English Detective Noir

Ever wonder how law enforcement operates in small town Arkansas? Seek no further. From the Author: Don’t read this book if you can’t handle gritty drugs fiction with meth labs and addicts, a deputy who’s more redneck than refined, or a plot that punches harder than a 400-pound hillbilly. It’s raw, messy, and not your mama’s cozy mystery. BUT If you do, County was written by a retired small town cop (that’s me), inspired by real-life experiences (but everything, including people, places, or events, in the book is fictional, to be clear), and I only held back a little. Cops talk a...

The boy studied the bruise turning yellow at the base of his neck. With quick fingers his mother tightened his tie and pulled his collar high above it. Her eyes alone said, We will not speak of this.... Years later a man is found shot dead in a local park. On his phone is a draft text: I can’t keep this secret any longer. The recipient is unnamed. Detective Robyn Carter knows this secret is the key to the case, but his friends and family don’t offer any clues, and all her team have to go on is a size-ten footprint.

The police are desperate for information on the triple homicide. Detective Joona Linna enlists the help of hypnotist Erik Maria Bark. But when Bark unlocks the secrets in the boy’s memory, he triggers a terrifying chain of events that will put all their lives in jeopardy.

Hot on the heels of Best Cases of the Continental Op comes Honest Gain: Dicey Cases of the Continental Op, another original compilation from Skyboat Media. The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona. These six stories featuring the Continental Op show that this private eye is not afraid to get his hands dirty in order to get the job done right, or get himself hurt in the process.

In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead but then decides he'd rather help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it.

Charlie McGinley writes about tough guys…then he has to become one. Fed up with writing cheesy detective fiction, Charlie dreams of writing something serious. Unfortunately, his publisher insists that he keep cranking out hard-boiled Johnny Dent PI novels. When Charlie stumbles across an urban legend about Thomas Edison inventing a machine that could speak to the dead, he thinks he’s found the perfect gimmick to spice up his next book. That is, until he builds the "Ghost Machine" and accidentally uses it... And people in his small New Mexico town start dying. Suddenly, Charlie must ...

A mysterious death. A detective under pressure. When ageing soft porn star Aimee Gillen is found dead at Harry King Studios, her prolific drug use suggests an easy case—overdose or accidental death. But DI Joe Hogarth has serious doubts. Is Hogarth thinking straight, or has his private crisis clouded his judgment? ★★★★★ “Fast paced - difficult to put down!” As Hogarth and DC Simmons investigate, they uncover suspicious details: Why did Gillen abandon a line of cocaine before she died? What caused the cracked tile outside the sauna? Who were the mysterious friends she wanted ...

A luxury home. A deadly dinner. A brutal execution. Property developer Grant Cooper had it all—wealth, power, enemies. But when he’s murdered mid-meal, DI Hogarth finds himself unravelling a crime that’s more than just blood and betrayal. Beneath the lies, beyond the crime scene—Hogarth is about to uncover a truth no one can bear to face. As rival forces close in, Hogarth must fight a war on two fronts. One deadly case. Two powerful enemies. Is this the end of the line? ★★★★★ “Fast paced! Cant wait for the next one!” If you love gritty crime thrillers, shocking twists,...

Los Angeles of 2039 is a baffling and bifurcated place. After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within the borders of the city. Navigating the boundaries between DZ and LA proper is a tricky task, and there's no one better suited than eccentric private investigator Erasmus Keane. When a valuable genetically altered sheep mysteriously goes missing from Esper Corporation's labs, Keane is the one they call. But while the erratic Keane and his more grounded partner, Blake ...

A Skye Dixon Detective Mystery Series! This is book one of the series. During the Prohibition-era, gangsters control a little town south of Chicago and Skye Dixon had a case to solve before her father's detective agency's doors are shuttered for good! When her father died, she was stuck saving the business or go for bust. It will take solving her first murder mystery to save her father's legacy and his business!

When the body of a man is found dead in his remote, isolated home, DI Tom Janssen and his team struggle to understand what motive there could be to murder such an inoffensive, seemingly placid local character. The man lived alone and was well known in the community, but kept his distance from others, leading a haphazard way of life almost entirely off the grid. What secrets did he hide in his private life that might be worth killing for? As the team are about to understand, even the most nondescript of people can exist in a world darker than most of us will ever see....

