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If You Like... True Detective |
Try these dark, noir, edgy and "not for the faint of heart" titles. |
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The Cleanup
by Sean Doolittle
Working night patrol for a local supermarket, down-on-his-luck cop Matthew Worth finds himself in over his head when he comes to the assistance of Gwen, a shy checkout clerk at the store, suddenly on the run in a stolen car with a gun in the glove compartment and a corpse in the trunk. Original.
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
African-American Constable Silas Jones must confront his white former friend Larry Ott, who has lived under suspicion for 20 years since a girl disappeared while on a date with him, after another girl disappears and Larry is blamed once again. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Hell at the Breech.
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Live to Tell: A Detective D.D. Warren Novel
by Lisa Gardner
Investigating the murder of an entire family that initially appears to be a senseless act of violence, Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren uncovers disturbingly personal ties to the case that push her to the edges of her sanity. By the best-selling author of The Neighbor.
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The Last Child
by John Hart
A year after the disappearance of his twin sister, thirteen-year-old Johnny Merrimon risks everything in a final, desperate search through the dark side of his hometown with the aid of a giant-sized man, while detective Clyde Hunt, unable to forget the unsolved case, chooses to break from convention when a second child goes missing.
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The Bat
by Nesbø
A first case starring the intrepid inspector from such internationally best-selling crime novels as The Redbreast and Nemesis follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings. Original.
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Galveston
by Nic Pizzolatto
From the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO crime series True Detective , comes a dark and visceral literary debut set along the seedy wastelands of Galveston. On the same day that Roy Cady is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he senses that his boss, a dangerous loan-sharking bar-owner, wants him dead. Recalling the moody violence of the early novels of Cormac McCarthy and Denis Johnson, this powerful, potent, and atmospheric thriller is impossible to put down.
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The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
Lou Ford, an easy-going deputy sheriff in Central City, hides his psychotic nature as he plans a double murder
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The Price of Silence
by Kate Wilhelm
Todd and her husband move to what seems to be a wonderful Oregon town when she is offered a position at their local newspaper, but when a little girl goes missing, Todd delves deeper and discovers that this secretive community has a very dark past. 40,000 first printing.
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Winter's Bone: a novel
by Daniel Woodrell
Reaching her sixteenth year in the harsh Ozarks while caring for her poverty-stricken family, Ree Dolly learns that they will lose their house unless her bail-skipping father can be found and made to appear at an upcoming court date.
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