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A knockout New Orleans mystery novel, written by an Edgar-nominated author. P.I. Terry Manion is fresh out of rehab when he hears his mentor, J.J. Legendre, has been found with his brains blown out. The cops call it suicide, but Manion doesn't buy it. Finding the truth is deadly business, however.

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Publishers Weekly: "Considering the wealth of professional and personal information, it's tempting to call this definitive." Francis M. Nevins, twice winner of the prestigious Edgar award for critical studies of Cornell Woolrich and Ellery Queen, delivers an unsurpassable work on "all things Queen." With an extensive bibliography, detailed histories of Ellery Queen in books, movies, radio and television, and reminiscences by both Fred Dannay a...

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Eight stories set in Hollywood's golden age feature actor-turned-private-eye Scott Elliott chasing stray actresses, hot jewelry, a gun that may have started a war, and even cracking a case that eluded Philip Marlow.

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Publishers Weekly: "A strong collection." 13 tales by a master of the dark suspense story. Lethal parents, a rapist cop, a con trying to go straight, a dying vigilante. "One of our finest contemporary short story writers regardless of genre" (Jon Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine).

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2012 Shamus Nominee, Best Paperback Original. A war-hero President has a dirty little secret that is worth ex-con Hayes Rutherford's life. But Hayes is working for his daughter in Hollywood, where anything goes--including a scheme to shake down the President who plans to kill him. By the author of Death in Budapest.

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Publishers Weekly: "A mix of old-line Commies, red-diaper babies and more recent Russian emigres. . . . Engaging." Tamar Gillespie, a young artist married to a disabled policeman, cares nothing for the political passions that roiled her small Connecticut community fifty years ago. But when the community board agrees to host a family of Jewish refugees from the new Russia, Tamar finds that idealism can hide darker truths. Are these truths bette...

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Praise from Publishers Weekly: "Fans of hard-edged spy novels will hope that this . . . is but the first of many for Ross . . . twists straight out of a John le Carre novel [and] sardonic wit." Patrick McCarry, a down-on-his-luck Wall Street banker, can't expect much sympathy back home. A hedge fund has blown up, and McCarry looks just the right size for a federal prison cell. Hanging out in Europe, he hooks up with a folksy Midwesterner who w...

Nolan has finally buried his criminal past and begun a new life as a restaurant owner at a local mall. But a former conspirator ruins Nolan's dream life when he kidnaps his wife and for ransom demands that Nolan help him pick the mall clean.

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