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Fast Eddie, King of the Bees

by Robert Arellano ...

A hustler searches for truth in a dystopian Boston, in this novel of "comically elaborate twists and turns of plot [and] broad social satire" (Robert Coover, bestselling author of The Public Burning).An abandoned child hustles on the streets of a dystopic, near-future Boston in the aftermath of the Great Devaluation, as squatters have turned the tunnel system into an underground hive known as Dig ... Read more

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A hustler searches for truth in a dystopian Boston, in this novel of "comically elaborate twists and turns of plot [and] broad social satire" (Robert Coover, bestselling author of The Public Burning).An abandoned child hustles on the streets of a dystopic, near-future Boston in the aftermath of the Great Devaluation, as squatters have turned the tunnel system into an underground hive known as Dig
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Curse the Names

A Novel

by Robert Arellano ...

One man sees an atomic apocalypse coming—and tries to warn the world—in this novel with "a sly, Hitchcockian touch"from an Edgar Award finalist ( Publishers Weekly).High on a mesa in the mountains of New Mexico, a small town hides a dreadful secret. On a morning very soon there will be an accident that triggers a terrible chain reaction, and the world we know will be wiped out.James Oberhelm, a ... Read more

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One man sees an atomic apocalypse coming—and tries to warn the world—in this novel with "a sly, Hitchcockian touch"from an Edgar Award finalist ( Publishers Weekly).High on a mesa in the mountains of New Mexico, a small town hides a dreadful secret. On a morning very soon there will be an accident that triggers a terrible chain reaction, and the world we know will be wiped out.James Oberhelm, a
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Havana Libre

by Robert Arellano ...

Series series The Cuban Noir Novels
In this "exquisitely made thriller" by the author of Havana Lunar, a Cuban doctor is caught up in a web of espionage and international crime ( Booklist).During the summer of 1997, a series of bombings terrorize Havana hotels. The targets are tourists, and the terrorists are exiles seeking to cripple Cuban tourism and kill the revolution. After Dr. Mano Rodriguez finds himself helpless to save one ... Read more

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In this "exquisitely made thriller" by the author of Havana Lunar, a Cuban doctor is caught up in a web of espionage and international crime ( Booklist).During the summer of 1997, a series of bombings terrorize Havana hotels. The targets are tourists, and the terrorists are exiles seeking to cripple Cuban tourism and kill the revolution. After Dr. Mano Rodriguez finds himself helpless to save one
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Havana Lunar

by Robert Arellano ...

Series series The Cuban Noir Novels
Edgar Award finalist: A "hypnotic" crime novel set in Cuba after the collapse of the USSR (Tim McLoughlin, author of Heart of the Old Country).One hungry, hallucinatory night in the dark heart of Havana, Mano Rodriguez, a young doctor with the revolutionary medical service, comes to the aid of a teenage jinetera named Julia. She takes refuge in his clinic to break away from the abusive chulo who ... Read more

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Edgar Award finalist: A "hypnotic" crime novel set in Cuba after the collapse of the USSR (Tim McLoughlin, author of Heart of the Old Country).One hungry, hallucinatory night in the dark heart of Havana, Mano Rodriguez, a young doctor with the revolutionary medical service, comes to the aid of a teenage jinetera named Julia. She takes refuge in his clinic to break away from the abusive chulo who
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Don Dimaio of La Plata

by Robert Arellano ...

Series series Akashic Urban Surreal Series
A tale of political downfall from "an exceptional creative talent perfectly in tune with his own rapidly changing times" (Robert Coover, bestselling author of The Public Burning).In 2002, real-life mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci was convicted of extortion. This is the story of Don "Pally" Dimaio, mayor of La Plata, as his corrupt administration spirals out of control ... Read more

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A tale of political downfall from "an exceptional creative talent perfectly in tune with his own rapidly changing times" (Robert Coover, bestselling author of The Public Burning).In 2002, real-life mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci was convicted of extortion. This is the story of Don "Pally" Dimaio, mayor of La Plata, as his corrupt administration spirals out of control
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Havana Libre

by Robert Arellano ...

"[An] exquisitely made thriller...A remarkably powerful narrative. The interrogation scene repulses while it grips...but readers are advised to stay with it for a rich reading experience."--Booklist, Starred Review"Arellano's world of clinic doctors, hotel hustlers, secret police, and neighborhood spies is as rich and vibrant a place as I've come across in fiction in a long while. His style has ... Read more

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"[An] exquisitely made thriller...A remarkably powerful narrative. The interrogation scene repulses while it grips...but readers are advised to stay with it for a rich reading experience."--Booklist, Starred Review"Arellano's world of clinic doctors, hotel hustlers, secret police, and neighborhood spies is as rich and vibrant a place as I've come across in fiction in a long while. His style has
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Havana Libre

by Robert Arellano ...

Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

In this explosive follow-up to Havana Lunar, Dr. Mano Rodriguez takes an undercover assignment to the most dangerous city in Latin America: Miami.During the summer of 1997, a series of bombings terrorize Havana hotels. The targets are tourists, and the terrorists are exiles seeking to cripple Cuban tourism and kill the revolution. After Mano finds himself helpless to save one of the victims, his ... Read more

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In this explosive follow-up to Havana Lunar, Dr. Mano Rodriguez takes an undercover assignment to the most dangerous city in Latin America: Miami.During the summer of 1997, a series of bombings terrorize Havana hotels. The targets are tourists, and the terrorists are exiles seeking to cripple Cuban tourism and kill the revolution. After Mano finds himself helpless to save one of the victims, his
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Goodbye Kiss, The

by Massimo Carlotto ...

Narrated by Marco Guerrero ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

**“The best living Italian crime writer.”—**Il ManifestoAn unscrupulous womanizer, as devoid of morals now as he once was full of idealistic fervor, returns to Italy, where he is wanted for a series of crimes. To earn himself the guise of respectability, he is willing to go as far as murder. ... Read more

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**“The best living Italian crime writer.”—**Il ManifestoAn unscrupulous womanizer, as devoid of morals now as he once was full of idealistic fervor, returns to Italy, where he is wanted for a series of crimes. To earn himself the guise of respectability, he is willing to go as far as murder.
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The Bottom of Your Heart

The Inferno for Commissario Ricciardi

by Maurizio de Giovanni ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Commissario Ricciardi Series
Unabridged

14 hours 45 min

In the middle of a summer heat wave, as Naples prepares for one of its most important holy days, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from the window of his office. For Commissario Ricciardi and Brigadier Maione, it is the beginning of an investigation that will bring them into contact with the most torrid, conflicting, and enduring of human passions. In the world Ricciardi and Maione are about ... Read more

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In the middle of a summer heat wave, as Naples prepares for one of its most important holy days, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from the window of his office. For Commissario Ricciardi and Brigadier Maione, it is the beginning of an investigation that will bring them into contact with the most torrid, conflicting, and enduring of human passions. In the world Ricciardi and Maione are about
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Black Dahlia, Red Rose

The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder

by Piu Eatwell ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

The gruesome murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short, in the noir-tinged Los Angeles of 1947, has a permanent place in American lore as one of the most inscrutable of true-crime mysteries. Now, Piu Eatwell—relentless legal sleuth and atmospheric stylist—cracks the case after seventy years. With recently unredacted FBI files, newly released sections of the LAPD files, and explosive new interviews ... Read more

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The gruesome murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short, in the noir-tinged Los Angeles of 1947, has a permanent place in American lore as one of the most inscrutable of true-crime mysteries. Now, Piu Eatwell—relentless legal sleuth and atmospheric stylist—cracks the case after seventy years. With recently unredacted FBI files, newly released sections of the LAPD files, and explosive new interviews
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Horror Show

by Greg Kihn ...

Narrated by Paul Brion ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

Schlock horror director Landis Woodley lives in a decaying mansion in the Hollywood Hills. When he abandoned the movie business—after being reduced to filming skin flicks and peep shows—he also left a laundry list of enemies, including the IRS. But avid fan Clint Stockbern is determined to write a piece on the alcoholic recluse for Monster magazine. Woodley agrees to the interview—for $600 in cash ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Schlock horror director Landis Woodley lives in a decaying mansion in the Hollywood Hills. When he abandoned the movie business—after being reduced to filming skin flicks and peep shows—he also left a laundry list of enemies, including the IRS. But avid fan Clint Stockbern is determined to write a piece on the alcoholic recluse for Monster magazine. Woodley agrees to the interview—for $600 in cash
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An Honorable Man

A Novel

by Paul Vidich ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

This heart-pounding thriller from the author of The Poet’s Game is “cold War spy fiction in the grand tradition” (Joseph Kanon, New York Time bestselling author) as it follows one man determined to find a deadly double agent in Washington, DC. Perfect for fans of Alan Furst and John le Carré**.**Washington DC, 1953. The Cold War is heating up; McCarthyism, in all its fear and demagoguery, is ... Read more

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This heart-pounding thriller from the author of The Poet’s Game is “cold War spy fiction in the grand tradition” (Joseph Kanon, New York Time bestselling author) as it follows one man determined to find a deadly double agent in Washington, DC. Perfect for fans of Alan Furst and John le Carré**.**Washington DC, 1953. The Cold War is heating up; McCarthyism, in all its fear and demagoguery, is
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