Lawrence Block
Author
Series
Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 10
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A philosophical yet practical gentleman, Bernie Rhodenbarr possesses many admirable qualities: charm, intelligence, sparkling wit, and unwavering loyalty. Of course, he also has this special talent and a taste for life's finer things. So he's more than willing to perform some vengeful larceny for a friend -- ripping off a smarmy, particularly deserving plastic surgeon -- for fun and a very tidy profit.
But during a practice run at another address,...
Author
Series
Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he's excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and current lady love Lettice at the Cuttleford House, a remote upstate b&b. Unfortunately, Lettice has a prior engagement-she's getting married... and not to Bernie-so he decides to take best buddy Carolyn instead. A restful respite from the big city's bustle would be too good to waste....
Author
Series
Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's threat to increase Bernie's rent by 1,000% is driving the bookseller and reformed burglar back to a life of crime - though, in all fairness, it's a very short trip. And when the cops wrongly accuse him of stealing a priceless collection of baseball...
4) Hit parade
Author
Series
John Keller novels volume 3
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Keller is friendly. Industrious. A bit lonely, sometimes. If it wasn't for the fact that he kills people for a living, he'd be just your average Joe. The inconvenient wife, the troublesome sports star, the greedy business partner, the vicious dog, he'll take care of them all, quietly and efficiently. If the price is right.
Like the rest of us, Keller's starting to worry about his retirement. After all, he's not getting any younger. (His victims,...
5) Small town
Author
Publisher
New York : HarperWilliam Morrow
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A man, driven insane by the deaths of his wife and children in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, embarks on a murder spree in the city of New York, unwittingly changing the lives of a struggling author who is accused of the crimes, a former police commissioner who sets out to catch the killer, and others who somehow become connected to the events.
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 15
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
8) Resume speed
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A new town, a fresh start. A chance to escape old demons. Or meet new ones. He got on the Trailways bus in Galbraith, North Dakota, booked all the way through to Spokane. But the Help Wanted sign at the diner in Cross Creek was calling his name. Soon, he had a job working in the grill and a place to stay, and a new name to go with them. But what he didn't have was peace of mind. Or a clear conscience. Or any memory at all of what he'd done the night...
9) Sinner man
Author
Publisher
Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
To escape punishment for a murder he didn't mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley, ferocious up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can he find safety in the skin of another man...a worse man...a sinner man...?
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
SHE WAS EVERY MAN'S DREAM — AND ONE MAN'S NIGHTMARE!
Johnny Hayden and Doug Rance had a scheme to take real estate entrepreneur Wallace Gunderman for all he was worth. But they needed a girl on the inside to make it work.
Enter Evelyn Stone: Gunderman's secretary, his lover — and his worst enemy. Gunderman had promised to marry her, but never came through. Now she's ready to make him pay...
Johnny Hayden has spent a lifetime working the long...