World Noir (87 Listed volumes)
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Alex Beer
The Second Rider
“A thrilling, deeply satisfying debut novel by 'the new star of Austrian crime fiction'.” — Kronen Zeitung Most of the remaining population of Vienna—a city scarred by World War I in which the grandeur of the Habsburg Empire is a fading memory—is surviving by its wits, living... -
Jean-Claude Izzo
Chourmo
This second novel in Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the author's beloved city, in all its color and complexity. -
Maurizio de Giovanni
Nameless Serenade
That autumn it seemed the rain in Naples would never stop, and Commissario Ricciardi found himself having to face not only a homicide but long-buried feelings that have grown thick roots inside him. -
Maurizio de Giovanni
I Will Have Vengeance
Shortlisted for the 2012 Crime Writers Association Daggers Award -
Jean-Claude Izzo
Total Chaos
The mean streets of Marseilles. Three friends. Two homicides. A man who can't forget his past. With these elements, Izzo invents an entire genre. -
Gene Kerrigan
The Rage
"Kerrigan's gripping police procedurals...are good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of a flawed hero." — The New York Times -
Michel Bussi
Time is a Killer
A fatal accident in the past, broken lives, family secrets...Michel Bussi serves up a gripping thriller, set amid the beautiful scenery of Corsica. -
Karin Brynard
Weeping Waters
Winner of the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, ATKV Literature Prize, and twice winner of the M-Net Literature Awards “The Afrikaans Stieg Larsson.”— Rooi Rose (South Africa) Inspector Albertus Beeslaar is a traumatized cop who has abandoned tough city policing and... -
Alan Parks
Bloody January
An exciting, evocative first-in-series noir novel set in 1973 Glasgow, a city on the cusp of a heroin epidemic, featuring detective Harry McCoy. -
Carlo Bonini, Giancarlo De Cataldo
Suburra
In Ostia, a depressed coastal settlement twenty miles from the powerful and corrupt city of Rome, a mighty local crime family, the Mafia, corrupt politicians, and new rabid criminal elements battle each other for a billion-dollar payoff.