Private Eye Noir

Janet Evanovich described SOUND OF BLOOD: "A great read with a shocking ending." TRAGEDY STALKS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LOOKING INTO A SUSPICIOUS DEATH WHEN HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE WOMAN RESPONSIBLE. Bodies pile up from coast to coast as Jake Scarne uncovers a web of murder and fraud. ***“IF YOU LIKE THRILLING ACTION, CRACKLING DIALOGUE AND A TRAGIC LOVE STORY YOU WON’T SOON FORGET, THEN SOUND OF BLOOD, THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE JAKE SCARNE SERIES, IS JUST A CLICK AWAY!” (John Crudele, New York Post); “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ...

Private investigator Rae Donovan’s relationship with her father is distant to the point of estrangement. But when she learns he’s dying in hospice, she drops everything to be at his side. By the time she arrives, he’s already too far gone to speak, and a doctor says his death is consistent with poisoning. As she scours his isolated Adirondack home for clues, she discovers a hidden room filled with surveillance equipment, weapons, and a safe full of cash—maybe her father wasn’t the unassuming retiree she’d imagined.

Lou Rosen and Molly Hatch are unlicensed private detectives, scraping by on whatever cases they can get from their little office on the fringes of LA County. Reeling from a devastating betrayal and a major earthquake, this season finds Lou and Molly trying to rebuild their lives and evaluate their futures. But those futures might not be as long as they hope.

Artemis Black's world is coming apart in the days leading up to Christmas. His relationship is on the rocks, he's struggling to make ends meet, he's gone days without sleep, and when he's called in to investigate a brutal murder at a big box store in Long Beach, he's at the end of his rope. Racing the clock to clear a young woman's name before she's charged with homicide, Black gets more than he bargained for, and finds himself enmeshed in a web of deceit and betrayal that will require every ounce of his and Roxie's sleuthing prowess if they're to survive the night.

In the sultry heat of 1968 Miami, private investigator George Clay finds himself entangled in a web of murder, smuggling, and forbidden desire. Fresh out of the Navy with an honorable discharge and a taste for adventure, George sets up shop on Miami Beach, where the glittering facade of Art Deco hotels hides a thriving underground gay scene. When wealthy banker Will Broadwater hires George to find a missing signet ring, the PI stumbles upon the battered body of a teenage boy known as "Worm" in Matheson Hammock Park.

It's the late forties in Boston. World War II vet and German POW camp escapee Brett Kovac has no illusions about the dark nature of humanity. But what if it's not just humanity he has to contend with in his private detection venture. Brett Kovac, Private Eye is noir with a liberal dose of the extraterrestrial.

The most original crime novel in years - British ‘Golden Age’ sleuth meets American hard-boiled crime! It’s the summer of 1920: Kit Aston travels to San Francisco for his cousin’s marriage to the mysterious Dain Collins. When a private investigator tailing Dain Collins is killed, Kit Aston, his fiancée Mary and Aunt Agatha team up with Pinkerton detective, Dashiell Hammett, in a case involving murder, kidnap and the theft of a certain legendary bird from Malta. The latest Kit Aston mystery is a delightful reimagining of some of Dashiell Hammett’s greatest novels: the Maltese ...

THE BIG BLAST A Jimmy "Soldier" Riley Noir Novel A missing girl. A shell-shocked soldier. A wife keeping dangerous secrets. A Nazi sabotage plot that could change the war. Jimmy "Soldier" Riley has finally found happiness. He's married to the woman he loves. His detective agency is thriving. And for the first time since losing his arm, the future seems brighter than the past. It doesn't last. A young woman vanishes without a trace. A decorated soldier returns from Europe only to disappear while searching for his best friend's fiancée. A jealous husband hires Jimmy to follow his wife, only ...

★★★★★ “Noir meets the multiverse in spectacular fashion! A wildly entertaining collision of private-eye mystery, android conspiracies, and alternate realities.” – Reader Review Private investigators Brett Kovac and Cade Cameron would happily be done with paranormal casework. Their newest femme fatale client has other ideas. Her employer, Dr. Dodson Colby, has gone missing after conducting dangerous experiments to transfer consciousness. As Brett and Cade investigate they are joined by NSA agent Cord Devlin. Together they uncover a conspiracy suggesting a SciFi universe that ...

This annotated edition of The Maltese Falcon includes: • A 14,000-word critical study, "Detecting the Detective" • On the Flitcraft parable — the strangest scene in crime fiction • On the 1941 film and how it froze the book in amber • A full life of Dashiell Hammett — Pinkerton man to blacklist • A Note on the Texts and the novel's public-domain status The bird is a fake. Everyone lies and dies for it anyway. That is the whole of the world — and the detective is the only one who knows it. In 1930 a former Pinkerton operative named Dashiell Hammett published the novel that ...

