Ken Bruen: 49 books

“The Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel . . . writes in machine gun fashion . . . reminiscent of the work of Raymond Chandler and Peter Cheyenne.” —The Irish Times In Green Hell, Bruen’s dark angel of a protagonist has hit rock bottom: one of his best friends is dead, the other...

Recovering from the severe mental and physical wounds inflicted from his recent past, former cop Jack Taylor has finally found a modicum of peace. He has managed to kick the myriad substances that have had a stranglehold over his painful life, however tenuously. Yet this fragile existence is threatened...

America—the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry. Disappointed and bitter, he thinks that an encounter with an overly friendly stranger in an airport bar is the least of his problems. Except that this stranger seems...

Cops Roberts and Brant come back swinging in book two of the “hip, violent and funny**” crime novel trilogy set on “the mean streets of southeast London” (Publishers Weekly).** South London’s Chief Inspector Roberts and his partner, the reckless and thuggish Irish Detective Sergeant...

Angie, kaltschnäuzig und herzlos, manipuliert sie Männer wie Frauen, um sie für ihre Pläne einzusetzen. Auch wenn die erste Bombe im Paradise Cinema nicht explodiert, hält sie die Southeast London Police Squad um Detective Sergeant Brand mit weiteren Bombenankündigungen und Erpressungen in Atem....

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...

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.

She’s hot, well read, and absolutely mad—and she won’t let him go Bank robber Cooper picks her up at the supermarket, where he spies her shoplifting and warns her that the store detective is watching her. She puts the stolen food back, and he buys her lunch. It’s the worst mistake he’s...

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…

A poorly planned kidnapping turns bloody Lisa is too good-looking not to be trouble. Nick falls for her as soon as he meets the lithe young black woman, and though their drug-fueled relationship quickly turns toxic, he can’t stop wanting her. In a flash, she’s burnt through his savings...

With his hated father dead, a man’s life takes a dangerous turn. He doesn’t cry when his father, Frank, dies. The old man was an abusive, self-absorbed drunk, and when cancer takes him to his deathbed, his son is there to watch. At Frank’s final moment he leans over and whispers in his...

-All new stories (none have been published previously). -Akashic's strong reputation with mystery stores. -First-ever anthology of Brooklyn crime fiction.

A dark, edgy novel from a master of Irish crime fiction who “is threatening to become a mass cult figure in the U.S. as well as a critical favorite” (The Atlantic). An elderly priest is nearly beaten to death. A special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Evil has many guises, and private investigator...

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...