Noir Fiction

Strange singing, the myth of a witch and the gruesome death of a young girl: two very different investigators are faced with a seemingly supernatural puzzle. Karla Seitz brilliantly combines fast-paced dialogue with shocking cases. The idyllic view over the Ravenna Gorge in the Black Forest is deceptive on this fateful morning. As the heavy fog lifts, the body of eight-year-old Mia is found beside the trail - cold, stiff and ruthlessly murdered. The uncanny and mystifying nature of the crime soon. Witnesses claim to have heard mysterious singing.

जयंतनगर में छोटे-छोटे बच्चों का क़त्ल हो रहा है, पर क़ातिल का कोई सुराग़ नहीं मिल रहा। पुलिस को लगता है कि ये एंटी-नैशनल लोगों का काम है, जो हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता को तोड़ना चाह रहे हैं, जिससे जयंतनगर में लॉ एंड ऑर्डर की समस्या खड़ी हो जाए। शहर में NRC और CAA का विरोध हो रहा है। पुलिस को लगता है कि कोई ऐसा आदमी इस सिचुएशन का फ़ायदा उठना चाह रहा है, जिसकी पकड़ हिंदू और मुस्लिम दोनों ग्रूप में है। इधर सुगंधा की शादी को काफ़ी साल हो गए हैं पर उसे अभी तक बच्चा नहीं हुआ, इसलिए वह बच्चा पाने के लिए किसी भी हद तक जाने को तैयार है।

إن هذا الكتاب ثمرة تجربة شخصيّة عاشها دوستويفسكي ، إذ يتحدّث عمّا عاناه هو نفسه في السجن، مع أنه ينسب المذكرات لرجل سّماه ألكسندر جوريانتشكوف. فيصف مشاعر فقد الحريّة، والعيش مع قتلة ولصوص يكنّون له عداوة شديدة لأنه ينتمي إلى طبقة السادة الذين يضطهدون أبناء الشعب.

Heikki Nevalainen is the proud owner of a once successful sawmill, a mountain of debt and very few options to deal with either of them. An unexpected solution arrives in the form of local gangster Ismo Sippo. Dispose of Sippo’s dead wife, and the sawmill can keep running. Refuse, and Heikki loses everything. Horrified but desperate, Heikki agrees, loads Annaleena into his car and heads for the mill. But Annaleena proves to be not quite as dead as expected.

Lou Rosen and Molly Hatch are unlicensed private detectives, scraping by on whatever cases they can get from their little office on the fringes of LA County. Reeling from a devastating betrayal and a major earthquake, this season finds Lou and Molly trying to rebuild their lives and evaluate their futures. But those futures might not be as long as they hope.

In a city of sunshine and secrets, the shadows belong to the animals. In a solar-powered future, humans live in luxury, served by unseen Little Helpers – artificially enhanced animals who maintain their masters’ perfect green cities. The animals’ number one rule: ‘do not bother the...

Noir contains three classic thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics are finally on audio for your listening pleasure. Now listeners everywhere can savor...

Août 1944. Paris sera bientôt libérée des nazis. Euphorie, panique et barbarie cohabitent sous l’écrasante canicule. Mais avant que ne tombe le rideau, plusieurs croient avoir encore un rôle à jouer, dont Francis Béard, un milicien féroce qui nourrit une obsession : tuer Albert Camus.

I came to look after his children. Now he says I’m his fiancée. When I see the advert, I tell myself it’s the fresh start I need. Live-in nanny. A single father. Two young children. A remote farmhouse deep in the Peak District, far from everything I’ve lost. My new employer Edward seems nice. He tries hard to be a good dad. The children warm to me. For the first time since my partner died, I begin to feel useful. Then the snow comes. The roads close. The internet goes down. And I wake with an injured ankle, a bandage around my head, and no memory of what happened.

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Hong Kong Noir, 14 of the city’s finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.

