Noir
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Anderson, Lin [Anderson, Lin]

43 Loch Lomond Day seven It was still raining. She’d heard the continuous beat of it on the cottage roof during the long hours of the night as she’d lain, ...
( Category: Noir January 18,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-09 | Author:John Bowie [Bowie, John]

18 I sit in the cold driver’s seat and miss the fire, and the comforts of deception in the Governor and his crew—they were growing me. Their cliché gangster four-by-four ...
( Category: Noir January 18,2024 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mike Thomas [Thomas, Mike]

Sixteen MacReady had grabbed a few hours, Megan already asleep when he arrived home from the maisonette scene and slipped into the warm bed. He’d finally drifted away, his dreams ...
( Category: Noir January 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2023-11-19 | Author:Lesley Grant-Adamson [GRANT-ADAMSON, LESLEY]

Chapter 18 ‘That was not one of your greatest successes,’ Oliver West said to Rain Morgan as the door slammed and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse ran downstairs. She poured coffee, saying: ‘He ...
( Category: Noir January 16,2024 )
epub |eng | 2024-01-01 | Author:Kirk, JD

TWENTY-ONE Ted Campbell missed the 80s. Which, given that he hadn’t been born until 1995, was quite a feat. His parents had both instilled a love of power ballads and ...
( Category: Noir January 7,2024 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stephen Burdick [Burdick, Stephen]

Chapter 14 Victoria was unable to disguise the look of surprise on her face. She tentatively walked into Joe’s condo, glancing at the detectives before speaking to him. “I wanted ...
( Category: Noir January 2,2024 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Kluver, Joy [Kluver, Joy]

42 Friday Friday morning dawned with neither of them needing to get up. Dougie had brought her breakfast in bed. ‘Are there any restrictions on you travelling, Dougie? Do you ...
( Category: Noir December 30,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-12 | Author:Cornell Woolrich [Woolrich, Cornell]

Murder at Mother's Knee “Murder at Mother’s Knee,” submitted as “Murder Gets an A” and published in Dime Detective in October 1941, is reminiscent of “The Book that Squealed.” This ...
( Category: Noir December 26,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-11 | Author:Cornell Woolrich [Woolrich, Cornell]

Murderess This next story goes by many names: “Mind Over Murder,” “A Death is Caused,” but its best is the one Woolrich submitted it under, “Murderess,” published in Dime Detective ...
( Category: Noir December 26,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-17 | Author:Rachel Amphlett [Amphlett, Rachel]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Liz Moorlock walked them to the front door once Jan had administered the swab. As Mark pulled the door to the kitchen closed and followed the two women, ...
( Category: Noir December 23,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-26 | Author:Franklyn Blake [Blake, Franklyn]

Then snatches of jokes, truisms his father had utilised, and Anglo-Irish proverbs. Cartoon voices. Disembodied voices. These were manifestations of childhood – expressions of an age he barely remembered; mantras ...
( Category: Noir December 23,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-10-04 | Author:Wendy Dranfield [Dranfield, Wendy]

First of all: don’t be mad! Her heart sinks. I left for college this morning. I know you’ll be upset that we didn’t get to say goodbye, but I couldn’t ...
( Category: Noir December 23,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-01-01 | Author:Erika Strauss [Strauss, Erika]

Eleven Emerson Waverly Better late than never. I finally got around to trading in my Cruze for a Chevy Equinox with blacked-out windows two hours after my conversation with Xavior’s ...
( Category: Noir December 20,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-11-18 | Author:ROY LEWIS [LEWIS, ROY]

Chapter 4 When the sun dropped below the ragged outline of the mountains inland, the moon lifted and the sky shaded in red and gold, fading through tones of rose ...
( Category: Noir December 20,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-10 | Author:Ted Tayler [Tayler, Ted]

Thursday, 24th May 2018 “Welcome back, guv,” said Neil, “did you enjoy the break?” “I didn’t think you’d miss me, Neil.” “We didn’t stay as late as on previous nights, ...
( Category: Noir December 20,2023 )