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Brainquake by Samuel Fuller
Category: Fiction | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
The bagmen who transport money for organized crime live by a set of rules: no personal relationships, no ties, no women���and never, ever look inside the bag you're carrying. Paul Page was the perfect bagman, despite suffering from a rare brain disorder. But that ended the day he saw a beautiful Mob wif ...Show more
Easy Death by Daniel Boyd
Category: Fiction | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
'Twas the week before Christmas ...and two robbers hired by a local crime boss manage to heist half a million dollars from an armored car. But getting the money and getting away with it are two different things, especially with a blizzard coming down, the cops in hot pursuit, and a double-crossing gambl ...Show more
Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block
Category: Fiction | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
In the depths of her blue eyes, he glimpsed... murder. Cashed out from the NYPD after 24 years, Doak Miller operates as a private eye in steamy small-town Florida, doing jobs for the local police. Like posing as a hit man and wearing a wire to incriminate a local wife who's looking to get rid of her hu ...Show more
Hard Case Crime: Normandy Gold by Megan E. Abbott; Alison Gaylin; Stephen B. Scott
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
Sex, violence, and corruption collide in this gritty vigilante thriller set in 1970s' Washington D.C., written by acclaimed author Abbott ("You Will Know Me" and writer for HBO's "The Deuce") and bestselling crime novelist Gaylin ("What Remains of Me").
Hard Case Crime: Peepland GN by Christa Faust; Gary Phillips (Illustrator); Andrea Camerini (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
Sink into this sinful semi-autobiographical neo-noir crime comic with a punk rock edge A high-octane crime yarn set in the seedy Times Square peep booths of 1980s New YorkWhen a chance encounter for Peepbooth worker Roxy Bell leads to the brutal murder of a public access pornographer, the erotic perform ...Show more
Help I Am Being Held Prisoner by Donald E. Westlake
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
JAILED FOR A JOKE It isn't easy going to jail for a practical joke. Of course, this particular joke left 20 cars wrecked on the highway and two politicians' careers in tatters - so jail is where Harold K nt landed. Now he's just trying to keep a low profile in the Big House. He wants no part of his ...Show more
Joyland (Illustrated Edition) HC by Stephen King
Category: Fiction | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
Stephen King's #1 Bestseller As You've Never Seen It BeforeFeaturing more than 20 illustrations by acclaimed artists Pat Kinsella, Robert McGinnis, and Mark Summers, this brand new edition of JOYLAND brings the carny world to life in all its bright and sinister glory.College student Devin Jones took the ...Show more
Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Category: Fiction | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
When I say, therefore, that [my brother] has better powers of observation than I... I am speaking the exact and literal truth."--Sherlock Holmes. This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate, assisted the Secretary of State. He becomes embroiled in a mystery in Trinidad--based on actua ...Show more
Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
The bestselling novel starring Sherlock Holmes's enigmatic brother, from NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants ...Show more
Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark
Category: Crime & Adventure | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
QUENTIN TARANTINO on NOBODY'S ANGEL: "My favorite fiction novel this year was written by a taxi driver who used to hand it out to his passengers. It's a terrific story and character study of a cabbie in Chicago during a time when a serial killer is robbing and murdering cabbies. Kudos to Hard Case Crime ...Show more
Odds on by Michael Crichton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
The plan: to rob the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the coast of Spain. The crew: three seasoned criminals with the skills to pull off the heist of the century. The edge: every aspect of the scheme has been simulated in a computer, down to the last variable. The complication: three beautiful women with ...Show more
Pimp by Ken Bruen; Jason Starr
Category: Crime & Adventure | Series: Hard Case Crime Ser.
DEALING... PRODUCING... ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR A DRUGLORD. OR IN HOLLYWOOD. Ruined and on the lam, former drug kingpin Max Fisher stumbles upon the biggest discovery of his crooked life: a designer drug called PIMP that could put him back on top. Meanwhile, a certain femme fatale from hi ...Show more