Top Five Crime Novels

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  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0544526759
    • ISBN: 9780544526754
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, “I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that’s the case, I’ve got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later.” Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Holly... [Read More]

  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

    • ASIN: B01DHWACVY
    • Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • N... [Read More]

  • Best Amer Mysteries 08 Pa (The Best American Series ®)

    • UPC: 046442812672
    • ASIN: 0618812679
    • ISBN: 0618812679
    • Manufacturer: Best American

    “A must-read for anyone who cares about crime stories.”—BooklistThe award-winning author and Emmy-nominated television writer George Pelecanos serves as editor of the twelfth installment of this genre-expanding anthology, featuring twenty of the past year’s most enthralling, suspenseful, and slyly illuminating mystery stories.A cut-and-drie... [Read More]

  • The Best American Noir of the Century (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: B005LVR786
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

  • An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    • ASIN: B01NCUXEFR
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

    A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African... [Read More]

  • True Crime: An American Anthology: A Library of America Special Publication

    • ASIN: 1598530313
    • ISBN: 1598530313
    • Brand: Library of America
    • Manufacturer: Library of America

    Americans have had an uneasy fascination with crime since the earliest European settlements in the New World, and right from the start true crime writing became a dominant genre in American writing. True Crime: An American Anthology offers the first comprehensive look at the many ways in which American writers have explored crime in a multitude of ... [Read More]

  • American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

    • ASIN: 0143129023
    • ISBN: 0143129023
    • Manufacturer: Portfolio

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it   In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone coul... [Read More]

  • Redemption (Memory Man series Book 5)

    • ASIN: B07G76M5LD
    • Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

  • The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime

    • ASIN: 0060163402
    • ISBN: 0060163402
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    Lawrence Block, Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, Peter Lovesey, and Donald Westlake describe how they would commit the perfect murder

  • The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia (True Crime)

    • ASIN: 1467119008
    • ISBN: 1467119008
    • Brand: History Press
    • Manufacturer: The History Press

    In 1982, Tony West and Avery Brock made a visit to notorious Corpsewood Manor under the pretense of a celebration. They brutally murdered their hosts. Dr. Charles Scudder and companion Joey Odom built the "castle in the woods" in the Trion forest after Scudder left his position as professor at Loyola. He brought with him twelve thousand doses of LS... [Read More]

  • The Kite Runner

    • ASIN: B000OCXGZA
    • Brand: Riverhead Books
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

  • The Cambridge Companion to American Crime Fiction (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

    • ASIN: 0521136067
    • ISBN: 0521136067
    • Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

    From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in American culture. Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstra... [Read More]

  • Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer

    • ASIN: 1512600741
    • ISBN: 1512600741
    • Brand: ForeEdge
    • Manufacturer: ForeEdge

    Eleven women went missing over the spring and summer of 1988 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an old fishing port known as the Whaling City, where Moby Dick, Frederick Douglass, textile mills, and heroin-dealing represent just a few of the many threads in the community’s diverse fabric. In Shallow Graves, investigative reporter Maureen Boyle tells ... [Read More]

  • The Best American Crime Reporting 2008

    • ASIN: B002KE497Y
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 brings together the murderers and the master­minds, the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true-... [Read More]

  • Instinct (previously published as Murder Games)

    • ASIN: B01M0CDHMG
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    A criminal behavior expert teams up with an NYPD detective to track down a criminal in the novel that inspired the hit CBS TV series starring Alan Cumming.Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally: he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene-along... [Read More]

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

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

  • Mystery Writers of America Presents The Prosecution Rests: New Stories about Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law

    • ASIN: 031601267X
    • ISBN: 031601267X
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    From the Salem witch trials to Depression-era Chicago, from the exclusive country-clubs of the wealthy to the depths of today's toughest ghettos, this riveting collection traces the triumphs, defeats, and temptations of two opposing sides: those sworn to defend the accused, and those tasked with prosecuting them. They are the stories of lawyers und... [Read More]

  • Tell No One: A Novel

    • ASIN: B002SXIF4A
    • Manufacturer: Dell

  • At the Scene of the Crime: Forensic Mysteries from Today's Best Writers

    • ASIN: 0786720557
    • ISBN: 0786720557
    • Manufacturer: Running Press

    With the long-term success of procedural shows dominating prime-time television, the readership for a forensic anthology extends well beyond traditional mystery readers.Collected by Martin H. Greenberg—the King of Anthologists—this volume features the following contributors:Brendan DuBoisEdward D. HochMichael A. BlackMax Allan Collins and Matth... [Read More]

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