Ken Bruen
1) The Max
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English
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MAX AND ANGELA ARE GOING DOWN!
When last we saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for drug trafficking and Angela was fleeing the country in the wake of a brutal murder. Now both are headed for eye-opening encounters with the law – Max in the cell blocks of Attica, Angela in a quaint little prison on the Greek island of Lesbos…
When last we saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for drug trafficking and Angela was fleeing the country in the wake of a brutal murder. Now both are headed for eye-opening encounters with the law – Max in the cell blocks of Attica, Angela in a quaint little prison on the Greek island of Lesbos…
2) Pimp
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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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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 his past is pursuing a comeback dream of her own, setting herself up in Hollywood as producer...
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 his past is pursuing a comeback dream of her own, setting herself up in Hollywood as producer...
3) Purgatory
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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An Irish ex-cop is lured into a violent game by a vengeful killer in this “excellent” crime novel by an Edgar Award finalist (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Former cop Jack Taylor is recovering from mental and physical wounds, as well as from addictions to a variety of substances. But this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante begins targeting the scum of Galway, signing mysterious notes...
Former cop Jack Taylor is recovering from mental and physical wounds, as well as from addictions to a variety of substances. But this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante begins targeting the scum of Galway, signing mysterious notes...
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A portrait of the PI from the Shamus Award winner who created him: "They don't come much tougher than Ken Bruen's Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor." —The New York Times Book Review
In this short work, Edgar Award finalist Ken Bruen—"a Celtic Dashiell Hammett"—takes us deeper into his character Jack Taylor, formerly of Ireland's police force, the Garda Síochána, now a living-on-the-edge private detective (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
"Jack,...
In this short work, Edgar Award finalist Ken Bruen—"a Celtic Dashiell Hammett"—takes us deeper into his character Jack Taylor, formerly of Ireland's police force, the Garda Síochána, now a living-on-the-edge private detective (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
"Jack,...
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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At the beginning of Bruen’s dark tribute to the Irish fascination with the American dream, Stephen Blake is on the run after a bank heist, hoping to disappear in the desert near Tucson. Blake has the money and his girlfriend, Siobhan, knows how to launder it. All he has to do is change his accent and his skin and pass as an American. But John A. Stapleton, contract killer for the IRA, wants more than his share of the swag—and the psychotic...
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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An ex-cop chases after a relic and a rogue priest: “They don’t come much tougher than Ken Bruen’s Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor.” —The New York Times Book Review
Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. Now that he’s going to live after all, he’s going to need money, so using his ex-Garda credentials he manages to land a job as a night-shift...
Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. Now that he’s going to live after all, he’s going to need money, so using his ex-Garda credentials he manages to land a job as a night-shift...
7) Calibre
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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Somewhere in the teeming heart of London is a man on a lethal mission. His cause: a long-overdue lesson on the importance of manners. When a man gives a public tongue-lashing to a misbehaving child, or a parking lot attendant is rude to a series of customers, the "Manners Killer" makes sure that the next thing either sees is the beginning of his own grisly end.
When she starts mailing letters to the Southeast London police squad, he'll soon
...8) Bust
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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From award–winning authors Ken Bruen and Jason Starr comes Bust, an original new noir novel by two of the world's finest crime writers.
Five valuable lessons you can learn by listening to Bust:
When you hire someone to kill your wife, don't hire a psychopath.Don't use Drano to get rid of a dead body.Those locks on hotel room doors? They're not very secure.A curly blond wig isn't much of a disguise.Secrets can kill....9) Slide
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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From the evil geniuses who brought you Bust comes a roller-coaster ride of suspense, mayhem, and vicious fun.Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer, and Angela is back in Ireland hooking up with a would-be record setter—in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again?
11) Inherit the dead
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Touchstone
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past. When wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons him one cold February night, he grabs what seems to be a straightforward case. The socialite is looking for her beautiful daughter, Angelina. But as Christo digs deeper, he discovers there's much more to the lovely "Angel" than meets the eye. In an inventive storytelling approach, each writer brings his or her distinctive voice to a chapter of...
14) The lineup: the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.
15) Bust
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Titan
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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5 [IMPORTANT / VALUABLE] LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST:
1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath.
2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body.
3) Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure.
4) A curly blond wig isn’t much of a disguise.
5) Secrets can kill.
1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath.
2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body.
3) Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure.
4) A curly blond wig isn’t much of a disguise.
5) Secrets can kill.
16) Slide
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Titan
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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WARNING! THIS MAY BE THE MOST SHOCKING BOOK YOU EVER READ!
Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela’s back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter…in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again? What do you think?
From the evil...
Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela’s back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter…in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again? What do you think?
From the evil...