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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorFull Dark, No Stars
Stephen King · 419 pages
Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four intense short stories with retribution as the central theme. Released in the fall of 2010 in hardcover and audiobook formats, Full Dark, No Stars is a powerful read featuring some of Stephen's most graphic and merciless content to date. ([source][1]) Contains: - [1922][2] - [A Good Marriage][3] - [Big Driver][4] - Fair Execution [1]:
Dangerous Women: Original Stories from Today's Greatest Suspense Writers
Otto Penzler, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Michael Connelly, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver · 384 pages
Prepare to meet the most seductively female and the most shockingly fatal of femmes fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today's finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "***Third Party***," Jay McInerney takes you on
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
Harlan Coben · 410 pages
HARLAN COBEN PICKS THE YEAR'S BEST CRIME WRITINGHand-picked by number one bestselling author Harlan Coben, this definitive anthology showcases the best of this year's crime-writing, from the masters of modern suspense and the stars of the future alike. Whether ingenious detective story or hardboiled noir, action-packed thriller or stylish historical mystery, these twenty stand-out stories should f
Like a Charm
Denise Mina, John Harvey, Kelley Armstrong, John Connolly, Emma Donoghue, Jane Haddam, Laura Lippman, Peter Robinson, Fidelis Morgan, Peter Moore Smith, Lynda La Plante, Jerrilyn Farmer, Lee Child, Mark Billingham · 352 pages
KARIN SLAUGHTER, MARK BILLINGHAM, LEE CHILD, JOHN CONNOLLY, JOHN HARVEY,LYNDA LA PLANTE, DENISE MINA, PETER ROBINSON - A STUNNING COLLECTION BY CRIME FICTION'S BEST...Desire leaves a man destroyed - a young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden - an accidental encounter on a train ends violently - ambition leads to a curious exchange - an uncanny likeness changes two lives forever -
Faceoff
Linwood Barclay, Heather Graham, Peter James, Raymond Khoury, Dennis Lehane, John Lescroart, Steve Martini, T. Jefferson Parker, Douglas Preston, Ian Rankin, James Rollins, Steve Berry, M.J. Rose, John Sandford, R.L. Stine, F. Paul Wilson, Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, · 384 pages
23 best-selling suspense writers pit their most popular characters against one another in eleven stories.
In Sunlight or In Shadow
Stephen King, Justin Scott, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Gail Levin, Kris Nelscott, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Warren Moore · 278 pages
"A newly commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper"--Dust jacket.
Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, Norbert Davis, John D. MacDonald, Benjamin Appel, Elmore Leonard, Jonathan Craig, David Goodis, Ross Macdonald, W.R. Burnett, Mickey Spillane, Gil Brewer, Leigh Brackett, Helen Nielsen, Evan Hunter, Jim Thompson, H.A. DeRosso, Michael Kerr, James Re · 540 pages
A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women
Elizabeth George · 560 pages
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George serves up a century's worth of superb crime fiction penned by women. This veritable all-star team delivers tales of dark deeds that will keep you reading long into the night. Included are these works: "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell The Summer of People" by Shirley Jackson "The Irony of Hate" by Ruth Rendell "Country Lovers" by Nadine Gor
A Darker Shade of Sweden
Tove Alsterdal, Henning Mankell, Hakan Nesser, Magnus Montelius, Dag Ohrlund, Malin Persson Giolito, Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo, Sara Stridsberg, Johan Theorin, Veronica von Schenck, Cilla Borjlind, Katarina Wennstam, Rolf Borjlind, Ake Edwardson, Inger Frimansson, Eva Gabrielsson, Anna Jansson, Asa La · 361 pages
"Containing seventeen stories, never before published in English, 'A Darker Shade of Sweden' illuminates this beguiling country and its inhabitants as never before. Included are stories from such Swedish literary luminaries as: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson, and Eva Gabrielsson."--Provided by publisher. Reunion -- Tove Alsterdal He liked his hair -- Rolf and Cilla Borjlind Ne
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories
Robert Barnard, Ian Rankin, Rob Sawyer, Peter Sellers, Karin Slaughter, Eric Wright, Mark Billingham, Michael Connelly, John Harvey, Jose Latour, Laura Lippman, Mary Jane Maffini, Sara Paretsky, George P. Pelecanos · 252 pages
