Noir Funny

Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump near Hell’s Kitchen, their venture is wretchedly underexposed - until they stumble upon an insurance fraud scheme between the allegedly dead eccentric Mr. S. S. Pigeon and his business partner and beneficiary.

Meet Tommy Martini, the monk with an anger management problem. His meditations are interrupted by a legacy from his uncle, a crooked priest. Arriving in a New Age Arizona town to claim his inheritance, Brother Tommy meets a charismatic, smoking-hot cult leader who claims that women are being impregnated by alien beings while they sleep. Tommy’s own sleep is disturbed - by cartel hitmen, Mafia bill collectors, and women intrigued by his vow of chastity.

The first novel in the First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian—leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and...

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER BY MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER. ‘A touching story of human relationships’ The Guardian ‘A delight to read’ Daily Express ‘Characteristically offbeat and thoroughly amiable’ Financial Time Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has...

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...

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 final novel in the First Law Trilogy by New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him—but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the king of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him...

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective investigating the murder of a Titan, one of society’s most powerful, medically-enhanced elites. “Cross-genre brilliance from the superbly talented Nick Harkaway.” —William Gibson...

Whisky Hernandez has just solved an extremely cold case, but she is now accused of comitting one of her own. Will she warm her way out of it and prove her innocence?

Two estranged twin sisters hunt down their elusive mother—and face down the darkness they tried to escape—in this propulsive thriller by the author of Broken River. "Lennon is a master of plot and suspense." -Dana Spiotta, author of Wayward Jane Pool likes her safe, suburban existence just...

"A key to the audiobook’s success for fans is its all-star cast — a strong advantage here for audio over print. When a “Next Generation” cast member speaks in 'Fan Fiction,' from Patrick Stewart to Marina Sirtis, it’s that actor’s actual voice you’re hearing." -- The Providence...

A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. A disturbingly entertaining novel from the bestselling author of Fight Club. "A wry, devilish...

In this heart-pounding thriller and sequel to the Reese Witherspoon book club pick Conviction, Anna and Fin find themselves on another breathtaking chase across Europe—and another race to save their own lives. Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. Anna McDonald has made a...

South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society...

Written by a former law enforcement officer who worked the streets near Hollywood whose books have over 10,000 Goodreads ratings and a 4.17-star average. Retired Detective Pearl Kramer is back and he’s ready to fill in the details about a terrorist group that wants to take down our government. At the same time, he gives LAPD Detective Kate Sexton information about the biological father she’s never known. Hollywood Underworld, the twenty-first book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series, is a race against time to find the most wanted terrorist in the world. Nathan Caine has killed before and ...

Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It's not a tragedy. It's an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts. Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a...

Wes Doyle had $611 to his name when the elk came out of the ditch. He was driving a shuddering tan Buick from Ottumwa, Iowa, to a California job he'd been describing to people as "regional operations." Now the car is dead in the lot of the Plainsman Motel in Tallow, Wyoming, population 5,500, according to a sign with a bullet through one of the fives. The only mechanic in town wants $4,380 and a week. And before dawn, a barefoot woman with blood to her wrists climbs into his passenger seat, pulls his coat over her head, and says two words. Don't. Please. By sunrise, a very polite deputy is ...

The punchlines are landing, but the victims aren't laughing. Private investigator Kevin Hayes finds himself tangled in a case where the humor is fatal and the suspects are hiding behind complex lines of code. Armed with a vintage phone, a mug of steaming pitch-black coffee, and a relentless supply of groan-worthy bad dad jokes, Kevin has to crack the digital puzzle before the killer executes their final script. In a neon-lit city where technology and comedy collide, the system is rigged. Can Kevin decode the killer's motives, or will this be his final punchline? Knock, knock. Who’s dead? ...

A high-society influencer. A floating coffee table. A hitman with terrible timing. Private Investigator Kevin Hayes doesn't do luxury. He does cheap coffee, bruised ribs, and low-lifes. But when twenty-four-year-old social media star Tiffany Mercer hires him because someone is entering her ten-million-dollar penthouse just to move her coffee table two inches to the left, Kevin realizes rich people have a whole different class of problems. What starts as a ridiculous spatial alignment headache quickly turns deadly. Behind the ring lights, silk pajamas, and viral skincare routines lies a cold...

A Felix Nightwhisker Mystery – A charmingly gritty feline noir series packed with sharp claws, sharper wit, and shadowy secrets. Step into the whiskered world of Felix Nightwhisker, a hard-boiled feline detective with a knack for uncovering secrets others would rather keep buried. Set in the moody streets of Whisker City, where alley cats barter in whispers and the scent of treachery lingers behind every fish market and fencepost, Felix prowls the night to solve the cases no one else dares touch. Each mystery delivers a tightly-woven tale of suspense, unexpected humor, and unforgettable ...