Best Jim Thompson Novels - April 2024

The Silent Patient

• ASIN: 1250301696
• ASIN: 1250301696
• ISBN: 1250301696
• Brand: Celadon Books
• Manufacturer: Celadon Books

The Transgressors (Mulholland Classic)

Deputy sheriff Tom Lord knows by now that far-west Texas is the place he'll always call home. He's spent too much time in the region's small towns to adapt to another place. And that's all right with him. What's not all right is being a deputy sheriff, where if it weren't for family misfortune, he might have been a doctor instead.Lord's got one ace-in-the-hole--the land deed that makes him the biggest landowner in the county, just as the oil companies have started to move in.When Tom's approached by Aaron McBride of Highlands Oil and Gas with a contract to set up pipelines on his property, he'... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316404039
• ASIN: 0316404039
• ISBN: 9780316404037
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)

Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in tiny Potts County actually wants to follow the law and he is perfectly content lazing about, eating five meals a day, and sleeping with all the eligible women.Still, Nick has some very complex problems to deal with. Two local pimps have been sassing him, ruining his already tattered reputation. His girlfriend Rose is being terrorized by her husband. And then, there's his wife and her brother Lenny who won't stop troubling Nick's already stressed mind. Are they a li... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316403784
• ASIN: 0316403784
• ISBN: 0316403784
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

The Killer Inside Me (Mulholland Classic)

Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers--the low-lifes, the big-timers, and everyone in-between--as the nicest guy around. He may not be the brightest or the most interesting man in town, but nevertheless, he's the kind of officer you're happy to have keeping your streets safe. The sort of man you might even wish your daughter would end up with someday.But behind the platitudes and glad-handing lurks a monster the likes of which few have seen. An urge tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316404063
• ASIN: 0316404063
• ISBN: 0316404063
• Brand: Mulholland Books
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

Silence Fallen (A Mercy Thompson Novel)

In the #1 New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson novels, the coyote shapeshifter has found her voice in the werewolf pack. But when Mercy’s bond with the pack—and her mate—is broken, she’ll learn what it truly means to be alone...   Attacked and abducted in her home territory, Mercy finds herself in the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world, taken as a weapon to use against alpha werewolf Adam and the ruler of the Tri-Cities vampires. In coyote form, Mercy escapes—only to find herself without money, without clothing, and alone in the heart of Europe...   Unable to ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425281272
• ASIN: 0425281272
• ISBN: 0425281272
• Brand: ACE
• Manufacturer: Ace

The Hunter Becomes The Hunted: Jedidiah Justice: Persistent Justice: A Classic Western Adventure From The Author of "Jedidiah Justice: Relentless Justice" ... States Bounty Hunter Western Series Book 2)

A brand new epic Western adventure from Jim Burnett! Jedidiah Justice returns in a new adventure. The bounty hunter of the badlands is on a desperate quest to return to his home in Jackson, Wyoming. The tide has turned, and many of the bounty hunters of the West have become the prey of the lawless. Jedidiah Justice has a bounty on his head, and the worst of the worst have joined to hunt him down, tracking him in every stop on his journey home. Fortunately, Justice has good men on his side, helping him along the way. Will Justice be able to avoid injury and death? Will the men helping him survi... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07R9L2Q78
• ASIN: B07R9L2Q78
• Manufacturer: Dusty Saddle Publishing

The Getaway (Mulholland Classic)

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up.THE GETAWAY is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the ba... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004RCNGWG
• ASIN: B004RCNGWG
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

Stranger than Fiction

• ASIN: B000NTHT6G
• ASIN: B000NTHT6G

The Sellout: A Novel

Winner of the Man Booker PrizeWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionWinner of the John Dos Passos Prize for LiteratureNew York Times BestsellerLos Angeles Times Bestseller Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book ReviewNamed a Best Book of the Year by Newsweek, The Denver Post, BuzzFeed, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers WeeklyNamed a "Must-Read" by Flavorwire and New York Magazine's "Vulture" BlogA biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a co... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250083257
• ASIN: 1250083257
• ISBN: 1250083257
• Brand: Picador USA
• Manufacturer: Picador

Congress Of The Animals

Readers of the "Frank" stories know that The Unifactor is in control of everything that happens to the characters that abide there, and that however extreme the experiences they undergo may be, in the end nothing really changes. That goes for treble for Frank himself, who is kept in a state of total ineducability by the unseen forces of that haunted realm. And so the question arises: what would happen if Frank were to leave The Unifactor? The question is answered in Congress of the Animals, Jim Woodring's much-anticipated, second full-length graphic novel. In this gripping saga an act of casu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1606994379
• ASIN: 1606994379
• ISBN: 1606994379
• Brand: Fantagraphics
• Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books

Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1)

THE FIRST MERCY THOMPSON NOVEL!Moon Called is the novel that introduced Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson to the world and launched a #1 bestselling phenomenon... Mercy Thompson is a shapeshifter, and while she was raised by werewolves, she can never be one of them, especially after the pack ran her off for having a forbidden love affair. So she’s turned her talent for fixing cars into a business and now runs a one-woman mechanic shop in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State.But Mercy’s two worlds are colliding. A half-starved teenage boy arrives at her shop looking for work, only to r... [Read More]

• ASIN: B000OCXHTK
• ASIN: B000OCXHTK
• Manufacturer: Ace

Dark Moon, A Legal Thriller (The Warrick Thompson Files Book 1)

The allegation is homicide. But defending it could be professional suicide. Criminal defense attorney Sarah Knight is legendary for winning impossible battles. But representing vicious killers comes at a price, and if anyone discovers her dark secrets, she’ll be the one on trial. And with a high profile double-murder case throwing her in the spotlight, victory could cost her career.With evidence piling up and one victim identified as the son of a supreme court justice, Sarah fears her odds are insurmountable. As she follows a murky trail of money and lies straight to the surviving heirs, she... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01BTR8Q44
• ASIN: B01BTR8Q44
• Manufacturer: Deborah Hawkins

The Grifters (Mulholland Classic)

• ASIN: B004RD84TU
• ASIN: B004RD84TU
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me (2016) #4 VF/NM Vic Malhotra Cover IDW

Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me (2016) #4 VF/NM Vic Malhotra Cover IDW

• ASIN: B01N6XT8BM
• ASIN: B01N6XT8BM

Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera)

In the acclaimed Codex Alera novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher has created a fascinating world in which the people of Alera use their unique bond with the elemental forces of nature for protection. But even nature may not be enough to stave off the coming storm…   Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera’s oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim to their lands, his worst fears are realized. The dreaded Vord—the enemy of Aleran and Canim alike�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0441017967
• UPC: 072742009993
• ASIN: 0441017967
• ISBN: 0441017967
• Manufacturer: Ace

After Dark, My Sweet : A Suspense Thriller

William Collins is very handsome, very polite, and very friendly. His is also dangerous when aroused. Now Collins, a one-time boxer with a lethal "accident" in his past, has broken out of his fourth mental

• UPC: 380486
• Rating: 3.8

Pop. 1280

"Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in tiny Potts County actually wants to follow the law and he is perfectly

• UPC: 33817485
• Rating: 3.889

The Killer Inside Me

Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers--the low-lifes, the big-timers, and everyone in-between--as

• UPC: 26741643
• Rating: 4.148

The Rip-Off

Britton Rainstar believes he has finally found the perfect woman, but a series of mysterious and increasingly ominous events leads him to doubt her

• UPC: 33817470
• Rating: 2.0

Cropper's Cabin

When Matthew Ontime, a wealthy Oklahoma rancher, is found murdered, nineteen-year-old Tommy Carver who is seeing Ontime's daughter and is the son of a sharecropper who hates the victim, is accused of the

• UPC: 33817487
• Rating: 5.0

A Hell of a Woman

Frank Dillon, a salesman down in his luck, meets Mona Farrell, who gets him involved in the recovery of a hundred thousand dollars in ransom

• UPC: 33817490
• Rating: 3.667

South Of Heaven

After Tommy Burwell and his friend Four Trey get jobs working with dynamite along a gas pipline in the plains of Texas, Tommy witnesses a brutal murder and learns of a planned robbery, as he

• UPC: 33817481
• Rating: 4.0

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• UPC: 33817484
• Rating: 3.333

Nothing More than Murder

Joe Wilmot can't stand his wife Elizabeth. But he sure loves her movie theater. It's a modest establishment in a beat-down town--but Joe has the run of the place, and inside its walls, he's king.

• UPC: 33817478
• Rating: 4.0

A Swell-Looking Babe

The Manton looks like a respectable hotel. Dusty Rhodes looks like a selfless young man working as a bellhop. And the woman in 1004 looks like an angel. But sometimes looks can kill, as Jim

• UPC: 25669350
• Rating: 3.5