Noir Anthology

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! Joé est un colosse souffrant d'un retard mental. Le narrateur, son ami, l'inscrit dans à des combats et ensemble, ils vivent de l'argent des paris. Joé aime beaucoup Des souris et des hommes et ressemble au personnage Lennie, roman dont son ami lui cache qu'il finit mal. Lorsqu'un combat met en péril la vie de Joé, les deux amis choisissent de s'enfuir et de réaliser le rêve du colosse : voir la mer.

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! Lors de l'anniversaire de sa fille Léa, Mathilde reçoit par drone un colis contenant du chocolat, denrée devenue rare. Sa belle-sœur Juliette, avec qui elle ne s'entend pas, soupçonne un lien avec l'arrestation de son fils Bastien, qui avait caché une famille de réfugiés. Juliette accuse Mathilde d'avoir dénoncé Bastien et le soir même, Léa meurt empoisonnée.

Detective Frank "Giddy" Geddy usually gets his man, and sometimes the girl, too. This isn't one of those times. Ybor City is where the cool people of Tampa go to cut loose and have fun. Getting in to the party is never the problem. Getting out of it sometimes is. In Ybor, you never know what or who you will run into. Between the seedy clubs and bars, in shady back alleys, and at the cigar and tattoo shops - something is for sale on every corner, and there is always trouble within stumbling distance.

Hardboiled near-future noir. A missing kid, a pretty woman, a shady politician, the usual...in the meantime, Boston is sinking and parking still sucks.

"Bored to Death" is a Raymond Chandleresque tale of a struggling Brooklyn writer curiously named Jonathan Ames who, in a moment of odd whimsy and boredom, becomes a private detective after spontaneously posting an ad on Craigslist. This Ames alter ego quickly becomes embroiled in the search for a missing NYU coed. He moves from one scrape to the next, all while trying to escape a life of periodic alcoholism, dead-end relationships, writer's block, and hours of Internet backgammon.

La segunda publicación de Hugo Burel se dio en forma de libro de cuentos. En ellos, el autor siembra los que serán los rasgos sempiternos de su literatura venidera: su gusto por la prosa escueta, certera y afilada; sus tramas que se mueven entre los mimbres de la intriga y la novela negra, sus personajes de profundo perfil psicológico y sus alegorías sobre el Uruguay contemporáneo al que tanto ama aunque sea capaz de ver sus defectos diarios y sus contradicciones.

This audiobook contains the following Cooper short stories: 351 - "Not What It Seems"; 352 - "Bingo"; 353 - "Way Back When"; and more....

Retrouvez dans chacune de ces nouvelles l'humour en coup de poing, la fantaisie verbale, l'imagination drolatique et le goût du canular qui ont fait la célébrité de Boris Vian.

The Wrong End of a Gun is a modern day noir mystery short by bestselling novelist R. Barri Flowers. When a man meets a beautiful blonde woman, his dream turns into a nightmare in which there may be no escape.

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! Lola Stefani est une jeune mannequin retenue prisonnière depuis 3 mois par un homme qui la force à se nourrir. Pesée régulièrement, elle souffre de se sentir prendre du poids. Attachée à son lit, elle se remémore ses parents, ses débuts de mannequin et sa perte de poids ayant entraîné l'admiration de son amie Giulia, morte en essayant de lui ressembler. Sa captivité a-t-elle un lien avec cet événement ?

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! Léa est une enfant de 12 ans à la situation familiale compliquée : sa mère n'a pas grand attachement pour elle et son père a passé les trois dernières années à l'hôpital en raison de troubles mentaux. Décrit comme imprévisible par sa mère, qui craint qu'il se montre violent, Léa décide tout de même de passer une journée avec lui. Pour se préparer, elle écrit son testament.

Nell'opera di Scerbanenco - il padre indiscusso del noir italiano e il creatore di Duca Lamberti, il detective amaro della "Milano nera" - l'esperienza della guerra e della fuga in Svizzera nel 1943, segnano una svolta. Una perdita dell'innocenza: la sfiducia in quello che egli denomina "il mondo degli dei e dei miti", di ogni concezione dimentica della qualità terrena, "inconsistente" dell'essere umano, prende il sopravvento.

Tex Larimee is a grizzled Arizona sheriff who’s leaving the deserts of Cactus County behind, blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of Manhattan. Tex’s welcome to New York is a rude one. Robbed of his cash, gun and badge, he’s locked in a room in back of a run-down bar. Breaking out of the bar, he goes looking for his best friend...only to find him dead, his throat cut. And the cops accuse Tex of committing the murder.

The Black Goat is a short story that takes on a contemporary approach of the legend of Van Hunks and the devil. Jan van Hunks is down and out, a functioning alcoholic who is battling a divorce from his wife. One wintry night, he decides to escape the clutches of his studio apartment in the heart of Cape Town and venture out to find the darkest bar he can. He meets a mysterious character along the way who advises him against his journey.

If Raymond Carver or Charles Bukowski wrote noir and pulp, this would be it.... Minimalist in approach but long on mood and atmosphere, this first entry in The Ladies of Liquor series is a boozy mix of old-school pulp, shadowy noir, and hard-boiled double-crosses. Writer Anthony Venutolo delivers a collection of nearly 50 flash fictions and short stories that splatter into the ear at 90 proof.

Dive into the chilling depths of Icelandic mysteries with "Arctic Shadows: Unveiling Iceland's Dark Secrets"—a captivating Nordic noir audiobook collection that will transport you to the heart of suspense and intrigue! Embark on a journey through the haunting landscapes of Iceland and Greenland as you uncover the clandestine truths lurking beneath the surface. As you immerse yourself in these captivating stories, you'll be swept away by the breathtaking atmospheric descriptions and the intricate web of secrets that lies beneath the surface of these remote Arctic communities.

A major casino robbery turns sour when the getaway car breaks down in the desert. The robbers come across a nearby cabin but it is inhabited by an old loner. The three robbers try and hold him hostage, but he escapes. It becomes their biggest mistake.

In a remote spot, Hannigan is burying a body he claims is his dog. A man suddenly emerges from the fog, asking if he can call for help, since he had to quickly escape a nearby house from a jealous husband. The district is tense, since the news warns of an escaped lunatic killer from a mental hospital is on the loose. The two men return to Hannigan’s house and unexpectedly meet a third man in the fog, claiming to be a policeman, whose car broke down. Is one of them the escaped lunatic killer?

A "botched" hit and blackmail turn to revenge and betrayal in this gripping mystery by a master mystery writer.

A starlet's plot to blackmail a film-studio executive results in her murder. Only the "trouble chaser" can clear her volatile lover and solve the crime.