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Caught Stealing: A NovelCaught Stealing: A Novel by Charlie Huston
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Events like these have a momentum. Brutality lends itself to even greater brutality and without realizing it, one can be swept along it its wake. If you wait too long, you might find yourself someplace you never knew existed. Doing things you never thought possible.
The Chicago Way (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)The Chicago Way (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Michael Harvey
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I keep a copy of the Iliad in the original Greek on the dresser next to my bed. Beside it is Richard Lattimore's translation. The only translation worth owning as far as I can see. Behind these volumes sits a nine-millimeter Beretta in a holster. Lattimore might not appreciate the subtlety; Odysseus certainly would.
Kiss Me, JudasKiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher Baer
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Six Bad Things: A NovelSix Bad Things: A Novel by Charlie Huston
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With the things that happened, the things I did, life shouldn't be easy. So last night is a reminder: keep your life small, keep the people in your life few, and keep them in front of you. Because life isn't easy. And you can lose control of it in an instant.
The Fifth FloorThe Fifth Floor by Michael Harvey
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Penny DreadfulPenny Dreadful by Will Christopher Baer
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It's easy. You stagger a hundred years forward, a thousand years back. You manufacture a world where the apocalypse has failed to manifest. Urban purgatory. The sun is a joke, a bad memory.
A Dangerous Man: A NovelA Dangerous Man: A Novel by Charlie Huston
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I feel like I'm posed on a pedestal, like every eye is gawking at me. They're not. To the rubes I'm just another driver in black, wearing his sunglasses inside and holding a sign with the name of some lucky stiff written on it. But I feel naked. Just like anyone wanted by the FBI and several police agencies for multiple homicides should feel.
Darkly Dreaming DexterDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
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Hell's Half AcreHell's Half Acre by Will Christopher Baer
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The Shotgun Rule: A NovelThe Shotgun Rule: A Novel by Charlie Huston
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But the world's not really the way people think it is. Or maybe it is. Hard to really say for sure. But chaos seems to make more sense than anything else. It explains a lot.
Dearly Devoted DexterDearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
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Beat the Reaper: A NovelBeat the Reaper: A Novel by Josh Bazell
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The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death: A NovelThe Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death: A Novel by Charlie Huston
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I thought about high school science classes. How shock waves travel through water. I thought about what would happen if you filled a soda can with water and stuck the barrel of a gun in the hole and pulled the trigger. And then the deputy filled in the gaps in my imagination.
Crooked Little Vein: A Novel (P.S.)Crooked Little Vein: A Novel (P.S.) by Warren Ellis
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I'm more popular than any of these designed-by-pedophile pop moppets littering the music television and the gossip columns. I've killed more people than Paris Hilton has disseminated, I was famous before she was here and I'll be famous after she's gone. I am the mainstream.
The BlondeThe Blonde by Duane Swierczynski
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I've poisoned your drink.
ShellaShella by Andrew Vachss
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The Little Sleep: A NovelThe Little Sleep: A Novel by Paul Tremblay
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The Guards: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series)The Guards: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series) by Ken Bruen
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Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese FalconSpade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon by Joe Gores
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