Best Crime Noir Novels - April 2024

Daughter of the Don: A Detective Capella Crime Novel (Detective Capella Mystery Thriller Series Book 2)

A fast paced Mafia tale of kidnapping, murder, love and betrayal.While investigating the Nancy Miller case, Boston Detective Tony Capella had fallen for the petite blonde now sleeping beside him. He wasn’t sure if he believed in love at first sight, even so, their transcontinental flight was speeding them towards their wedding. What Tony didn’t know was that the troubles they thought they’d left behind, in America, were not. Join Tony, Deirdre and Courtney in a tale of kidnapping, murder, love and betrayal. A journey that leads them from Venice to southern Italy, where lying in wait is t... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00TSPRG50
• ASIN: B00TSPRG50

Noir: A Novel

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a hapless bartender; his Chinese sidekick; a doll with sharp angles and dangerous curves; a tight-lipped Air Force general; a wisecracking waif; Petey, a black mamba; and many more.San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . .It’s not every afternoon that an e... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07192GP7F
• ASIN: B07192GP7F
• Brand: William Morrow
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s: The Killer Inside Me / The Talented Mr. Ripley / Pick-up / Down There / The Real Cool Killers (Library of America) (Vol 2)

• ASIN: 1883011493
• ASIN: 1883011493
• ISBN: 1883011493
• Brand: Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

The Silent Patient

• ASIN: B07D2C6J4K
• ASIN: B07D2C6J4K
• Manufacturer: Celadon Books

American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s, & 50s: A Library of America Boxed Set

Collects: CRIME NOVELS: AMERICAN NOIR OF THE 1930s & 40sThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThey Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoyThieves Like Us by Edward AndersonThe Big Clock by Kenneth FearingNightmare Alley by William Lindsay GreshamI Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich990 pages • 978-1-883011-46-8 Library of America volume #94CRIME NOVELS: AMERICAN NOIR OF THE 1950sThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithPick-Up by Charles WillefordDown There by David GoodisThe Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes892 pages • 978-1-883011-... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598531530
• ASIN: 1598531530
• ISBN: 1598531530
• Brand: LIBRARY OF AMERICA
• Manufacturer: Library of America

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s: The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / ... a Dead Man (Library of America) (Vol 1)

• ASIN: 1883011469
• ASIN: 1883011469
• ISBN: 9781883011468
• Brand: Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

David Goodis: Five Noir Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #225): Dark Passage / Nightfall / The Burglar / The Moon in the Gutter / Street of No Return (Library of America Noir Collection)

In 1997 The Library of America's Crime Novels: American Noir gathered, in two volumes, eleven classic works of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s--among them David Goodis's moody and intensely lyrical masterpiece Down There, adapted by François Truffaut for his 1960 film Shoot the Piano Player. Now, The Library of America and editor Robert Polito team up again to celebrate the full scope of Goodis's signature style with this landmark volume collecting five great novels from the height of his career. Goodis (1917-1967) was a Philadelphia- born pulp expressionist who brought a jazzy style to his spare, pa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598531484
• ASIN: 1598531484
• ISBN: 1598531484
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

The Girl in the Sand: A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller (Violet Darger FBI Thriller Book 3)

Shallow graves scar the desert landscape. A cemetery in the sand. Some of the lost are never found.Thousands of girls go missing every year in Las Vegas. Taken. Bought and sold. Or worse.And now the dead are calling.These lost girls summon FBI Profiler Violet Darger to Sin City -- a new case. There are fresh dead to sort through -- two bodies burned beyond recognition in the trunk of a sedan -- and there’s reason to believe that there are missing girls waiting to be saved.Rumors swirl that a legendary killer is responsible for these crimes. An escaped prisoner with a personal grudge against ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07BLJYCY3
• ASIN: B07BLJYCY3
• Manufacturer: Smarmy Press

Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel)

Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD detective Renée Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1538731754
• ASIN: 1538731754
• ISBN: 1538731754
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

PENITENT: a Scottish murder mystery with a devilish twist (Detective Inspector Munro murder mysteries Book 9)

When the known stalker of a young woman is arrested for her murder, it should be an open-and-shut case for DI Charlie West.A woman is found bludgeoned to death in a swimming pool. A pensioner who disappeared many moons ago turns up out of the blue. A cockeyed boxer has more success outside the ring than in it.What connects these events may or may not be the clue DI Charlie West is looking for to solve the latest murder on her patch. With her mentor James Munro recovering from heart bypass surgery, she will have to rely on her own wits and those of her trusted team to progress the investigation... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• Manufacturer: THE BOOK FOLKS best-selling crime fiction publishers

