Melville International Crime

International intrigue, murderous politics, and psychological suspense combine in a stylish literary thriller An enigmatic Israeli who calls himself Shakespeare because he's got a way with words finds himself jolted on a sidewalk in Manhattan: Is that who I think it is, he wonders, or am I crazy?  Who he thinks it is, is one of...

Never before available in the U.S., the final episode in the Factory Series is another unrelenting investigation with the nameless detective into the black soul of Thatcher's England.The fifth and final book in the author's acclaimed Factory Series was published just after Derek Raymond's death, and so didn't get the kind of adulatory attention the...

As it turns out, a dead man can tell stories...Murders are a dime a dozen in Margaret Thatcher's London, and when it comes to the brutal killing of a middle-aged alcoholic found dumped outside of town, Scotland Yard has more important cases to deal with.Instead it's a job for the Department of Unexplained Deaths and its head Detective...

A masterful tale set in post-Soviet Kiev that's both darkly-funny and ominous...In the widely hailed prequel to Penguin Lost, aspiring writer Viktor Zolotaryov leads a down-and-out life in poverty-and-violence-wracked Kievhe's out of work and his only friend is a penguin, Misha, that he rescued when the local zoo started getting rid of...

A Duca Lamberti Noir"e;A noir writer richly deserving rediscovery."e;Publishers WeeklyThe book that gave birth to Italian noir ...Milan, 1966: When Dr. Duca Lamberti is released from prison, he's lost his medical license and his options are few. But thanks to an old connection, he lands a job, although it's a tricky one: guarding...

An Inspector Mock InvestigationIntroducing one of the most stylish and moody historic detective series ever: The Inspector Eberhard Mock QuartetOccupied Breslau, 1933: Two young women are found murdered on a train, scorpions writhing on their bodies, an indecipherable note in an apparently oriental language nearby ...Police Inspector Eberhard...