A wonderfully convoluted thriller with a flamboyant cast revolving around Stratos: who is definitely NOT a hitman, in his own eyes at least, This book is for all lovers of noir fiction, but also provides an extremely interesting take on life in modern Greece.
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When a neighbour is murdered Jack Price, high class cocaine entrepreneur, gets irritated. It's something you just don't do in his apartment building. While trying to find out who the killer is, he suddenly finds himself the target of an international organisation of terrorists. Which irritates him even more.
A funny but also gory tale of revenge. While the plot is not that surprising, the adventurous writing make this a very entertaining book.
A long, violent and complicated crime novel involving several bizarre murders with links to past crimes. Set in the Pyrenean district of France with very atmospheric descriptions of the mountains and the weather. A large cast of characters and several sub plots add to the excitement. Translated from the French and a huge hit across Europe, this is a debut novel and the first in a series with the same characters and setting. A real page turner.
This fast-paced psychological thriller, with its clever ticking-clock technique, builds the tension to the very end. Set on the Island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, it reads like Scandi Noir in a tropical paradise, pulsating with atmosphere and local colour. Against a rich cultural history and background of racial tensions, the mystery of a missing tourist will have you questioning every motive and suspecting every character.
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Jay is a happy go lucky British born Muslim. He's also a small time drugs dealer who's in serious violent trouble with his supplier. His life changes when he is recruited by the Security Services to infiltrate his local mosque in the hunt for suspected terrorists. This debut novel is humorous to begin with but soon becomes very dark and dangerous. Great diversity of characters with convincing dialogue and a fast pace.
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This is not 'holiday' Italy; instead it's a gritty, ugly, poverty-scarred landscape experienced by Christiano and his drunken father. You just know that something terrible will happen to these people, but it's almost impossible to anticipate the twists and turns of the plot. Much like real life, this story is messy, unexpected and violent; caring deeply about someone is no guarantee that you won't hurt them.
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A novel set in the smoke and mirrors world of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Israeli Mossad. Michel, the PLO operative, is an orphan survivor of the Sabra Refugee Camp massacre and much of the novel tells of his recruitment and training before being sent to London on a secret mission. A novel in the traditional of spy thrillers, it will particularly appeal to readers who enjoy the minutia of espionage tradecraft.
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A gripping tale of a man caught in a trap and fighting his way out. Can he possibly succeed? This is such a bleak tale but it really is a page-turner with a fascinating and totally amoral villain, a sense of doom from the first page and an almost surreal view of the Japanese underworld.
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A book which alternates the voices of the policeman and the killer, so you will need to concentrate; but this excellent police procedural, which is also a fascinating study of loss and loneliness, is well worth any effort.
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A gripping fast paced Irish thriller to set your nerves on edge! One of a series featuring down at heel private eye Harry Rigby it can also be read as a stand alone novel. Some deadpan dark humour helps alleviate the extremely graphic violence with some very brutal and unpleasant characters. A page turner if ever there was one which races to an explosive climax in more ways then one!
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