Declan Burke Libri

Karen and Ray are on their way to the Greek islands to rendezvous with Madge and split the fat bag of cash they conned from her ex-husband Rossi when they kidnapped, well, Madge. But they ve reckoned without Stephanie Doyle, the cop who can t decide if she wants to arrest Madge, shoot Rossi, or ride off into the sunset with Ray. And then there s Melody, the wannabe movie director, who s pinning all her hopes on Sleeps, the narcoleptic getaway driver who just wants to go back inside and do some soft time. A European road-trip screwball noir, Crime Always Pays features cops and robbers, losers and hopers, villains, saints and a homicidal Siberian wolf called Anna. The Greek islands will never be the same again."

Who says crime doesn't pay? The perpetrators of a botched kidnap make their getaway in this hilarious sequel to The Big O Karen and Ray are on their way to the Greek islands to rendezvous with Madge and split the fat bag of cash they conned from her ex-husband Rossi when they kidnapped, well, Madge. But they've reckoned without Stephanie Doyle, the cop who can't decide if she wants to arrest Madge, shoot Rossi, or ride off into the sunset with Ray. And then there's Melody, the wannabe movie director, who's pinning all her hopes on Sleeps, the narcoleptic getaway driver who just wants to go back inside and do some soft time. A European road-trip screwball noir, Crime Always Pays features cops and robbers, losers and hopers, villains, saints - and a homicidal Siberian wolf called Anna. The Greek islands will never be the same again.

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After a tragic incident involving his best friend and his taxi, Harry Rigby, a former private investigator turned cab driver, becomes entangled in a web of crime and deceit. As he navigates the fallout from his friend's death, Harry confronts personal loss, including the death of his son, while uncovering a sinister world of property corruption, art forgery, and organized crime. The story reveals deeper secrets within a powerful family, forcing Harry to face the consequences of his past and the dangerous forces at play.

A postmodern crime thriller from one of Ireland's best crime fiction writers

"Hollywood, 1923. Having ascended into the pantheon of America's Most Wanted by dispatching his mortal foes to the holding pens where Cecil B. DeMille keeps his expendable extras, Irish bootlegger Rusty McGrew goes on the lam with the shimmering goddess Vanessa Hopgood, her enraptured swain Sir Archibald l'Estrange-B'stard, and Edward 'Bugs' Dooley, the hapless motion picture playwright who has stepped through the looking-glass into his very own Jazz Age adaptation of The Pilgrim's Progress."--Provided by publisher

Flashing with razor-sharp wit and edgy, face-paced plotting, Eightball Boogie is an enthralling page-turner.

Karen's easy life as a receptionist and armed robber is about to take a turn for the worse. Rossi, her ex, is getting out of prison any day now. He'll be looking for his motorcycle, his gun, the sixty grand he says is his, and revenge. But he won't be expecting Ray, the new guy Karen's just met, to be in his way. No stranger to the underworld himself, Ray wants out of the kidnapping game now that some dangerous new bosses are moving in. Meanwhile Frank, a disgraced plastic surgeon, hires Ray to kidnap his ex-wife for the insurance money. But the ex-wife also happens to be Karen's best friend. Can Karen and Ray trust each other enough to work together on one last job? Or will love, as always, ruin everything? From a writer hailed as "Elmore Leonard with a hard Irish edge" ("Irish Mail on Sunday"), Declan Burke's "The Big O "is crime fiction at its darkest and funniest.

Harry Rigbys zweiter Fall: Er war dabei, er war Augenzeuge, als Finn Hamilton, der Radio-DJ, ins große Nichts spazierte, von seinem Studio aus, neun Stockwerke über ihm. Aber keiner kann glauben, dass Finn einfach nur die aktuellste Zahl in Irlands steigender Selbstmordstatistik sein soll. Nicht Finns Mutter, Saoirse Hamilton, deren Immobilienimperium langsam den Bach runtergeht, und nicht Finns schwangere Verlobte, Maria, auch nicht seine Schwester Grainne, und vor allem nicht Detective Tohill, der Bulle, der Rigby für den kaltblütigen Killer hält, für einen durstigen Bluthund. Schlecht für Rigbys Glaubwürdigkeit, dass er seine frühere Ermittlertätigkeit eigentlich an den Nagel gehängt hat und mit einem Taxiunternehmen nur notdürftig seine Drogenlieferungen kaschiert. Auch Finn Hamilton war sein Kunde … In Harry Rigbys Sligo mäht der Tod mit Lust und Verve alles nieder. Mit »Slaughter’s Hound« legt Declan Burke erneut eine rasiermesserscharfe, tiefschwarze und pointenreiche Story vor, in der längst nicht nur die Hunde bissig sind. Ein packender, schneller Noir von einem der innovativsten Schreiber irischer Kriminalliteratur. »›Slaughter’s Hound‹ hat alles, was man von einem richtig schwarzen Noir erhoffen kann, aber das wirklich Besondere ist der Stil: straff, geschliffen und lebendig – ein reines Vergnügen.« Tana French »Mehr kann man sich von einem Krimi einfach nicht wünschen – Action, Spannung, tolle Figuren und tolles Setting, all das in leichter Schwebe über dem lyrischen Ton eines Top-Schreibers seines Genres.« Lee Child

Billy Karlsson muss es einfach schaffen. Unbedingt. Der Krankenhausportier, der so ganz nebenbei ein bisschen Sterbehilfe betreibt, hängt als Figur in einem unvollendeten und unveröffentlichten Roman fest. Gefangen in dieser Vorhölle, geistig verwirrt und beinahe schon dem Wahnsinn nahe, muss er dringend etwas unternehmen, um endlich veröffentlicht zu werden. Denn wenn es schon nicht mehr genügt, alte Leute um die Ecke zu bringen, wird ihm wohl nur noch eines übrigbleiben: das Krankenhaus in die Luft zu jagen. Nur sein Schöpfer, der Autor, kann ihn noch aufhalten. Absolute Zero Cool stellt alle Traditionen des Krimigenres auf den Kopf und begeistert und verstört in gleichem Maße. Der Roman ist ein witziger selbstreflexiver Angriff auf das Genre selbst, eine einfallsreiche Story über die Fähigkeit des menschlichen Geistes, nicht nur schöpferisch, sondern auch zerstörerisch zu sein. Der Roman wurde mit dem Goldsboro Crime Fest Last Laugh Award 2012 für den witzigsten Krimi ausgezeichnet, stand auf der Shortlist des Irish Book Award 2011 (Kategorie 'Crime Novel of the Year') und zählte zu den Best Books of the Year der Sunday Times.