Spend a week in the shoes of Private Eye Phil Clowes as he navigates the grimy underbelly of seaside city Melancholy Hill. When a rich woman asks Kloos to take photos of a seedy back-room gambling ring, the detective falls down a neon rabbit-hole filled with murder, mystery, and designer drugs. On the other side, he will never be the same. Welcome to Melancholy Hill. Welcome to NEON NOIR.

Have yourself a scary little Christmas. In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. Now, dashing French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal - before a cold-blooded killer paints the town red. Merry Christmas, Detective.

Brad Hunter is doing everything he can to keep his private investigation agency open, but the women of Honolulu keep distracting him from his work. His latest desire, a Chinatown barmaid, occupies too much of his time, and his money. At least until she is eliminated from his life the hard way--by murder. Within hours, his HPD detective brother puts Brad at the the top of the prime suspect list. Now that he is being scrutinized by the Honolulu Police Department, Brad heads to Chinatown to start his own investigation. What does Brad find first? A new woman, of course.

Vivienne Lane thought she left the drama behind when she traded big-city chaos for the quiet charm of Foxwick Harbor. Now, she spends her days running Lane & Co. Antiques, sipping lattes at Bean & Bloom, and avoiding her nosy neighbor’s unsolicited opinions. But when she stumbles upon the town’s most scandalous socialite dead in a wedding dress—and in a very inconvenient place—Vivi suddenly finds herself at the center of a mystery far messier than her shop’s storage room. Gwendolyn Fairchild wasn’t just any bride-to-be; she was a journalist with a reputation for unearthing ...

Smoke hides many truths … and many sins … After a case of industrial espionage leads to a manic pursuit gone fatally wrong, private investigator Thomas Blume is forced to face the agonizing pain of his role in a seemingly innocent bystander’s death. But when the victim’s wife shows up the next day suggesting a mysterious deeper conspiracy with much more going on beneath the surface, Blume is drawn into a case involving dangerous organized criminals, a seedy London underworld, and gangsters with nothing to lose. Now, with police closing in and a mob boss hunting him, can Blume ...

Private investigator Jim Knighthorse takes on his most dangerous case yet. An animal rights activist has disappeared and his girlfriend fears the worst. The twisty clues eventually lead Knighthorse onto the high seas and deep into Mexico’s shark-infested waters―and straight into the sordid underbelly of the illegal shark-fin market. The ex-football player turned private eye soon becomes the man who knows too much... and what he knows could get him killed. But not before Knighthorse does what he does best―take the bad guys down and burn the whole damn thing to the ground. Hail Mary is ...

LOS ANGELES, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically everyone, especially the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu’s former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it’s Lulu when they discover a body one morning in an out-of-the-way stable, far from the Beverly Hills home where she lived after her fame skyrocketed. The sisters suspect Lulu’s death is the result of foul play, but the police don’t seem motivated to investigate.

ORIGINAL STORY, WRITTEN BY A HUMAN If you enjoy evocative and suspenseful police mysteries, then you'll love the Detective Ange Watson Thrillers. Detective Ange Watson thought she was riding high after two major wins. She’d cracked open a human trafficking ring, rescuing vulnerable young women, and as a bonus, dismantled an illegal cannabis operation along the way. For a brief moment, it felt like justice had prevailed. But the celebration was short-lived. A shadowy cover-up is unravelling, and instead of pursuing the real criminals, Ange’s superiors seem hell-bent on silencing her. ...

Have you ever wanted to work an actual murder investigation? Ever wish you could spend a week working alongside real homicide detectives? The Honorable is a glimpse inside how real detective work gets done, with unexpected twists and an ending you will not see coming! For fans of tight plots and a heart-pounding pace, along with a lead detective that will bring Harry Bosch to mind, welcome to The Honorable, the fourth book in the Riley Scott detective series. Every detective knows it usually comes down to luck—whether or not they clear their case—and that luck is usually found hidden ...