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Click to order this book of Ross Macdonald from Amazon.com! Ross Macdonald (1996)
The Drowning Pool. (First published in 1950) Vintage
Hard-boiled novel noir filled with sex, blackmail, deceit and murder. This is the second novel in Macdonalds Lew Archer series. Complex plot, combined with psychological depth, in economic prose. More...
Click to order this book of Georges Simenon from Amazon.com! Georges Simenon (2003)
Dirty Snow. (First published in 1950) NYRB Classics; Rep Sub edition
Set in occupied France during WWII, Simenon's bleak masterpiece is a dispassionate description of human cruelty. No other writer has achieved the psychological intensity of Simenon. “What many regard as the finest of all noir novels…"--Tim Rutten, The Los Angeles Times More...
       
Click to order this book of Michael Chabon from Amazon.com! Michael Chabon (2007)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel. HarperCollins
The "Frozen Chosen" are living in a fictitious Alaskan homeland, as once suggested by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hard-drinking cop Meyer Landsman investigates the murder of his neighbor. Publishers Weekly called it a "murder-mystery speculative-history Jewish-identity noir chess thriller". The funniest novel of 2007 is filled with Yiddish jokes and dark humor. More...
Click to order this book of Lee Child from Amazon.com! Lee Child (2006)
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series, No. 1) Jove Reprint Edition
Child's ex-military policeman, Jack Reacher, finds himself arrested for murder in the tiny town of Margrave, Georgia. But soon he is out and hunting down a gang of vicious criminals who have spun a network of conspiracy to cover up their scheme of counterfeiting. Child's brisk dialogs, economic prose, three-dimensional characters and fast pace make a terrific read. More...
       
Click to order this book of Yasmina Khadra from Amazon.com! Yasmina Khadra (2007)
The Attack. Anchor
Dr. Amin Jafaari, a surgeon in a Tel Aviv hospital, who also happens to be an Israeli-Arab, has been saving innocent victims of a devastating suicide attack. Exhausted, he returns home to his wife Sihem - but she has disappered. Several hours later he finds out that Sihem is suspected of being the suicide bomber. More...
Click to order this book of Yasmina Khadra from Amazon.com! Yasmina Khadra (2005)
Double Blank. Toby Press
A dark tale about a leading Algerian intellectual, who has criticized the military regime. When the book seems to have triggered a series of murders, Inspector Llob investigates the trail of corpses that seems to lead to a gang of religious fundamentalists. But the story gets more complicated when gang members also turn up dead. A gory thriller by someone who knows contemporary Algerian politics first hand. More...
       

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