World Noir (73 Listed volumes)
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Michel Bussi
The Double Mother
From the author of the “wonderfully ingenious” (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review) novel After The Crash comes a brilliant work of deception that dives deep into the psyche of a child and cruel game of manipulating a person’s memory. -
Liam McIlvanney
The Quaker
It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the worst winter in decades. But it’s not the weather that has Glaswegians on edge: a serial killer is on the loose. He’s been dubbed The Quaker. He leaves no clues, he moves in the shadows, and the investigation into his crimes has led police down one blind... -
Maurizio de Giovanni
Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone
Book 3 in de Giovanni’s bestselling “Bastards of Pizzofalcone” series is set in contemporary Naples during season of cold winds, political hijinks, and murder. A heinous, double murder in a squalid apartment on the wrong side of town pits Inspector Lojacono, Di Nardo and the rest of... -
Alan Parks
February's Son
The second thrilling installment in the Harry McCoy series. “McCoy is so noir he makes most other Scottish cops seem light grey.”— The Times A man hangs himself in a neighborhood chapel. Bodies of young girls are being found in canals and rivers across the city... -
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Michel Bussi
Don't Let Go
From the bestselling author of After the Crash, “a novel so extraordinary it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the first time.”— Sunday Times Holidaying in an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion, wealthy Parisians Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect... -
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