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by Francis Spufford
Published Feb 2025
Read ReviewsFrom "one of the most original minds in contemporary literature" (Nick Hornby) the bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill delivers a noirish detective novel set in the 1920s that reimagines how American history would be different if, instead of being decimated, indigenous populations had thrived.
by Vu Tran
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsA thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism, set in motion by characters who can neither trust each other nor trust themselves.
by Geoff Dyer
Published May 2014
Read ReviewsA sophisticated and enthralling narrative puzzle.
by D.E. Johnson
Published Sep 2013
Read ReviewsJohnson's immaculate plotting and high-tension writing make for a spellbinding read set in early twentieth-century Detroit.
by Kelli Stanley
Published Aug 2011
Read ReviewsSan Francisco's Chinatown, 1940: Miranda Corbie, a private investigator, stumbles upon the fatally shot body of Eddie Takahashi. The Chamber of Commerce wants it covered up. The cops acquiesce. But Miranda wants justice - whatever it costs.
by Tana French
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsThe eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods.
by Leonardo Padura
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsMario Conde, retired from the police force, now makes a living trading antique books. In a book, Conde discovers a newspaper article about a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950s, who disappeared mysteriously. Condes intuition sets him off on an investigation into the murder.
by Michael Chabon
Published Apr 2008
Read ReviewsFor sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. Now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end: once again the tides of history threaten to ...
by Walter Mosley
Published Jun 2002
Read ReviewsWalter Mosley, "one of crime fiction's brightest stars," returns to mysteries at last! Fearless Jones is a dazzling new thriller, set in 1950s L.A. and featuring the most engaging hero since Easy Rawlins.
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