Noir in the North: gender, politics, and place
"In this timely and vital account of the transnational cross-media phenomenon that is often loosely described as 'Nordic noir', leading scholars and three crime writers unpick precisely what is noir and what is northern about this genre, and discuss its transnational significanc…
Dante expert David Franco tracks down the whereabouts of a mirror bearing an image of the legendary Medusa which was possibly crafted by Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini. But David will need help if he is to find the clues scattered through art and history to the mirror's cu…
Nick Stone searches for a reporter who saved his life in Basra when Stone was trying to protect a television crew.
When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years before, his first reaction, like any other Venetian, is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant…
"A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real kill…
She's hot, well read, and absolutely mad--and she won't let him go Bank robber Cooper picks her up at the supermarket, where he spies her shoplifting and warns her that the store detective is watching her. She puts the stolen food back, and he buys her lunch. It's the worst mist…
"Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Its agents are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world, and 400 of them have been transferred to London to protec…
