Urban Crime Fiction

There comes a time in some investigations where a cop should do the smart thing and cut his losses. The problem Detectives Bat Poe and Fran Gomez have is that they’re many miles beyond that point, and never noticed when it passed. They’re stuck chasing a gang of drug dealers they’ve been after for years and have finally pushed things to the point where failure might cost them their careers and lives. Join them on the bad guys’ trail in the summer of 1978, as what should have been a routine case devolves into a study in vendetta and survival.

A routine case of industrial espionage pitches hardboiled PI Alexander Southerland headlong into a maelstrom of shadowy political intrigue and deadly supernatural mayhem - not to mention some malevolent owls and the mysterious "boy who talks backwards"! After his exposure of a white-collar thief has harrowing consequences, a guilt-ridden and disconsolate Southerland roams the mean streets and dark alleys of Yerba City seeking to uncover a secret so stunning - so staggering - that just knowing it could unravel the bonds that keep the social order from dissolving into chaos!

What was meant to be a straightforward jewellery heist goes horribly wrong, and the thieves are forced to take a hostage to make their escape. But when they discover their prisoner is the infamous Nina Glass - one of the bosses of the most dangerous criminal dynasty in London - they soon realise they have made a terrible mistake. Greed wins out over good sense, and the gang decide to make the best of a bad situation.

Those dark and terrible things from your nightmares are very real. They walk among us, masquerading as your neighbor, your lover, even your friend. You see, Empire City is full of them...if you only know where to look. How do I know this? Well, for starters the name is Detective Tom Holliday. I work homicide for Special Crimes. My friends, what few I have, call me Doc. And the other reason? I’ve got magic of my own. Welcome to Empire City, where magic and technology co-exist, and humanity endures behind walls of stone and spell-forged steel.

This city was a sewer of drugs and corruption. Someone had to do something about it. And, improbably, minds far wiser than her own had selected Alley. On the hellish streets of Acadia, salvation comes in the form of an angel. One who doesn't care much about collateral damage. Alley is a 15-year-old girl with a genius IQ, a self-medicating mother, and an unusual obsession with a 1980s movie star. Alley's never truly questioned why her unemployed mother is wealthy enough to afford a luxury apartment. She's more concerned with collecting '80s memorabilia.

Der neue Roman des zweifachen Pulitzer-Preisträgers. Im schillernden Harlem der 1960er-Jahre, wo Gangster und Zuhälter, Hochstapler und Schießwütige die Strippen ziehen, versucht ein Mann aus einfachen Verhältnissen so ehrlich wie möglich aufzusteigen. Eigentlich würde Ray Carney am liebsten ohne Betrügereien auskommen. Doch als seine Frau ein zweites Kind erwartet, reichen die Einkünfte aus seinem Einrichtungsladen auf der 125th Street nicht aus für den Standard, den die Schwiegereltern erwarten.

Yesterday John Fontanelli was just a pizza delivery guy in New York City. One day later, he's the richest man in the world. One trillion dollars - one million times one million - $1,000,000,000,000: more money than anyone could imagine. For generations the Vacchis, an old Italian family of lawyers and asset managers, had supervised the fortune as it grew over five hundred years, until one particular date that the benefactor had stipulated in his will.

Newly widowed Charlotte Fitzgerald never thought that her life could get more complicated. Sleeping with her husband's nemesis was never a part of the plan, but the further she seeps into the Mafia World, she soon realizes there's no getting out. Right across the pond, newlywed Kennedi, a sassy socialite, tries to keep secrets buried from her new husband who suffers from amnesia. Her dark past, if revealed, could cost her to lose it all from the only man she's ever loved. As the two wives' worlds collide, lives are lost, loyalties are tested, and lessons are learned.

Diamond and Mya are best friends, who grew up in the one of the worst hoods in ATL. Both are determined to have it all, and soon become two of the dirty South's most notorious women. Getting money is their top priority, by robbing every hustler that crosses their path; but both women have different goals. Mya wants to be the next ghetto superstar. She resorts to sex and violence to reach her goal, as she stalks every man with swollen pockets. Nothing will stand in her way of becoming the girl who runs ATL.

