new maestro of crime.
Gun, with Occasional Music
Gun, with Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem
0156028972 Trade Paperback


Near-future Oakland is a brave new world where evolved animals are members of society, the police monitor citizens by their karma levels, and mind-numbing drugs such as Forgettol and Acceptol are all the rage. Mixing elements of sci-fi, noir, and mystery, this clever first novel from the author of Motherless Brooklyn is a wry, funny, and satiric look at all that the future may hold.
The Blackpool Highflyer
The Blackpool Highflyer
A Jim Stringer Mystery
Andrew Martin
0156030691 Trade Paperback


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The Necropolis Railway
The Necropolis Railway
A Jim Stringer Mystery
Andrew Martin
0156030683 Trade Paperback


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The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master
Arturo Perez-Reverte
0156029839 Trade Paperback


Don Jaime, fencing master and anachronistic man of honor, is working on his Treatise on the Art of Fencing. One day he is approached by a mysterious woman who seeks to learn the secret of "the unstoppable thrust." All too soon he finds himself in the vortex of a plot that includes seduction, secret political documents, and more than one murder.
The Flanders Panel
The Flanders Panel
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
0156029588 Trade Paperback


A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in the corner: Who killed the knight?
The Nautical Chart
The Nautical Chart
Arturo Perez-Reverte
0156029820 Trade Paperback


What secrets and riches lurk in the heart of the sea? Two treasure hunters are determined to find out, embarking on a perilous journey that takes them to the bottom of a centuries-old mystery.
The Seville Communion
The Seville Communion
Arturo Perez-Reverte
0156029812 Trade Paperback
0151002835 Hardcover


Someone has hacked into the Pope's personal computer-not to spy on the Vatican or to spread a virus, but to send an urgent plea for help: Save Our Lady of the Tears. The number-one international bestseller-a thrilling and intellectual page-turner about a church that holds dark secrets.
A Darkening Stain
A Darkening Stain
Robert Wilson
015601131X Trade Paperback


Bruce Medway looks into the disappearance of several schoolgirls in West Africa and uncovers a world of corruption.
Blood Is Dirt
Blood Is Dirt
Robert Wilson
0156011255 Trade Paperback


In this third novel in the series, our hero Bruce Medway investigates a gruesome death and the theft of two million dollars in West Africa.
Instruments of Darkness
Instruments of Darkness
Robert Wilson
0156011131 Trade Paperback


Wilson's compelling first novel-never before available in the United States. Bruce Medway's existence had been tough, but never life-threatening until he crossed paths with Madame Severnou.
The Blind Man of Seville
The Blind Man of Seville
Robert Wilson
0156028808 Trade Paperback


Bestselling and award-winning mystery writer Robert Wilson tells a gripping tale of a grisly murder that leads a police detective to the seamy side of his famous father's life.
The Company of Strangers
The Company of Strangers
Robert Wilson
0156027100 Trade Paperback


Robert Wilson transcends the genre of spy novels in The Company of Strangers, a thrilling page-turner yet also an imaginative and affecting tale of romance.
The Vanished Hands
The Vanished Hands
Robert Wilson
0156032821 Trade Paperback
0151008418 Hardcover


This novel takes up the story of Javier Falcón just over a year after the events of The Blind Man of Seville. He is called to the scene of a suspicious suicide in a wealthy neighbourhood on the outskirts of Seville. There is, however, no solid evidence and he is struggling to put together a case when in quick succession there are two other definite suicides.
 



 

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