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Mobocracy means mob rule, the opposite of democracy. The series is set in the near future...anarchy and mob rule are prevalent with law and order breaking down in the United States. Even Washington, DC is under siege from lawless groups of rioters. In Florida, Matt Deal has now been appointed the chief of detectives reporting to newly elected Sheriff Fretwell, his old friend. A British stranger starts making inquiries about Deal.

A city at once ancient and modern, Istanbul is the quintessentially postcard-perfect metropolis. But don’t let the alluring vistas fool you. For beneath its veneer as the meeting place of cultures, religions, and ethnicities lies a heart of darkness, seething with suppressed desire, boiling with frustration, and burning with a fervor for vengeance.

This book is based on a true homicide incident that took place in the 1950s in Arizona. Gene McLain, also known as “Bulldog” and “Man of Murder”, was an investigative reporter employed by a national Hearst newspaper who wrote and solved major crimes. None of the technology we take for granted today was available. There was only the teletype, and law enforcement agencies were not connected. We did have crime, and that’s what this story is all about: the world of homicide and the mean streets.

Private Investigator C.T. Ferguson believes justice shouldn’t come with a price tag. As a trust fund baby and former hacker, he uses his resources to track down criminals who prey on society’s most vulnerable members. When an old acquaintance falls on hard times, he vows to solve the mystery of her missing husband and empty bank account. Following the digital trail, he uncovers a grisly hotel room crime scene. But, the husband’s ruthless loan shark won’t draw the line at one dead body.

Private Detective Kaiser Wrench is a dangerous tiger to have as a friend, but he will avenge your death. Follow Kaiser as he prowls the streets of New York in the first five volumes of this series: I, the Tribunal; My Claws Are Quick; Retribution Is Mine!; A Solitary Evening; and The Great Slay.

Iwo Jima, March 1945. Private Norling’s breakdown unwittingly saved Kerrigan’s life when artillery exploded the packed convoy he’d just exited. Later, as the lone witness at the court martial hearing, Kerrigan decided to give Norling the benefit of the doubt, granting the young man a future. And he seemingly took it to become a frugal, honest lawyer and the governor’s bright and altruistic intern. Or is he a con artist and a thief? The more Kerrigan looks into Norling’s background, it doesn’t add up. Yet the evidence is damning.

Two pulp adventure stories set in 1940s Chicago: In the first story, the city is under the control of a ruthless crime boss who seeks to unite all illegal activities under his control. Unexpected competition arrives in the person of a masked killer, The Inferno, who uses flame as a weapon. Opposing them both is The Eclipse, a masked vigilante. In the follow-up story, a new crime lord has stepped in to take the place of the fallen gang leader. He sets his sights on obtaining a powerful new weapon that will guarantee him a stranglehold on the city.

Non è la quiete a precedere la tempesta, ma un'afa insopportabile che infiamma la piccola cittadina adriatica. E quando infine esplode il cielo con tutta la sua violenza, i segreti tornano impietosamente alla luce. Una casa con un giardino pieno di ossa, un morto nei pressi di una chiesetta. E un ragazzo in pericolo, scomparso da giorni. La commissaria Maddalena indaga febbrilmente, ma questa volta ha guai da vendere.

Earl Marcus thought he had left the mountains of Georgia behind forever, and with them, the painful memories of a childhood spent under the fundamentalist rule of his father RJ’s church - a church built on fear, penance, and the twisting, writhing mass of snakes. But then an ominous photo of RJ is delivered to Earl’s home. The photograph is dated long after his father’s burial, and there’s no doubt that the man in the picture is very much alive.

Trovare un orso morto nel centro storico di Napoli non è una cosa che capita tutti i giorni. Se a questo aggiungiamo il fatto che il plantigrado è stato ucciso con tre colpi di pistola - con uno stile che sembra camorristico - un giornalista d'assalto come Tony Perduto non può certo esimersi dal lanciarsi alla ricerca di uno scoop. Così, insieme alla sua amica Marinella, Tony si getterà a capofitto in un'indagine che lo condurrà per vicoli stretti, discariche, circhi criminali e inquietanti zoo semideserti.

Johnny "Whoops" Watson and Billy Bates - young guitarists and singers - and their band, Conflict, are playing clubs in Los Angeles, where the days of rock's zenith have faded, but the hopes and dreams of aspiring musicians haven't. Conflict is struggling, and chaos ensues when someone close to the band is killed. Johnny and Billy are swept up in the mystery, ill-prepared as they are to confront it.

When an Army Air Force major vanishes from his top-secret job at the Fort Worth airbase in the summer of 1947, down-on-his-luck former Ranger Jefferson Sharp is hired to find him, because the major owes a sizable gambling debt to a local mobster. The search takes Sharp from the hideaway poker rooms of Fort Worth's Thunder Road, to the barren ranch lands of New Mexico, to secret facilities under construction in the Nevada desert.

When the body of a man is found dead in his remote, isolated home, DI Tom Janssen and his team struggle to understand what motive there could be to murder such an inoffensive, seemingly placid local character. The man lived alone and was well known in the community, but kept his distance from others, leading a haphazard way of life almost entirely off the grid. What secrets did he hide in his private life that might be worth killing for? As the team are about to understand, even the most nondescript of people can exist in a world darker than most of us will ever see....

Perché a notte fonda un bambino di cinque anni corre in mezzo a una strada inseguendo un pallone? E perché un giocatore di poker di quella notte conserva pochi ricordi? Un ispettore di polizia depresso e rancoroso, che vorrebbe solo essere trasferito, si troverà a indagare su una morte assurda. Al suo fianco, un killer spietato che tenta di fuggire dal suo passato e, a complicare le cose, un camorrista psicopatico in cerca di vendetta. Sono questi i personaggi principali di 'Come bestie ferite', una splendida storia noir a più voci narranti e dalla scrittura asciutta.

Can one man’s search for justice stand up to the forces of evil threatening to destroy him? A shocking murder drags Black newspaper columnist Clarence Abernathy into the disorienting world of inner-city gangs and racial conflict.

Murder isn’t uncommon in a big city, but when young women start turning up dead next to mysterious symbols painted in their blood, the police turn to Alex Lockerby to find the killer. Unfortunately, the bloody symbols aren’t any form of magic Alex knows, leaving him precious little to work with and a nagging feeling that he’d better stop this madman before he finishes whatever spell he’s attempting.

On the eve of Police Chief Mark Friessen’s wedding, a fierce snowstorm blankets the island, knocking out power, and the body of a woman is discovered in the church. The only clue is the note in her hand, a list of names - all members of Mark’s family.

A year has passed since Pete Fernandez’s latest, closest brush with death. After months of recovery, the newly sober Pete has managed to rebuild his life, contentedly running a small Miami bookstore and steering clear of the dangers of private eye work. So when an aging Cuban mobster asks Pete to find out who killed his drug-addicted jazz-pianist son and to locate his missing daughter-in-law, Pete balks. Until another victim suggests that the murder of the gangster’s son may be connected to the people who nearly ended Pete’s life.

Un'imperitura notte macabra che sfila fra le mentali traiettorie impervie d'un investigatore privato forse immaginario o soltanto immaginifico di nome Sam, cioè un granitico, spettrale man e un indomito, coriaceo samurai senza padrone, lui stesso detentore e redentore delle sue personali indagini marmoreamente scolpite nei dedalici anfratti perfino delle sue cinematografiche memorie.

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.