Hard-Boiled

Kenzie and Gennaro have been hired to find four-year-old Amanda McCready, abducted from her home without leaving a trace. Despite extensive news coverage and dogged investigation, the police inquiry has so far uncovered nothing. The case is rife with oddities: Amanda's strangely indifferent mother a... More

Burke, the relentless urban mercenary, returns in this riveting new thriller by bestselling author Andrew Vachss. Two decades ago, Burke "recovered" a teenage runaway from a pimp. Now she's on the run, again. After seeing the man who hired him to find her gunned down by a professional hunter-killer ... More

They are two sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both. Scott Weiss is a private detective. John Foy is a professional killer. The woman is Julie Wyant, a hooker with the face of an angel. Julie spent one night with Foy - a night of psychopathic cruelty that ... More

Private investigator Cliff Hardy is no financial genius, but in this collection of hard-boiled detective stories he pursues white-collar criminals with the same doggedness he applies to his more downmarket villains. A conveniently placed telephone book advertisement leads Hardy to begin investigatin... More

The award-winning author of "Suzuki Beane," written under the pseudonym Jack Early, returns with celebrated new heroine Faye Quick, in her latest crime adventure set in New York City during World War II."I'd had two murders since last spring, solved them both. The first one was prime and it got a lo... More

Following close on the heels of his celebrated debut 18 Seconds, George shuman returns with yet antother remarkable thriller featuring investigative consultant sherry Moore-a blind woman with an uncanny ability to view the final living moments of any dead body she encounters. Aruthless serial killer... More

The body is discovered in a disused burial ground. A young woman, ritualistically mutilated, her eyes and mouth crudely sewn shut. Her boyfriend is arrested and charged with the murder. He might have a vicious temper and a history of violence towards women, but is Michael Nell really a killer? Micha... More

The phantom known as the Ghost who walks, The Man Who Cannot Die, and the Guardian of the Eastern Dark is ready to strike fear in the dark hearts of the wicked.The fisrt phantom formally took :The Oath of the skull by firelight swearing the My sons and their sons shall follow me!, and the promise co... More

When the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up the darkest memories from his own haunted past. The bones have been buried for years, but the cold case doesn't deter Bosch. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the chi... More

"Ms. Grafton writes a smart story and wraps it up with a wry twist."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWWendell Jaffe has been dead for five years--until his former insurance agent spots him in a dusty resort bar. Now California Fidelity wants Kinsey Millhone to track down the dead man. Just two months be... More

In this breathtaking sequel to "Dead I Well May Be," the mercenary Michael Forsythe is forced to infiltrate an Irish terrorist cell on behalf of the FBI, confronting murder, mayhem, and the prospect of his own death.In this riveting sequel to Adrian McKinty's acclaimed debut, "Dead I Well May Be," m... More

Set in Galway, Ireland, a dark controversial novel by a new crime-writing star. Ireland, awash in cash and greed, no longer turns to the Church for solace or comfort. But the decapitation of Father Joyce in a Galway church horrifies even the most jaded citizen. Jack Taylor, devastated by the recent ... More

On the shore of Lake Superior a Russian named Rodion Oleshev is found dead - three holes in his head and heart. When it turns out the victim had very high government connections, that's when it really hits the fan. A female Russian cop flies in from Moscow. Lucas Davenport flies in from Minneapolis.... More

This book is a selection of the greatest crime stories ever written. The stories span more than a hundred years of crime fiction writing and feature a wide variety of heroes, heroines, villains, settings, story types and stylistic approaches. The selection demonstrates how the mystery story has evol... More

In an alleyway in Los Angeles an old man, clutching faded newspaper clippings and gasping his last words to a cop, lies dying of a gunshot wound. The victim claims to be P.I. Elvis Cole’s long-lost father- a stranger who has always haunted his son.As a teenager, Cole searched desperately for his f... More

Strained to the limits of his hard-won sobriety when his daughter runs away to join the theater, Beaumont pursues her to a Shakespeare Festival where two stars are murdered. Beau uncovers a real-life revenge play whose twisted director will stop at nothing to make sure the last body falls on cue.A s... More

Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin are now cult names in the thriller genre with well over a million copies of the Modesty Blaise series sold worldwide. Penguin India is delighted to present these bestselling books, now collector's items, in its new series—Retro Revival. In the Hostel of Right... More