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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe...

Crime fiction fans old and new will delight in rediscovering these taut, character-rich, heart-stopping tales, now on audio for the first time....

An Instant New York Times Bestseller “A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling...

The magnum opus by Akutagawa Prize-winner Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection....

This drive through the dark streets of the Motor City “is one of the best in Akashic Books’ noir series. You cannot go wrong with this anthology.”—Reviewing the Evidence From cri….

This is a city that seduces dreamers - then eats their dreams....

"I have two proposals to make, sir, and either is fair. Take your choice. I will give you twenty-five thousand when you deliver the falcon, and another twenty-five thousand as soon as I get to New York; or I will give you one quarter—twenty-five percent—of what I realize on the falcon."

In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train....

A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times, Washington Post, and Associated Press Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The Los Angeles Times, Vulture, TIME, The Guardian, The New Republic, and LitHub The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, author of Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of...

Pregnant Victoria Valbon was brutally murdered in an alley three weeks ago - and her killer hasn’t been caught....

Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon--Private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic...

Kayleigh Morris is just trying to survive her first year at St. Kellum’s University. Freshers’ Week is a blur of social anxiety, parties, and the weight of trying to fit in. But when Kayleigh’s panic attack becomes the talk of the campus, she retreats into herself, shutting herself away in her room.

Someone is committing random murders across Chicago—and making sure detectives Billy Harney (Aaron Paul) and Patti Harney (Krysten Ritter) are first on the crime scene.

Fuminori Nakamura's Akutagawa Prize-winner plunges us into the depths of a young man's winding, troubled psyche....

In the stifling summer heat, three disturbing events take place: a clique of city leaders is poisoned, a white gangster is found mutilated and a famous heiress vanishes without a trace....

Quando la sua amante moldava viene rapita, l'incarico di consegnare il riscatto è affidato a Marco Buratti, investigatore senza licenza, e ai suoi soci Max la Memoria e Beniamino Rossini. Ma qualcosa va storto e la donna, nonostante il pagamento di un milione di euro, non viene liberata.

L'ultima indagine del commissario Maugeri, il coinvolgente ed emozionante commiato letterario di Fulvio Capezzuoli. Estate del 1947. Per le vacanze, Maugeri ha scelto di trascorrere le vacanze in Val Brembana, dove solo pochi anni prima aveva combattuto da partigiano. Ma il ritrovamento di un...

This story is based loosely upon several cases I worked during my years riding with Bikers Against Child Abuse. It is about a member of a motorcycle club who went above and beyond, throwing it all away for a girl under his protection, who died when he was prevented from helping her....

Plouguerneau, Finistère Nord, 17 avril 2010. Malgré leurs conflits larvés, les Delaroche et les Chavez tentent de faire bonne figure autour du cercueil d'Alessandro Chavez, le fils unique d'Albertina, mort des suites d'une chute lors d'un footing matinal.

Drei Freundinnen, drei Trennungen - ein Wochenendtrip, der tödlich endet. Gib mir deine Angst ist ein raffinierter psychologischer Thriller...