Criminal E: 7 books

Gordon Pearce is a nice enough sort of guy. Just as long as you don't get on his wrong side. One evening while he's taking his dog for a stroll, a double-crossing ex-girlfriend turns up out of the blue with a couple of scruffy toddlers and a tall tale involving loan sharks, death threats...

"With razor-sharp characterisation and an evocative sense of place, the novel's pace never relents: the supremely damaged characters that Guthrie conjures up are seldom let off the hook, and stew throughout in their fetid juices. Dark and splendid." The Guardian For Robin Greaves,...

Receiving ten grand as down payment on a hit isn't that much of a surprise to Carlos Morales. After all, arranging contract killings is his business. But he never expected that someone might want his mother dead! What's equally troubling is the fact that the anonymous package arrived addressed to...

Als ein 7-jaehriger Bub nach Schulschluss spurlos verschwindet,  bekommt Frank Collins seine Chance. Lange hat der karrieretechnisch kaltgestellte Kriminalbeamte auf einen hochkaraetigen Fall gewartet, mit dem er seine Faehigkeiten unter Beweis stellen kann. Aber der vermisst gemeldete Schuljunge...

A quick, taut thriller ... not a word is wasted. -- Ian Rankin When a seven-year-old boy disappears after school, the case is handed to Detective Frank Collins. He's been looking to lead a high-profile case for a while, and sets out determined to prove his worth. But the missing schoolboy...

Nominated for Edgar, Anthony and Gumshoe awards, Kiss Her Goodbye is a hard-hitting crime novel about a violent man confronting the reality of his daughter's death. Violence is Joe Hope's business. When people in Edinburgh want to borrow money, they go to Cooper. When they don't pay...

Zehn Tausend Pfund Anzahlung auf einen Auftragsmord sind für Carlos Morales keine wirkliche Überraschung. Auftragsmord ist schließlich sein Handwerk. Doch mit dem Mord seiner Mutter beauftragt zu werden, damit hat er nicht gerechnet. Ebenso beunruhigend ist die Tatsache,...