No Comebacks
Frederick Forsyth · 318 pages
Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge... all culminating in shocking twists of fate. Within these pages live a wealth of characters you will not forget... people whose lives become irrevocably trapped in a world of no comebacks, beyond the point of no return--from the manipulators and the manipulated to the ultra-rich capable of buying an
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003
Michael Connelly · 352 pages
Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America
Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, T. Jefferson Parker, S.J. Rozan · 343 pages
Best-selling suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark invites you on a tour of Manhattan's most iconic neighborhoods in this anthology of all-new stories from the Mystery Writers of America. From the Flatiron District (Lee Child) and Greenwich Village (Jeffery Deaver) to Little Italy (T. Jefferson Parker) and Chinatown (S.J. Rozan), you'll encounter crimes, mysteries, and riddles large and small. Illu
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
Elizabeth Strout, Chuck Hogan, Rupert Holmes, Holly Goddard Jones, Alice Munro, Scott Wolven, Peter LaSalle, Thisbe Nissen, Joyce Carol Oates, Kyle Minor, Scott Phillips, Stephen Rhodes, James Lee Burke, S.J. Rozan, Michael Connelly, Robert Ferrigno, Melissa Vanbeck, Nathan Oates, Jas. R. Petrin, Hu · 423 pages
KL NOIR: RED
Adib Zaini, Khairulnizam Bakeri, Megat Ishak, Dayang Noor, Amir Hafizi, Brian Gomez, Preeta Samarasan, Marc de Faoite, Shaz Johar, Fadzlishah Johanabas, Dina Zaman, Eeleen Lee, Kris Williamson, Shivani Sivagurunathan · 270 pages
"KL NOIR: Red is the first of 4 volumes about the Malaysian capital city's dark side. There are 14 short stories and one essay about the seedy, the sinister and sometimes the spooky. You will find murder, drug-dealing, kidnapping, sexual depravity, prostitution, celebrity secrets, suicides, academic rivalry, gangsters, police brutality, cannibalism, black magic, creepy rituals, political corruptio
The Further Adventures of Batman
Martin H. Greenberg · 408 pages
"Batman" stories by Isaac Asimov, Stuart Kaminsky, William F. Nolan, Max Allan Collins, Ed Gorman, Edward D. Hoch, Joe Lansdale, and Henry Slesar, among others.
Dangerous Women
Gardner Dozois · 784 pages
This volume of warriors, bad girls and dragonriders includes stories by worldwide bestselling authors. This first volume includes an original 35,000 word novella revealing the origins of the civil war in Westeros (before the events in *A Game of Thromes*.)
Rendezvous in Black
Cornell Woolrich · 214 pages
Johnny and Dorothy had everything — life, love, happiness. Then she was killed in a freak accident, and Johnny vowed that, one by one, those responsible would feel the loss of those they most loved...
Dark Love
John Lutz, David J. Schow, Robert E. Weinberg, Richard Laymon, Bob Burden, George C. Chesbro, John Peyton, Kathryn Ptacek, John Shirley, Michael Blumlein, Ed Gorman, Lucy Taylor, Karl Edward Wagner, Douglas E. Winter, Michael O'Donoghue, Kathe Koja, Basil Copper · 408 pages
Contains: [Lunch at the Gotham Café](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19781075W/Lunch_at_the_Gotham_Cafe) / Stephen King -- The psycho / Michael O'Donoghue -- Pas de Deux / Kathe Koja -- Bright blades gleaming / Basil Copper -- Hanson's radio / John Lutz -- Refrigerator heaven / David J. Schow -- Ro Erg / Robert Weinberg -- Going under / Ramsey Campbell -- Hidden / Stuart Kamins
What's Really Hood!: A Collection of Tales from the Streets
Wahida Clark · 318 pages
Presents five unique visions of what life is really like in a tough, take-no-prisoners urban setting, in a collection that includes tales by Wahida Clark, Bonta, and LaShonda Teague.
The Best American Noir of the Century
James Ellroy, Otto Penzler · 752 pages
From the Publisher: In his introduction to the The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, "Noir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. It's the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. It's the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes
Murder for Christmas
Thomas Godfrey · 465 pages
The murder for Christmas guide to gift giving / A.A. Milne -- Back for Christmas / John Collier -- Mr. Big / Woody Allen -- [Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518317W) / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the Christmas pudding / Agatha Christie -- Dancing Dan's Christmas / Damon Runyon -- Cambric Tea / Marjorie Bowen -- Death on Christmas Eve / Sta