In the 1920s, the dentist Walter Baranov and his lover murder his wife and flee on the luxury liner Mauretania, but when a murder occurs on board the ship, Baranor's alias of Scotland Yard Inspector Dew makes him the logical investigator of the crime.
Twelve interconnected narratives from the same region of central England, spanning six thousand years.
Philadelphia Highway Patrol captain Richard "Dutch" Moffitt is gunned down during an aborted robbery, prompting the other officers of his squad to seek vengeance and find the killer.
After Rachel Garrett, a gorgeous coroner, saves his life, vampire Etienne Argeneau returns the favor by giving her the gift of immortality and his eternal love.
Drifters Bo Creel and Scratch Morton accept jobs working for the sheriff of Mankiller, Colorado, and when the townspeople are terrorized by a cunning clan of killers, Bo and Scratch decide to step in.
Down to their last dime, Bo Creel and Scratch Morton accept the best job they can get in a boomtown called Mankiller where their boss is a drunken sheriff and where they have a real chance to become heroes.
Drifters Bo Creel and Scratch Morton accept jobs working for the sheriff of Mankiller, Colorado, and when the townspeople are terrorized by a cunning clan of killers, Bo and Scratch decide to step in.
by Fearing, Kenneth, Christopher, Nicholas
fromNew York Review Books classics
George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media conglomerate that bears a striking resemblance to Time, Inc., in the heyday of Henry Luce. One day, before heading home to his wife in the suburbs, Stroud has a drink with Pauline, t…
George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media conglomerate that bears a striking resemblance to Time, Inc., in the heyday of Henry Luce. One day, before heading home to his wife in the suburbs, Stroud has a drink with Pauline, t…
Refusing to believe that his psychologist wife is guilty of the murder of a paroled serial killer, Lachlan Harriot searches his wife's home office for proof of her innocence and discovers unsettling clues that prompt him to search for the truth.
Private detective Charlie Parker returns in this story of assassins who have targeted one of their own.
Private detective Charlie Parker returns in this story of assassins who have targeted one of their own.
As a small boy, Louis witnesses an unspeakable crime that takes the life of a member of his small, southern community. He grows up and moves on, but he is forever changed by the cruel and brutal nature of the act. It lights a fire deep within him that burns white and cold, a qui…