A fine assembly of characters make their appearance in Peter Lovesey’s collection of crime short stories, some murderers, some victims. For instance: a butcher, a belly-dancer, an agony aunt, an amorous bookseller — and more besides.
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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree as far as Billy O’Connell’s concerned, so when his sister Kate gets involved with Jay Shaw, the son of a scummy small time criminal and Billy’s biggest enemy, there can only be one outcome,...
Crackling, burning death waited for me in that quiet Georgia countryside... But I had to go back for three reasons: To get Lucy, to get the money — and to kill my brother...
A taut collection of razor-sharp stories of men at society’s edge.Although best known as an author of westerns and espionage fiction, Brian Garfield is at heart an observer of human behavior. While traveling, he sometimes writes short fiction,...
Travis Burns, a.k.a. Mr. Blue, Jackie Washington, a.k.a. Mr. White, and Ronnie Grier a.k.a. Mr. Green live by rules. The first and foremost of these rules is M.O.B. The rules have serviced them well in what they do to earn a living. They are a...
Jack Taylor wakes up from a coma to discover that much of the world has changed since he last walked the streets of Galway. The pandemic had hit while he was under, devastating the lives of many in his beloved city and beyond. Now, as Jack tries to...
In this book Margaret Millar returns to the wry mixture of imaginative farce and queasy horror which first won the hearts of mystery fans. It has a firm, fast plot and a rich variety of characters that are as real as they are amusing. They are...