Crime Anthology

No one captures the complexities of Appalachia - a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty - as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, two O Henry prizes, and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, Rash brilliantly illuminates the tensions between the traditional and the modern, the old and new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature.

In his eighth and final volume of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas tells the story of three femmes fatales and the deaths that followed in their wake. The Marquise de Brinvilliers was a serial poisoner, Vaninka, an arsonist, and although the Marquise de Ganges did no killing herself, her beauty and desirability caused others to kill for her.

8 Tales of Noir is just what the title would lead you to expect, eight stories about the darker side of the human condition. Six short stories lead in to two novella-length tales. Two desperate men at a standoff on a residential inner-city street... A high school prank with unexpected - and deadly - results... When you grab the wife of a small-time construction company owner for ransom, make sure he's not from the family...or smarter than you....

Many years ago In the Belly of the Beast was written by Jack Henry Abbott, a recurrent prisoner. He wrote about his experiences which led to his life of incarceration. He described his life in the belly of the beast, the beast being the penile system. The stories in this book are glimpses into that belly. It is a place populated by familiar and unfamiliar characters. The other side of the law is an interesting place. It is a place populated with individuals living lives in parallel with the free world.

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Ernesto Quiñonez, Mayra Santos-Febres, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Charlie Vázquez, and Manuel A. Meléndez. Translated by Will Vanderhyden.

Casi siempre, Puerto Rico se nos presenta como una isla rodeada de playas de arena clara, casinos, hoteles de lujo; un lugar para el descanso y el placer. Es la isla que satisface todos los sentidos y todos los apetitos.

In 1980s Vigata, a restless Inspector Montalbano brings his bold investigative style to eight enthralling cases. From jilted lovers and deadly family affairs to assassination attempts and murders in unexpected places, Death at Sea is the perfect collection to escape into Andrea Camilleri's unforgettable slice of Sicily.

Buffalo, New York, is still the second-largest metropolis in the state, but in recent years its designation as the Queen City has been elbowed aside by a name that's pure noir: The City of No Illusions. Presidents came from here; and in 1901 a president was killed here while visiting the Pan-American Exposition, by a man who checked into a hotel under a name that translates as Nobody.

Her demonic Angel is a collection of all of Joy Mutter's short stories written thus far. The stories have been written in a variety of genres so hopefully there should be something for everyone. Some tales are stranger than others, but all could be said to be different shades of dark. Despite its somewhat suggestive title, Her Demonic Angel is not erotic fiction. Narrated by the author, Joy Mutter.

Here are 18 short stories of murder, mystery, mayhem and humor.

15 short stories by the author of the Cooper, P.I. series.

Over five hours of audio provides eight original riveting and breathtaking stories of crime, betrayal, vengeance and desire, all of which are the very basis of great crime fiction. Evenly divided between male and female sleuths, this collection gives you great stories from the pens of Loren Estleman, Bill Pronzini, John Lutz, Jeremiah Healy, Carolyn G. Hart, Catherine Dane, Nancy Pickard and Christine Matthews.

C.T. Ferguson wishes his parents would get off his case. Forced to use his brilliant hacking skills to play detective, he hopes that each investigation is a cinch. But a body near a Baltimore chapel is only the beginning, and the better the rich kid gets at his job, the more dangerous his work becomes….

The Lost Lady of Limone tells of a modern-day amateur detective who solves a difficult case in Italy. Set in the beautiful town of Limone, our heroine is a 19-year-old girl, Kim. She is employed as a holiday representative, a job she loves but at which she is woefully inexperienced. Presented with an unexpected mystery, she sets herself to solve the challenge with gusto.

Paranormal crime stories by best-selling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R. Green, Patricia Briggs, and more. A massive, monumental volume of paranormal crime fiction by best-selling authors. Gripping tales of mayhem include both novellas and short stories like "Stalked By", by Kelley Armstrong; "The Judgment", by worldwide best-selling author Anne Perry; "Appetite for Murder", by Simon R. Green; "Road Dogs", by Norman Partridge; "The Hex Is In", by Mike Resnick; and many more.

Despite their variety, these stories remain rooted on Moroccan soil - allowing the contributing authors to bring readers closer to the linguistic, cultural, religious, and ethnic reality of Marrakech, whether Arab, Amazigh, African, or Muslim, as well as its historic Mellah - the Jewish Quarter. Here is the capital of tourism, the city of joy and sadness, the city of simple living, the city linked to international capitals through daily flights, the city of the new European community, a winter resort for French retirees, and a refuge for immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

"Providence was founded in 1636 by a rogue named Roger Williams. Williams escaped here when Massachusetts was ready to deport him back to England. In the almost 400 years since, we've become infamous for all sorts of crimes and misdemeanors, including serving as home base for the Patriarca crime family for decades. My very own Uncle Eddie - I can hear Mama Rose screaming at me: 'He wasn't a blood relative! He was related through marriage!' - was gunned down in the Silver Lake section of town in 1964."

The Matt Cooper complete series consists of a total of 102 short stories to date. All the stories combined would make the file too large, so I broke the collection down into groups of 10 stories each.

This audiobook contains the following Cooper short stories: 191 - "Police to Meet You"....

The Matt Cooper complete series consists of a total of 163 short stories to date. I broke the collection down into groups of 10 stories each. Here's what you'll find in this volume: 151) "Dial C for Cooper"; 152) "Wings of Independence"; 153) "Onward and Upward"; 154) "On the Road Again"; 155) "The Best Things in Life"; 156) "Daddy's Little Girl"; 157) "Reasonable Doubt"; 158) "Loose Ends"; 159) "The Long-Awaited Good-Bye"; and 160) "Speed Trap".