Most people think when you say, "I do" all problems come to an end. When happily ever after seems impossible, three women transform from good girls to bad women. Just when they think they've made it out of the grimy streets to a more ideal lifestyle in the suburbs, their lavish lives turn sour. Unfortunately, for the sexy threesome, they are all suddenly faced with financial hardships that land them between a rock and a hard place.

Divine's new home at Dunnridge State Correctional Institution has been nothing but a host of surprises. For the past seven years, he and his trusted friend Niko have gone from thick as thieves to throat-cutting rivals. Their brotherly connection takes a turn when Divine secretly works out a deal with the state leaving his boy no way out. His betrayal makes him a prime target from beat downs to being broke down...sexually that is! The roller-coaster ride of Divine's life will keep you thrilled!

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Paul Crawford is asked to investigate a series of recent murders he eventually calls the "Houdini Victims". He begins with the investigation of a corporate executive who vanishes from a parking garage in the Chicago Loop without a trace.

Freddy Luccio was once a well respected artist in Hollywood. Whether it be for storyboards, posters, character designs, or logos, studios would often call on Freddy. But before long, his luck changed. Lost, broke, and with nowhere else to go, he has no choice but to move back to his home town of Everett Falls, New York, to live with his aunt. Now in his late 20s, he is depressed, lonely and by all accounts, a failure. But he just may be the only person who can stop a brutal murderer.

In working-class Bay Ridge, Michael drives for a car service and gives lifts to his father, a former sanitation worker and current small-time bookie. He has a friend with a heroin habit, and a longtime girlfriend who expects they’ll get married one of these days. Michael spends most of his time on the familiar streets where he grew up, but now he’s crossing the bridge into Manhattan for some college classes—where he meets a seductive female classmate who seems to come from a whole different world.

Fatherless and as good as motherless, Messiah "Mash" Bankfield must shake his nagging religion from his conscious if he wants to level up in a city centered around the '90s drug boom, twisted sexual exploitation, hardcore hip hop, and deep ghetto philosophy. Even if it requires hustling the same stuff that turned his mother into a dope fiend or taking out the big homies who showed him love, some things just must be. Shaped by the unsavory lifestyle of his sugar-daddy seeking sister and haunted by the spirit of his deceased grandmother, Mash sinks deeper into the darkness.

When it comes to good guys and bad guys, they don’t make ‘em like they used to. It’s 1974 Los Angeles, and two cops who never catch a break can feel a change coming. With a little luck and a lot of disregard for procedure, they’re not going to let anything stand in the way of finally getting ahead. Follow them for 67 hours, and gain a vision of how police work used to be done, back when the line between the good guys and the bad guys really meant something.

Der selbsternannte Berufsmagier Aillard Blackwood arbeitet seit etwa einem Jahr für das New Scotland Yard, das er durch seine besonderen Fähigkeiten bereits im letzten Sommer als Berater unterstützt hat. Nun stößt Blackwood durch seinen Magie-Schwund auf unverhofft menschliche Probleme. Nachdem in der Silvesternacht mehrere Tote am Ufer der Themse gefunden werden, klingelt wieder einmal das Telefon in der kleinen Kellerwohnung in Finsbury. Blackwood ermittelt an der Seite seiner Partnerin, Sergeant Paxton, die sich immer noch weigert, an das Übernatürliche zu glauben.

From the “queen of urban fiction” (Publishers Weekly), Vicki Stringer, comes a scorching crime drama of love, lies, loss, and the indomitable spirit of a woman scorned. Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with a provocative femininity. She employs...

Malcom Porter had potential. A bright future. A scholarship. But when his older brother is killed, he trades textbooks for territory and becomes a name feared in Harlem. As enemies rise, trust bleeds thin, and betrayals cut deep, Malcom must decide whether he’ll rule the streets like a king—or break the cycle before it buries him.

Known by his friends as T-Lova, Terry Maddox is an intelligent and crafty individual who is determined to rise to the top of the underground drug trade, along with his best friend, Jihad, and their crew. Mack is an ambitious yet ruthless hustler who runs South Philly with his partner Shawn. Detectives Todd and Latrice Reed are siblings who are hell-bent on solving a slew of murders in hopes that it will prevent more casualties, and bring the killers to justice. Marty Frankel is a high-powered commodities trader who loses everything of value in his life due to his loyalty.