World Noir (86 Listed volumes)
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Robert Wilson
You Will Never Find Me
Amy Boxer has vanished from London, taunting her parents with the last line of her note: “you will never find me.” Because they don’t want to get the news that every parent dreads, Charles Boxer and Mercy Danquah accept her challenge. Boxer pursues a lead that takes him to one of the most violent... -
William McIlvanney
Strange Loyalties
This third book in the series begins with the death of Jack Laidlaw’s brother in a banal road accident. His questions about the circumstances surrounding his bother’s death lead to larger questions about the nature of pain and injustice, and the meaning of his own life. -
Maurizio de Giovanni
Viper: No Resurrection for Commissario Ricciardi
Commissario Ricciardi, who possesses the dubious gift of being able to see and hear the last seconds in the lives of those who have suffered a violent death, is one of the most fascinating investigators to appear on the international crime fiction stage in years. And in Viper, the lustful and... -
Mallock
The Faces of God
A supernatural and theological thriller, The Faces of God is superior fiction for fans of the TV series True Detective and of novels by writers such as Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, and Dean Koontz. -
Stav Sherez
Eleven Days
Eleven Days, the follow-up to 2013’s acclaimed A Dark Redemption ( New York Times, New Yorker, NPR), follows DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller as they investigate a vicious fire that engulfs a quiet convent in West London -
Philippe Georget
Autumn, All The Cats Return
In this sequel to Georget’s Summertime, All the Cats Are Bored, Lieutenant Gilles Sebag discovers more than just a killer, but an entire secret history that not everyone wants revealed -
William McIlvanney
The Papers of Tony Veitch
The second book in the Laidlaw Trilogy and winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award -
Maurizio de Giovanni
By My Hand: A Commissario Ricciardi Mystery
“De Giovanni has created one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction, and this book is a real treat that should not be missed by crime lovers.”— The Daily Beast -
Marco Malvaldi
Three-Card Monte
A comedy, a beguiling mystery, and a vivacious portrait of small-town Italy all wrapped into one