A private detective, down on his luck. A bus crash in the middle of nowhere. A murderer, hiding in plain sight. When Sydney Cartel investigates a murder, he usually stands on the other side of the police tape. Trying to escape the limelight of his career, he boards a night bus in rural southern Britain. But when the bus loses control and falls into a valley, Sydney and the survivors scramble to find shelter at a local inn by the side of the road. In the dead of night, with a storm preventing anyone from getting in or out, the survivors of the crash prepare for a long stay at the Roadside ...

Motels, mescaline, and murder. Meet Frank Trinity. This is the mid-1980s. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Imagine a duet between Ross Macdonald and Elmore Leonard. The world is changing but Tucson hasn’t changed since Trinity left. Trinity’s searching for a missing girl. He’s uncovering family secrets. Even in Tucson’s heat, Trinity stays cool. Sipping coffee in the Presidio. Hustling tennis in the foothills. Blasting Cannonball Adderley from the speakers of his white Bronco. The car didn’t turn heads, but it accelerated like a refugee from hell. Trinity is looking for a ...

A BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL ASSASSIN STALKS THE WORLD'S MOST-POPULAR THRILLER WRITER! One author has already been savagely slain. Sebastian Quimper fears he will be next. With good reason. The police have a threatening letter. It claims terrorists will seek revenge because the famous Quimper “insulted” Islam in one of his books! The literary superstar will be the featured speaker at a conference in Manhattan. The N.Y.P.D. will be out in force to protect him. But Quimper’s publishers are still nervous. He sells millions of books and is the key to a huge publishing merger – if he stays ...

Ex-football star. Smart-mouthed PI. Last hope for a kid accused of murder. Jim Knighthorse doesn’t take cases he doesn’t believe in. So when a lawyer begs him to prove a high school football player didn’t murder his white, wealthy girlfriend in the middle of suburban Orange County, Jim says yes... despite the evidence, the racial tensions, and his own better judgment. Knighthorse knows Derrick Booker is no killer. But try convincing the cops, the school, or the girl’s grieving family of that. As Jim digs deeper, he uncovers a web of lies, old money, teenage secrets, and a murdered ...

Bundle of the first three “Mickey Friday” werewolf mystery novels, including: WOLF CITY (Book 1) In a world where shifters live hidden among humans, Mickey is still proving herself. Most days, that means small cases, cheating spouses, and clients who underestimate her. But when a wealthy werewolf hires Mickey to recover a collection of stolen heirlooms, her little investigation plunges her into the dangerous world of shifter politics, old grudges, and powerful families who don’t appreciate outsiders asking questions. When a young werewolf turns up dead on Mickey’s doorstep, she ...

Hot on the heels of Best Cases of the Continental Op comes Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op, another original compilation from Skyboat Media. The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona. These six stories featuring the Continental Op show that this private eye is not afraid to get his hands dirty in order to get the job done right, or get himself hurt in the process.

A beautiful young woman has only four words to say before she dies. On a quiet Friday night in the Florida Panhandle, private investigator Jack Ludefance is enjoying a beer at his favorite waterfront restaurant when a frightened young woman sits beside him and whispers: "Can you help me...?" Before she can say another word, she collapses dead at his feet. Authorities quickly rule the death natural causes. Jack isn't buying it. What begins as a simple search for answers soon pulls Jack into a deadly world of corruption, money laundering, drug trafficking, and human trafficking. The deeper he...

DEAD BROKE is the first in a gripping new crime series. A desperate gumshoe... A stolen antique... Jefferson Cole is about to find out that being a Private Investigator can be murder... Introducing the first book in a thrilling new crime series that will keep you on the edge of your seat! If you're a fan of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Mark Dawson, and Ian Rankin, then DEAD BROKE is the book for you. Meet Jefferson Cole, an American Private Eye in London who is down on his luck and running out of funds. But when a wealthy client offers him a job to recover a stolen Chinese antique, Cole thinks he's ...

In the depths of a city at night, a mutilated body is found in an all-night laundromat. Private Investigator Orson Carver’s business card was in the victim's pocket. As the city reels from the shock, a second body surfaces, also with ties to Carver. When a third victim is discovered, Carver realizes this isn’t just another case. It’s a twisted game meant for him. Someone is toying with him, pulling his strings, and he is the next target. Working alongside the police, Carver begins to untangle the links between the victims, the killer, and his own haunted past. To stay alive and solve ...

Orson Carver doesn’t usually work for men like Ezra Bokal; rich and powerful, and the owner of Westview Property Development. But when Bokal is charged with the murder of Albert Shipley, Bokal’s lawyer, a friend of Carver’s, believes he’s innocent. Carver takes the case. The evidence against Bokal is airtight and Carver and his sharp-tongued partner, Beryl Adams, wonder why they’re working for a man who doesn’t deserve to be saved. As they dig deeper, they discover a woman who swore she’d never sell her condo to Westview, then she did, and now she’s missing. Beryl tracks her...