Stone City

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Smith, Mitchell

Mystery

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“In Atkins’ hands, the characters are as substantial as a down home breakfast of biscuits and ham with red-eye gravy.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Crossroad Blues is a riot of Johnson lore, driven by the sort of stories generations of blues researchers would have sacrificed their children and parents to nail down.”—Greil Marcus, Interview magazine
“One of the best crime writers at work today.”—Michael Connelly
This is the tenth anniversary edition, featuring bonus material from the author and a never-before-published Nick Travers story.
Sixty years after 1930s bluesman Robert Johnson—who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads—was murdered after a gig at a Greenwood, Mississippi, juke joint, a college professor following rumors of nine unknown Johnson recordings goes missing in the Delta. Ex–New Orleans Saint-turned-Tulane University blues historian Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a seventeen-year-old hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley.
A modern, Southern reinvention of The Maltese Falcon, Crossroad Blues impressed noir fans with its nod to the masters Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett and intrigued blues lovers with its meticulous attention to detail. But most of all, with richly drawn characters, a tight plot, and snappy dialogue, Crossroad Blues is a timeless story told well.
A former Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist, Ace Atkins is the best-selling author of seven novels, including Devil’s Garden (Putnam, April 2009).

Crossroad Blues (Nick Travers)

Atkins, Ace

<div> "Wonderful! By Dominick Dunne out of Flora Poste, with a healthy mixture of Jessica Fletcher, the effervescent Miss Rhodes resolves sticky situations without ever getting her Manolos muddy. Encore!"--Kerry Greenwood, author of the Phryne Fisher mysteries "Enchanting. . . . A one-of-a-kind series with universal appeal. All mystery enthusiasts will clamor for more Emma Rhodes stories."--Bookbrowser An investment investigation sends "Private Resolver" Emma Rhodes to St. Petersburg, Russia to schmooze with the elite, take in some ballet--and rub elbows with the Russian mafia. But this arrangement could end only in death--possibly Emma's! </div>

Royals and Rogues (Emma Rhodes Series)

Smith, Cynthia

<div> <div> "You'll enjoy every moment of international hobnobbing with this high society sleuth!"--Nancy Martin, best-selling author of the Blackbird Sisters mysteries "Enchanting . . . a one-of-a-kind series with universal appeal. All mystery enthusiasts will clamor for more Emma Rhodes stories."--Bookbrowser Emma Rhodes is a private resolver, a unique professional who finds things and solves sensitive problems for a $20,000 fee. At a Sotheby's auction, Emma meets the Duchess of Wytheham, who pleads with her to help with a family crisis. </div> </div>

Silver and Guilt (Emma Rhodes Series)

The Trail to Buddha's Mirror (Neal Carey Series)

Winslow, Don.

<div> "This violent, profane novel. . .is also wickedly entertaining and, in places, quite funny."--Booklist "Bruen combines jazz, drugs, sex, and violence into a heady brew that goes down easy and leaves a long aftertaste."--Publishers Weekly "A masterpiece of London noir."--BBC Greater London Radio "The Hackman Blues is British noir at its most brutal and honest. The Hackman Blues is the book that will change the way you read crime fiction, that will show up most other writers trading in the darkness of the soul as rank amateurs compared to Ken Bruen. This is noir. This is Bruen. This is The Hackman Blues."--Russel McLean, author of The Good Son Brady is fifty, gay, and a manic-depressive professional criminal of Irish descent, strung out on lithium and excessive drinking. Add in a lethal ex-con, an Irish builder obsessed with Gene Hackman, and the biggest funeral Brixton has ever seen, and what you get is the Blues like they've never been sung before. This new edition features an original foreword by British crime writer Ray Banks and a new afterword by Ken Bruen! Ken Bruen has been nominated for two Edgar Awards and has won or been nominated for pretty much every other mystery and crime award out there, including the Barry, Macavity, and Shamus awards. His books have been adapted to film--Blitz (starring Jason Statham) and London Boulevard (starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley)--and for British television (The Guards). He lives in Galway, Ireland. </div>

The Hackman Blues

BRUEN, Ken

<div> "Handler's insider take on Tinseltown makes this as bitchily amusing as eavesdropping at Spago."--People Celebrity ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag becomes caught in the middle of the biggest divorce war in Hollywood history, which quickly turns into a headline-making murder. David Handler is the author of the Edgar Award-winning Stewart Hoag series (The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald) and six novels featuring New York film critic Mitch Berger and Connecticut state trooper Desiree Mitry. He also co-authored the international bestselling thriller Gideon under the pseudonym Russell Andrews. </div>

The Boy Who Never Grew Up (Stewart Hoag & Lulu Series)

Literature & Fiction

HANDLER, DAVID

United States

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