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What do readers say about Cop Hater?
police procedural novel matter of fact style gritty crime novel interesting to readTHE HEROES OF THE CITY'S STREETS BECOME THE HUNTED - IN THIS CRIME FICTION CLASSIC
ED MCBAIN'S FIRST 87th PRECINCT NOVEL
Swift, silent, and deadly - someone is knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The how of the killings is obvious: t... More details on Cop Hater
He reached out for it, groping in the darkness, finding the lever and pressing it against the back of the clock. The buzzing stopped. The room was very silent. Beside him, he could hear May’s even bre...
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What do readers say about The End of Policing?
a critical read good and useful abolition of the police quite accessibleLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself. Why we need to defund the police and how we get there.
Recent weeks have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journ... More details on The End of Policing
Tamir Rice and John Crawford were both shot to death in Ohio because an officer’s first instinct was to shoot. Anthony Hill outside Atlanta, Antonio Zambrano-Montes in Pasco, California, and Jason Har...
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What do readers say about Midnight Riot?
long rambling paragraphs humorous and witty police procedural meets fantasy clever and funny"Midnight Riot is what would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. It is a hilarious, keenly imagined caper."-Diana Gabaldon
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his su... More details on Midnight Riot
IT STARTED at one thirty on a cold Tuesday morning in January when Martin Turner, street performer and, in his own words, apprentice gigolo, tripped over a body in front of the West Portico of St. Pau...
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What do readers say about Faceless Killers?
choppy and jarring old school noir solving a murder straight to the pointThe mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander
From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the first riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.
It was a senseles... More details on Faceless Killers
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What do readers say about Jar City?
easy to guess plausible and gripping a reykjavik thriller very flat and flavorlessWhen a lonely old man is found dead in his Reykjavík flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girl's grave.
Inspector Erlendur discovers that many years ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of a... More details on Jar City
It was the body of a man of about 70. He was lying on the floor on his right side, against the sofa in a small sitting room, wearing a blue shirt and fawn corduroy trousers. He wore slippers on his fe...
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What do readers say about Lush Life?
beautiful and technically superior a 4ma discussion book a crime novel the characters were believable'So, what do you do?' Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter... But now he's thirty-five years old and he's still living on the Lower East Side, still in the restaurant business, still serving t... More details on Lush Life
When he had first moved down here eight years ago, he was seized with the notion of the Lower East Side as haunted, and on rare days like today, a simple walk like this could still bring back his fasc...
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What do readers say about The Burning?
mystery within a mystery police procedural/psychological thriller complex and intriguing the characterization is fabulous"Astute, complex, layered-and very twisted. You'll remember this one for a long time."-Lee Child
The Burning Man. It's the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in seclu... More details on The Burning
I didn’t know where I was or what I was doing when the phone rang; I didn’t even know that it was the phone that had woken me. I came up from miles below the surface and opened an eye as one part of m...
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What do readers say about Lock In?
fully conscious but immobile disability and disability rights scifi mystery adventure great blending of genresA blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi.
Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and ... More details on Lock In
MY FIRST DAY on the job coincided with the first day of the Haden Walkout, and I’m not going to lie, that was some awkward timing. A feed of me walking into the FBI building got a fair amount of play ...
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What do readers say about The Steam Pig?
hard to follow evocative and tough writing apartheid in south africa 1960's south african lifeIn the debut mystery featuring Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi set in South Africa, a beautiful blonde has been killed by a bicycle spoke to the heart, Bantu gangster style. Why?... More details on The Steam Pig
But business stayed good. It helped, having a name that had an alphabetical right to head the list of funeral directors in the Yellow Pages. And having a telephone number like 77007. Five digits—not a...
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What do readers say about The Reversal?
a convicted murderer a lincoln lawyer novel a courtroom trial thrilling courtroom dramaThe stakes have never been higher: when DNA evidence frees a sadistic killer, defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must put him behind bars before he strikes again.
Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to c... More details on The Reversal
The last time I’d eaten at the Water Grill I sat across the table from a client who had coldly and calculatedly murdered his wife and her lover, shooting both of them in the face. He had engaged my se...
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