Books tagged: Hard-boiled
Never Play Another Man's Game
By Mike Knowles
Following the first three installments in the mafia enforcerÓ³ adventures, this whodunit finds Wilson taking up with his old partner, Ruby. The pair set out to take down an armored car carrying a huge payday, but thereÓ³ one problem?RubyÓ³ kid Rick is the one who scouted ... Read more
Poughkeepsie Shuffle
By Dietrich Kalteis
Jeff Nichols — a man strong of conviction but weak of character — is fresh out of the Don Jail, looking for work — any kind of work — and a way back into Ann Ryan’s good graces. She waited for his return from prison but is quickly running short on patience. An ex-inmate ... Read more
Rocks Beat Paper
By Mike Knowles
“Merciless but honest about being monstrous, Wilson is worthy to stand next to Loren Estleman’s Peter Macklin and Donald Westlake’s Parker.” — Publishers Weekly
A phone call brought Wilson and nine other men to a job in New York. At first, he couldn’t see a way to ... Read more
Rolling Thunder
By A.J. Devlin
Former pro wrestler "Hammerhead" Jed Ounstead, now a fully-fledged private investigator, is riding high after his first successful case. In this second episode, Jed leaves the wrestling realm to enter a new arena: women's flat-track roller derby. When old acquaintance Stormy ... Read more
Ruby Tuesday
By Mike Harrison
Eddie Dancer returns for another escapade in this hard-edged and witty mystery. When Paul Menzies?an out of shape, middle-aged, advertising executive?is fired, he cannot imagine anything making his day worse. However, when he walks into an argument at an ATM machine that turns ... Read more
Running from the Dead
By Mike Knowles
“Combining the intense grit of Richard Stark’s Parker series with the amorality of Jim Thompson’s work, Knowles once again delivers. ” — Publishers Weekly, starred review of Rocks Beat Paper
Private detective Sam Jones’s six-year search for an eight-year-old boy ... Read more
Season of Smoke
By A.G. Pasquella
It looks like ex-con Jack Palace’s troubles will never end when he is pressured by the mob to kill one of his best friends.
Jack Palace is trying to go legit with his own security company — but his old life keeps trying to pull him back in. A mobster named Sammy DiAngelo ... Read more
