This is great crime novel by one of the better Croatian writers, Goran Tribuson. Police inspector while having trouble with his divorced wife and their ill daughter stumbles upon dead man near the railway. Soon after misleading evidences and red herrings he finds that dead man was trying to uncover secret about mysterious multinational corporation with partnership in Croatia. Socially conscious and foreboding, novel is very well written and resemble some of Chandler's work.
Pavao Pavličić is one of the best Croatian crime writers, and he also wrote theoretical book about the genre. In this novel we follow talented painter who manages to forge all kinds of artwork, paintings, documents and so on, which soon involves him into trouble with authorities. There is underlying theme here whether falsificates can be viewed as legitimate art, and whether all things in world are falsified.
This is huge book consisting of best short stories originally appeared in famous Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Almost every possible crime is contained here from abduction, armed robbery, blackmailing, murder from passion, suicide attempts, espionage and so forth from established authors such as Ed McBain, Patricia Highsmith, Donald E. Westlake, Bill Pronzini and numerous others.
Edited by Peter Haining, this great book over 600 pages long is divided into three sections : Crime (where we follow adventures of criminals), Detection ( stories featuring police detectives ), and Punishment (where private eyes come into play). Amongst well known stories there are dozens of new ones that I haven't read before. Great collection.
Edited by famous crime scholar Julian Symons and with his introduction, this is good selection of classic crime stories, with some undiscovered gems not found elsewhere.
Edited by Stephen Schneider, this book is good selection of most memorable and often overlooked gangster movies beginning with 1920's until end of 1990's and beginning of new millennium. Fans of this typical American genre will probably recognize most of them, but not all, not to mention newcomers. Each movie is represented by two page review by renowned movie critics. Some underrated movies are overlooked, but all in all this is great book with lots of usual gangster stuff.
This is enjoyable Swedish crime thriller about serial killer with split personalities who abducts young women and keeps them in cages. It is eight novel in series featuring detective Joona Linna, and is good example of nordic school of crime fiction.
Unusual crime novel about antiquarian Ned Balfour who finds out that his friend was murdered, and in unravelling of mystery gets skin deep i...