Conviction

"If you loved Killing Eve, you'll devour Conviction.... A twisting, darkly comic, thrill-a-minute ride." (Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said) A true-crime podcast sets a trophy wife's present life on a collision course with her secret past.ONE OF THE SUMMER'S BEST READS-- O, the Oprah Magazine-- Minneapolis Star-Tribune-- Seattle Times-- Refinery29-- CrimeReads-- Publishers WeeklyThe day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life exploded started off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07J5BDMG3
• ASIN: B07J5BDMG3
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Her Final Confession: An absolutely addictive crime fiction novel (Detective Josie Quinn Book 4)

Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who…When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs to Gretchen Palmer, a dedicated member of Josie’s team, missing for the last twenty-four hours.Working around the clock, Josie is stopped in her tracks when Gretchen hands herself in to the police. She knows that there’s... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07H2ML6LB
• ASIN: B07H2ML6LB
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

Behind Closed Doors: A Novel

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS!The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?“A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.” ―Mary Kubica, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Good Girl“This is one readers won’t be able to put down.” ―Booklist (starred review)"A can’t-put-down psychological thriller.” ―Library Journal (starred review)“This debut is guaranteed to haunt you...Warning: brace yourself.” ―Bustle (10 New ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250132363
• ASIN: 1250132363
• ISBN: 1250132363
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

The Best Friend: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

‘I can tell we’re going to be the best of friends…’When Louisa Sullivan takes her little boy to his first playdate at a new friend’s house she doesn’t realise life is about to change for her family. Because she’s about to meet Darcy Lane.Darcy is a woman who has everything – a dream house, a powerful husband and enviable wealth.She’s the perfect wife. The perfect friend. The perfect liar. From the top ten bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Child Next Door, this utterly gripping psychological thriller will have you up all night reading. If you loved Gone Girl, The... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1786815281
• ASIN: 1786815281
• ISBN: 1786815281
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

Bad Love: An Alex Delaware Novel

• ASIN: B000FBFN9M
• ASIN: B000FBFN9M
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Love You Gone: A Gripping Psychological Crime Novel with an Incredible Twist (Paperback)

'I couldn't put it down... jaw dropping... fantastic... If you're a fan of Gone Girl, you're seriously going to enjoy this!' Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars 'Hello? Police? My husband and our children... they're gone.' When

• UPC: 518802211

Hiding in the Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

When Faith Parker awakens from a coma, she has no memory of her life--or of her friend Dinah, who has vanished without a trace. Death is stalking both women and one of them will not

• UPC: 25652341
• Rating: 4.167

Blood Noir : An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

Doing a favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a full-blown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean-Claude's reign--and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new

• UPC: 10736139
• Rating: 3.194

Stealing Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

While recovering from her last traumatic attempt to help the police catch a killer, psychic Cassie Neill's mind is filled with the thoughts of a pscyhopath, but as she struggles to place a name or

• UPC: 789555
• Rating: 4.0

Blood Sins : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

A "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers once again with this chilling novel in which the Special Crimes Unit sends a Haven operative undercover to catch a charismatic killer, who promises his victims heaven in exchange

• UPC: 11019822
• Rating: 3.2

Whisper of Evil : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

As a series of grisly murders terrorizes the small, backwoods town of Silence, Nell Gallagher, a young woman with special psychic gifts, holds the power to unravel the mystery, uncover the dark secrets that could

• UPC: 1800138
• Rating: 3.833

Bakersfield : A Crime Novel

It's the mid-1950s, and the post-war American dream has come into full focus in Southern California. Suburbia, freeways, fast food, television and nuclear paranoia. James Stone, a career cop in LA, is along for the

• UPC: 125064221

Chill of Fear : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

In the bestselling second installment of Hooper's Fear trilogy, FBI agent Quentin Hayes has been haunted by an unsolved murder that took place at a secluded Victorian-era resort in Tennessee. Now he returns to the

• UPC: 4327527
• Rating: 4.75

Crime Always Pays: A noir Irish heist thriller

Karen and Ray are on their way to the Greek islands to rendezvous with Madge and split the fat bag of cash they conned from her ex-husband Rossi when they kidnapped, well, Madge. But they've

• UPC: 33817214
• Rating: 3.0

Crime Scene : A Novel

"A corpse lying at the bottom of the stairs. A beautiful but troubled young woman. A brutal, decades-old murder. And the man charged with making sense of it all. Clay Edison is a former star

• UPC: 55699278
• Rating: 3.25