Ergebnis für "Life" in Noir

With "echoes of Of Mice and Men" (The Bookseller, UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers - on the run after a hit-and-run accident - who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life.

A sharp and funny addition to Daniel Woodrell's collection of "country noir" novels, featuring anti-hero Sammy Barlach and Jamalee Merridew, her hair tomato red with rage and ambition. In the Ozarks, what you are is where you are born. If you're born in Venus Holler, you're not much. For Jamalee...

From one of Australia’s most loved and celebrated crime writers, the multiple award-winning Garry Disher. Twenty years ago Charlie Deravin’s mother went missing near the family beach shack—believed murdered; body never found. His father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since. Now...

Finalist for the CALIBA Golden Poppy Award in Fiction "[A] noir delight of a novel . . . . Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.” — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric...

Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. Taking to the road in an attempt to escape the hit-and-run accident caused by Jerry Lee, the novel goes back to tell the story of their unhappy lives. With intense feeling and compassion, Vlautin explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel.

‘WOW! I absolutely loved this book and stayed up way too late to finish it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars You trust her with your home, your husband, your baby… but she is about to destroy it all. Sophy Pemberton is struggling to cope with the pressures of becoming a new mother. Her...

Prince of spin and life of the party, Baz King, is dead. Ten years ago, at an innocent summer barbecue in Melbourne, everything imploded. For the Kings and the four other young families there that fateful day marriages fractured, friendships crumbled and lives were upended. Nothing would ever be...

In this dark, southern noir, a writer drifting through life escapes his failed marriage and back to his family home in the Ozarks where he finds himself in the middle of a blood feud between his own family and the brutal Dolly clan. “My imagination is always skulking about in a wrong place.”...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! What if winning means losing everything? ‘A gripping story of greed, lies and dark family secrets’ Lisa Jewell ‘Utterly engrossing and brilliant’ Lucy Foley ‘Addictive, provocative… brilliantly crafted’ T M Logan * * * * * What if winning...

Although Tina Alvarez escaped a trafficking ring, her newborn daughter wasn’t so lucky. Sold on the black market, the baby vanished without a trace. Most people would’ve given up, but Tina never stopped searching. When Ari Wilburn offers to help, it sounds easy enough: Find the child. It should be simple. It isn’t. Because the deeper Ari digs, the more twisted the threat becomes. People connected to the case are turning up dead. And the clues point to one disturbing truth: This isn’t just about a missing child—it’s about Ari. Her past. Her secrets. And a killer who is watching. Waiting.

Hard-boiled, private detective Rachel Cord pursues multiple threads seeking a runaway teen and why gay performers are being beaten at Miss Kitty's Kathouse Kabaret - threads that twist and bind Rachel within a tight cord of lost love, child pornography, rape, murder, and near insanity, leaving her to question her personal credo that "Life's a bitch. So am I."

A stranger died to save you...now it’s your turn. Meet Beth Turner. From the outside she looks like any other 33-year-old woman, with a gorgeous house and beautiful daughter. But Beth has a secret that has haunted her past for as long as she can remember. A secret that only those closest to her know. Aged seven, she almost drowned on a family holiday...and a stranger died saving her life. Survivor's guilt has been the defining characteristic of her life ever since. 

Joe the Bouncer seeks the killer of NYC's most desirable call girls in the newest caper in David Gordon's acclaimed series. Joe Brody, ex-Special Forces operative suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome so severe that it turned him to drug and alcohol abuse, is getting his life back together...

An utterly heart-pounding thriller from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING author of The Wives, Valerie Keogh 💥 Must-read for fans of Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell! Fiona Carlton has never needed a man to make her life complete. Until she meets charming, handsome and sophisticated Richard. She is...

A big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicago—a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known better—by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Untouchables and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross. Mike...

When Elmore Leonard died in 2013, he left behind a 60-year legacy of crime novels that, through their trademark wit and grit, transcended genre fiction. He also left behind a treasure trove of unpublished early stories. Their razor-sharp dialogue and headlong pacing reveal a master who honed his...

This program is read by Danny Pino, best known for his roles on Cold Case and Law & Order: SVU. “Blood in The Cut brims with dangerous energy in the face of existential entropy. A fantastic story.” —S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed Iggy Guerra is out...

From the author of the international bestseller The German Heiress, a gripping historical drama about a woman determined to avenge the crimes against her family, set at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. “The magnificent Anika Scott has written a lush and beautifully rendered novel that will...

Brooklyn, mid-2000s. After leaving behind the comforts of a prestigious law firm, a restless attorney attempts to make ends meet by picking up odd jobs from a colourful assortment of clients. When the mysterious Anna Reddick turns up at his apartment with ten thousand dollars in cash and asks...

‘This is a cracking page turner with twists galore. When I wasn't reading it I was thinking of this book trying to work out what was going on.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fans of Vera, Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths will love Last Seen Alive! When Anna Matheson fails to collect her...