European Noir

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...

RATCATCHER Book One of the acclaimed John Purkiss Spy Action Thriller series. When spies go rogue, they need to be stopped. That's where John Purkiss - the Ratcatcher - comes in. Purkiss's job is straightforward. Track down members of the intelligence services who are taking kickbacks, engaging in criminal activity, or otherwise abusing their positions, and bring them to justice. Straightforward doesn't mean easy... After a renegade British former intelligence agent, Fallon, is sighted in the Baltic city of Tallinn on the eve of a historic summit meeting between the Russian and Estonian ...

Murder pairs well with mystery in this fast-paced financial thriller. BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER, MYSTERY B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREE, HISTORICAL FICTION READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL WINNER, MYSTERY Multi-billionaire banker and philanthropist, Ekram M. Almasi, has just been murdered... And there’s only one person who can uncover the mystery behind this international banking scandal: Louise Moscow. Able to handle a high-powered speedboat, an ex-lover, and a ginger-haired villain with equal ease, this international spy embarks on a journey that will take her to Monte Carlo, Paris, and ...

In Death and Judgment, the fourth novel in Donna Leon's bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite Mountains. Meanwhile, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train bound...

Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti’s hopes of escaping the sweltering heat of Venice in August for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in a field in Marghera—a body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches...

This series follows different American women exploring Europe and themselves! More often than not, that means getting familiar with a group of erotic European men! Mindy is on the last leg of her European trip, and she’s dreading going home. Her boyfriend back home cheated on her. He called her "frigid!" She'd hoped she would get the chance to prove him wrong on her European tour but the opportunity never came up... until now. She meets a man in a club who says he can show her something more exciting. She’s taken to a sex club and is faced with this open atmosphere where lust and desire...

This series is about innocent American women letting loose on their journeys through Europe! Lily seemed to always be in trouble back home. Her conservative and inflexible parents found fault with everything she did. At some point she just accepted it, being punished was her lot in life. She just expected it. While visiting Prague she finds herself arrested for a minor offense. She pleads with the local cops to let her go. They seem "flexible" about how she should pay for her crime. But is the arrangement they come up with their idea or is what Lily intended all along?

It’s Midsummer’s Eve, the celebration of the longest day of the year, and on Sandhamn it’s the longest party of the year. But the fun comes to a dead halt when a young reveler is murdered, a teenage girl is found drugged and dazed on the beach, and other young women vanish. So far, what links the victims is a mystery. For Nora Linde and her new boyfriend, Jonas Sköld, the crimes are personal: one of the missing girls is Wilma, Jonas’s daughter. And her disappearance could test Nora and Jonas’s relationship in ways they never expected.

This is a collection of stories of innocent Americans leaving their inhibitions by the side as they travel through Europe! Alice is on a geological research mission on a Greek island filled with anguish. Back at home there is a man who wants to marry her, but she’s worried she’ll be locking herself into marriage before she’s had a chance to explore everything that life has to offer. An encounter with a stranger offers her some insight and the chance to explore the darker side of life. She can't help but wonder if one man will ever be enough again...

This series is about innocent American women letting loose on their journeys through Europe! Melissa hoped for adventure when she first began her travels around Europe. In Sweden she finds herself lodging with a married Swedish couple. After hearing mysterious screams one night, she investigates, only to walk in on Bjorn and Anna having steamy sex. Melissa’s innocence is given away, and she’s taught some valuable lessons about intimacy as this married couple treat her like a toy.

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.

A #1 international bestseller, this atmospheric and breathtaking sequel to the “cerebral, immersive page-turner” (The Washington Post) The Wolf and the Watchman explores the darkness hidden beneath the splendor of 18th-century Stockholm. Stockholm, 1794: A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses...

Un destin exceptionnel. New York, dans les années 1900. Une jeune fille, que passionnent les livres rares, se joue du destin et gravit tous les échelons. Elle devient la directrice de la fabuleuse bibliothèque du magnat J.P. Morgan et la coqueluche de l'aristocratie internationale, sous le faux nom de Belle da Costa Greene. Belle Greene pour les intimes. En vérité, elle triche sur tout.

This series is about innocent American women exploring themselves with different groups of aggressive European men! Chelsea is sitting on a beach in Spain, wondering why life hasn’t turned out the way she wanted. She’s only twenty-one, but she’s still struggling to figure out what she wants to do with her life. Then, out of nowhere, she comes across a group of men playing volleyball. They ask her to join them, and after some hesitation, Chelsea does. After the game, they invite her back to their apartment, and she decides that its time to indulge!

These are stories of people getting in touch with their sexual selves by embracing adventure throughout Europe. Rebecca had always played by the rules. She was the perfect daughter and the perfect student, but after her heart was broken and humiliated she wondered what the point of it all was. Everyone else was having fun, while she was left behind. She ends up traveling to Italy in the hope of shedding her virtuous image, vowing to do whatever she wanted no matter how naughty it is. That’s when she meets Paolo, who tells her he knows a group of men who would worship her like never before...

This series is about innocent American women letting loose on their journeys through Europe! Gem was raised by parents who always wanted her to be a star. She fled from that pressure, taking a job as a housekeeper to a wealthy man. One night he invites her to a party with some of his friends who are always interested in meeting travelers. Gem finds herself alone with six Icelandic men, each of them descended from Vikings. Whatever anyone intended for her, she is the center of attention. Just like a good star, she's going to give quite the show.

San Francisco 1947: Es kommt nicht jeden Tag vor, dass eine rätselhafte, anmutige Blondine namens Stilton (ja, wie der Käse) in den verlotterten Laden kommt, in dem Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin Gin ausschenkt. Es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Aber bevor Sammy den ersten Schritt machen kann, betritt ein Air Force General mit einem eiligen Auftrag für ihn den Saloon. Doch Sammy hat eigentlich besseres zu tun: Er arbeitet an einer eigenen Geschäftsidee. Als aber an der Pazifikküste ein unbekanntes Flugobjekt gesichtet wird und Stilton plötzlich spurlos verschwindet, muss er sich seinen dunkelsten Geheimnissen stellen, um seinen Käse zu retten.

This series is about innocent American women letting loose on their journeys through Europe! Nikki left America for Europe in search of love, but what she found was even more powerful! She gained a new lease of life once she met her Master, and she’s willing to do anything for him. He’s arranged a little feast for some of his friends, and she’s the main attraction. But before they can get to dessert they tease and toy with her, making a mess of her before she serves each and every one of them.

This series is about innocent American women letting loose on their journeys through Europe! Ariana is on a study exchange to England. She’s been crushing on the professor since the first lecture, and now he’s invited her on a special trip for special students! She’d do anything for him, but realizes that something is amiss when all the other students are male. The professor is interested in testing her limits. Will one girl be enough to satisfy all these men?

Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short. Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that isn't going to stop her from putting everything she has into solving the murder. With a promotion on the line and her arrogant adversary, Pertti Ström, vying for the new job, Maria is determined to make an arrest.