Old Noir

He lives by one rule: Keep moving. Leave no trace. But some towns have a way of holding on. Caleb is a ghost, a drifter who walks the lonely highways of the country with nothing but a secret and the clothes on his back. His code is simple, forged in solitude—see everything, say nothing, and never, ever get involved. It’s the only way to keep the beast inside him chained and the world at a safe distance. But the dying town of Pike’s Ferry is different. The air itself is thick with fear, choked by the greed of a ruthless developer and his corrupt, violent sheriff. The law is a joke, and...

Noir contains three classic thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics are finally on audio for your listening pleasure. Now listeners everywhere can savor three unforgettable tales of crime, corruption, and cold-blooded murder.

At 7:42, the ritual begins—and surrender is never an accident. Every morning at 7:42, he walks in to the Neon Noir Coffee Shop. Same time. Same quiet confidence. Same blue eyes that never look away. Raven never meant to notice him. She never meant to anticipate him. But somewhere between the hiss of the espresso machine and the soft chime of the door, her routine became a ritual. And Raven feels it—low, dangerous, inevitable. She tells herself that he’s just a customer. Just an older man with steady hands and eyes that linger a second too long. Just another stranger in a city full of ...

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks greatest nightmare just also happens to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of finding a ...

Brad Hunter is doing everything he can to keep his private investigation agency open, but the women of Honolulu keep distracting him from his work. His latest desire, a Chinatown barmaid, occupies too much of his time, and his money. At least until she is eliminated from his life the hard way--by murder. Within hours, his HPD detective brother puts Brad at the the top of the prime suspect list. Now that he is being scrutinized by the Honolulu Police Department, Brad heads to Chinatown to start his own investigation. What does Brad find first? A new woman, of course.

Exposure is a boudoir session Joanna never expected to change her life. At forty-one, six months post-divorce, Joanna books a photoshoot on a late-night impulse—part curiosity, part rebellion against fifteen years of politeness and quiet restraint. She arrives nervous, guarded, and determined not to want anything too much. Ricardo, the photographer, sees something else: a woman who hasn’t stopped wanting, only stopped allowing. What begins as a professional session becomes an awakening. Posing for the camera feels strangely freeing. Taking direction feels even better. And when Joanna ...

When old bones are discovered buried beside an A road, it becomes clear that Leon Martin—dubbed "The Ken Doll Killer" by the tabloid press—may not have taken his life 21 years ago. As Boyd investigates the old case file, it becomes clear that there may be new bodies buried at lay-bys around the country—more than that, something incredible was overlooked by the original investigating team.

In the vein of the Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have listeners gripped to the very last sentence. They went away as friends. They came back as suspects. Rachel and Jack. Paige and Noah. And Will. Five...

She keeps his office running like clockwork—until he decides to take control of her. Nadia is the perfect secretary: organized, discreet, obedient. But when she confesses her craving for submission, her disheveled, deceptively dominant boss gives her exactly what she’s been aching for. Plugged, bound, and used—this filthy office short is all about surrender.

Professional ballerina Thea Ross’s world shatters when her screen-legend father commits suicide, leaving behind a shocking confession to a decades-old murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Thea teams up with a relentless journalist, following a trail of clues that leads her back to the glittering yet treacherous world of 1930s Hollywood. There, she discovers the story of Lorelei Davies, a struggling actress willing to endure anything for her family’s sake.

BDSM is freedom. The freedom to act outside of societal norms. The freedom to do things we've only fantasized about. The freedom to be who we really want to be! Alexandra Noir knows and loves that freedom. Her experiences with kinky and taboo lifestyles has made her the sexually voracious and kinky woman she is today. She can't wait to share her experiences with you through these stories. This is a sequel to a story I wrote some time ago. The first part is available below, the price should be reduced to 99 cents within a day or so. After having her first taste of being a Dominatrix, ...

With the scars of her last case still fresh on her skin, DI Jamie Johansson is piecing together a puzzle that’s been buried for 20 years. It killed her father, and now she’s determined to finish what he started and expose the corruption threaded through every street of Stockholm. When a series of violent incidents rock Jamie’s fragile existence in Sweden, she’s faced with a choice - drop the case, or have her loan to Stockholm Police terminated.

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...

The most exciting Sterling P.I. instalment yet! In this episode, a spouse in denial hires Sterling to overturn her husband's murder conviction - the Crown Prosecution's, "Silver Bullet Case". A dog, a diary and DNA are his only clues in this twisting tale with dark turns. But is Sterling on a wild goose chase or honourably trying to reset the scales of justice? Even he is not sure... Follow Sterling in his latest case. A standalone Film Noir-inspired novella.

On a cold December morning in 1936, swathed in mink and sparkling jewels, she was inexplicably found lifeless in another man's car. Hazel Champagne had been a beautiful, glamorous Hollywood starlet rising from the silent filmmaking era into a new dark genre called "noir". Over the course of his investigation into her death, her admirer and high-powered agent, Eddy Shaw, was left wondering if he really knew Hazel at all. The narrative harkens back to the days when detective Philip Marlowe prowled the streets of Los Angeles in search of clues. It was a world of male dominance where women were...

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could figure out what to do next and stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead. Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent his life trying to protect her. That wasn’t going to change especially now when everything they’d planned for, hoping against hope it would never be needed, was playing out exactly as they’d feared. But he’s not alone. Harper Riley isn’t about to ...

In New Orleans’ most elegant neighborhood, a mansion vanishes in a fire that leaves no smoke—only clean white ash. Forensic risk analyst Samira Keller is hired to audit a powerful old-money firm, expecting spreadsheets, shell companies, and financial sleight of hand. Instead, she finds a system that doesn’t cheat the books—it balances them. Perfectly. Relentlessly. And sometimes, fatally. As Sam follows the trail from modern ledgers into pre-war contracts and forgotten trusts, she uncovers an ancient mechanism hiding in plain sight: a force that enforces balance not in dollars, but ...

A detective finds the murderer he's looking for in an unexpected way.

From the author of The New Americans trilogy: THE BURNER HUSBAND—See what happens when a good man who deserves more decides to take it. Etcheverry maintains a breakneck pace from the first page through the last sentence, leaving the reader speechless and satisfied. Recently divorced, Ben Nelson is a talented builder with no skill for managing money or relationships but a keen eye for opportunity. Opportunities like Vika Solovenko, a war refugee who lost everything in Ukraine and gained nothing in Don Coleman, the poor excuse she married in Charlotte, North Carolina. She’ll do anything ...

When a corpse turns up at his favorite tavern, Crispin Guest-disgraced knight turned detective - begins an inquiry, but the dead man turns out to be a Templar knight, an order thought to be extinct for 75 years, charged with protecting a certain religious relic which is now missing. Before he can begin to investigate, Crispin is abducted by shadowy men who are said to be minions of the French anti-pope.