Old Noir

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.

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.

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...

This book looks at the contributions made by the actors and actresses who appeared in film noir, and the directors who made them: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, John Carradine, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Edmond O’Brien, Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, James Cagney, Ida Lupino, John Huston, Delmer Daves, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fritz Lang, Anthony Mann, Phil Karlson, Lewis Allen, Robert Wise, Henry Hathaway, John Brahms, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Jacques Tourneur, Alfred ...

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.

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 ...

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...

Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. This is his story. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket...

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...

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.

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 ...

Reality has fractured. The past won't stay buried. And two unlikely allies must navigate a quantum nightmare to save a city. In the hidden alleys of Old Shanghai, disgraced physicist Li Wei gets a second chance: help Triad boss Brother Hui and eccentric historian Old Chen activate a device that can tap into the quantum echoes of the past. The promise is revolutionary—access to ancestral knowledge, lost skills, historical wisdom. But when the experiment catastrophically fails, it doesn't just break—it braids reality itself. The result is "The Tangle": a growing zone where quantum ...

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, ...

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.

The Blue Parrot is a gripping tale of intrigue, danger, and passion, set against the exotic backdrop of the 1950s. Inspired by Casablanca and the lost radio play Café Istanbul, this thrilling novel reimagines a world steeped in mystery and suspense. Sam, the once-celebrated pianist of Rick’s Café, now haunts the dimly lit corners of the Blue Parrot, a far cry from the glamour of his past. But when enigmatic figures—ranging from former Nazi officers to corrupt colonels—arrive in Casablanca, all searching for the elusive Rick, Sam is thrust into a shadowy web of secrets and deception ...

Café Istanbul is a gripping tale of intrigue, danger, and passion set against the exotic backdrop of the 1950s. Inspired by Casablanca and the lost radio play of the same name, this novel series reimagines a time and place steeped in mystery. Mademoiselle Madou, a renowned cabaret singer with a mysterious past, navigates the shadowy underworld of post-war Istanbul, where spies, criminals, and secret police converge in the dim corners of Café Istanbul. When American journalist Michael Victor uncovers a deadly plot involving German gunrunners and counterfeit money, Madou is drawn into a web...

A mysterious old mining town from the old west draws the attention of a police squad while a series of murders and bank robberies take place. Sergeant Payne decides to send in Cole Parker, his top homicide investigator. Cole becomes informed of the town's wild west history, and he makes some shocking discoveries. But uncovering a secret passageway, hidden hatchways, and an underground tunnel is just the beginning. He begins to realize that the bank robbers have more of a history than he imagined, and he soon finds himself in dreadful danger.

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.

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 ...

Liz had a seriously compelling reason to leave the southern state that had always been her home. Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Yet, hope came from the last person she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam had a bad feeling about all the things that could go wrong. The plan was a good one. But only if it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This ...