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Tag Archives: Mystery & Detective/General

Harbor Nocturne

by Joseph Wambaugh

“Joseph Wambaugh took crime fiction to a whole new level, to something beyond classification. These are stories with depth of character and humor and…

Havana World Series

by Jose Latour

“An entertaining and suspenseful story. . . . [Latour] has managed to capture the sights, sounds, smells and rhythms of Havana in a way…

Green Hell

by Ken Bruen

Ireland’s master of poetic crime fiction, called “an Irish treasure” by Shelf Awareness, spins a new alcohol-fueled Jack Taylor plot, featuring a Rhodes scholar…

The Golden Egg

by Donna Leon

In the twenty-second book of this beloved, best-selling series, Commissario Guido Brunetti investigates the death of a mentally handicapped man, and suspects that his…

A Game for the Living

by Patricia Highsmith

In this taut psychological thriller from legendary writer Patricia Highsmith, the bond between two very different men is tested when the woman they both…

Friends in High Places

by Donna Leon

“Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly;…

Found in the Street

by Patricia Highsmith

“Fabulous, in all senses of that word . . . combining the best features of the suspense genre with the best of existential fiction—a…

Falling in Love

by Donna Leon

“The ever-incredible Leon’s twenty-fourth stunning entry in her stellar mysteries . . . brings the series full circle.” —Library Journal (starred review)

The Emerald Lie

by Ken Bruen

From the wry master of Irish noir, The Emerald Lie is the latest novel featuring the vigilante antihero Jack Taylor, along with his lethal…