Cinq ans après l’apparition d’un virus implacable, la « Veuve Noire », qui n’a frappé que les hommes, le dernier mâle sur Terre rend l’âme. Le monde bascule dans un après aux contours inédits. Entre le vertige du deuil et l’urgence de réinventer le quotidien, les règles se renversent et les imaginaires s’ouvrent. Quels héritages garder, quelles alliances tisser, quels rêves oser quand la moitié de l’humanité a disparu?

L'histoire, racontée à la première personne, est l'autobiographie d'un cheval nommé Prince Noir qui commence sa vie poulain dans une ferme anglaise. Le roman raconte les mésaventures de ce cheval, vendu par ses premiers propriétaires, jusqu'à devenir cheval de fiacre dans les rues de Londres. Tout au long de l'histoire, Prince Noir est confronté à la cruauté ou la sympathie des hommes, et continue à faire le travail qu'on lui demande avec courage.

After spending several months banged up in Sunny Banks rescue center, life is looking good for Aubrey, a large tabby cat who has finally found his forever home with Molly and Jeremy. However, all that changes when a killer begins to target elderly people in the neighborhood. Aubrey wasn't particularly upset by some of the previous deaths—particularly that of Miss Jenkins, who enjoyed throwing stones at cats. But the latest victim, Mr. Telling, was one of the good humans.

A city at once ancient and modern, Istanbul is the quintessentially postcard-perfect metropolis. But don’t let the alluring vistas fool you. For beneath its veneer as the meeting place of cultures, religions, and ethnicities lies a heart of darkness, seething with suppressed desire, boiling with frustration, and burning with a fervor for vengeance.

Voici une histoire singulière dont quelques éléments sont connus avec certitude. En 1323-1324, un jeune aristocrate africain, le Kankan Moussa, roi de Niani, accomplit le pèlerinage à la Mecque avec une suite de huit mille hommes, douze mille selon certains.

Che triste autunno, questo autunno, per il detective privato Mario Borri, 65 anni d'età per 165 centimetri d'altezza. La pensione è alle porte. E mentre sta provando inutilmente ad ammorbidire II magone per l'ormai imminente addio alle armi con qualche dose non troppo sparagnina di Jack Daniel's liscio. Si presenta nel suo ufficio una sventola dal capelli fulvi che gli propone un lavoretto all'apparenza facile facile. Non a Milano, però: in un paese lacustre lontano dalla sua amata città.

Alba, Langhe. Matteo Serra, podcaster milanese, compra per caso delle vecchie audiocassette a un mercatino. Su una di esse scopre la voce di Isabella Masconi, ragazza che nel 1977 si dichiara prigioniera nella villa di famiglia, testimone di crimini mai denunciati. Ma Isabella Masconi risulta morta da anni. Quello che doveva essere un semplice episodio diventa un'ossessione. Esistono altre cassette, nascoste tra le colline.

Gran Bretagna, 1984. Il governo annuncia la chiusura di venti miniere di carbone. È l'inizio dell'ultima guerra civile inglese: cinquantatré settimane di sciopero ininterrotto che contrappongono i minatori al primo ministro Margaret Thatcher. Cinquantatré settimane di picchetti e arresti, violenze e intimidazioni, famiglie disperate, licenziati e crumiri, corruttori e corrotti, solidarietà e tradimenti.

Asfissiamo all'interno di dubbi infernali, crocifissi nel cuore, sperando forse in maniera utopistica di riconciliarci lestamente con la nostra natura umana più bella e paradisiaca, augurandoci di fare di nuovo all'amore con una donna pura... Mentre, nel capoluogo felsineo e nel mondo intero, a briglia sciolta si propaga infermabile una tenebrosa malattia oscura di pandemica natura sulfurea, nei dintorni dell'asfittica e nera, delittuosa e omertosa Bologna insanguinata nella sua più innocente e profonda anima oramai infranta e corrotta.