Genre: Detective/crime/Mystery

Harry Kenmare, PI – At Your Service

Related Posts
Return of the Thin Man

“This first unabridged appearance of two Nick and Nora Charles ‘novellas’ by Hammett should be an occasion for delight, and it is.” —The Wall Street Journal Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Read more

Pinup noir (2book of hard-boiled short stories)

Everybody loves the femme fatale; the tough-as-nails dame with the smoky voice and the legs that go on forever – almost as much as they love the cynical gumshoe with the strict moral code and the tiniest soft spot in Read more

Harry Kenmare, PI – At Your Service
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: ,
tropes: ,
Lenght:
Author:
Narrator:

PI Harry Kenmare loves gorgeous women, fine wine, and Irish whiskey. And he loves to see justice done. He’s old school: results matter, methods don’t, and political correctness can go to hell, along with the corrupt Establishment.

The seven stories collected here have Harry doing what he does best and telling it to you himself, as he goes hard, very hard, at work and at play.

In these PI cases, Harry gets down and dirty across Sydney society, from the supposedly respectable to the openly seedy. He mixes it up with an obscenely colourful cast of characters: bikies, druggies, sensational strippers, corrupt cops, triads, and even a paedophilic politician, to name a few. Harry takes on the city, dishing out his loving, his hatred, and a truckload of brutal karma.

Dark, debauched, and disturbing, Harry Kenmare’s world is a high-octane thrill ride for hard-core crime fiction addicts. But you’ll need to buckle up and bite down. Only readers with cast-iron fortitude need apply!

Harry’s World

Harry’s World
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: ,
tropes: ,
Lenght:
Author:
PI Harry Kenmare is a prehistoric private detective in an unfriendly and infinitely unjust modern world.

His life revolves around drinking, fine food, smoking, and fast women, preferably the ones he has to pay for, in cash. So what better CV for trawling through Sydney’s corrupt social and political elites, who cravenly chase power and wealth behind veneers of respectability.

In this collection of seedy episodes, Harry is a dinosaur on a mission of justice, looking to shatter the hypocritical façades. And the rules don’t always apply.

Join Harry in the jungle of 21st century Port Jackson, where little is as it seems and none of it is pretty. Except, of course, those gorgeous by the hour girls.

The Demon’s Dagger: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novella (Alexander Southerland, P.I.)

The Demon's Dagger: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novella (Alexander Southerland, P.I.)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: , ,
tropes: ,
Lenght:
Author:
Narrator:

Once he checked in, checking out became an obsession!

Crawford the were-rat checks into a shady hotel and promptly stumbles over a dead man. A mysterious troll is obsessed with finding the dagger that killed him—a dagger possessed by a demon! The demon denies that he is a demon and is obsessed with regaining his freedom. Meanwhile, the hotel’s night clerk is obsessed with the hooker on the third floor. Crawford is obsessed with what’s in the hooker’s room: a solid gold statuette of a demon-slaying goddess! Crawford has checked in, but, when obsessions collide, does he have any hope of checking out?

Content Advisory: This book is intended for a mature audience. It contains misogynistic characters, language, and acts. It also contains graphic violence (including violence against women), smoking, drinking, drug use, graphic sexual acts, and crude language and images.

 

A Troll Walks into a Bar: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel (Alexander Southerland, P.I.)

A Troll Walks into a Bar: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel (Alexander Southerland, P.I.)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: , ,
tropes: ,
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:

When a troll speaks–listen up!
Hardboiled P.I. Alexander Southerland just wants to enjoy a quiet drink when a 500-pound troll walks into the bar. Next thing he knows, Southerland is navigating his way through rogue cops, a gang war, beautiful nymphs from the ocean depths, a were-rat, the mayor’s corrupt fixer, the sleaziest (and cleverest) gnome in Yerba City, and creatures right out of legend.

At the center of it all is a mysterious locked box. Can Southerland discover its explosive secret–and survive long enough to pay his rent on time?

In the same universe : The Demon’s Dagger

Student of Death: A Flesch & Stone novel

Student of Death: A Flesch & Stone novel
Date:
MainCategories: ,
Type:
Genre:
trope:
Lenght:
Author:
Protagonist:

Obsession and murder run in the blood…

DI Richard Flesch: Three words to describe my partner: Brave. Unrelenting. Haunted.
DI Sarah Sarah: Three words to describe my partner: Intelligent. Focused. CANNIBAL.

When a young girl is found tortured and mutilated at an abandoned train station, retired army captain Sarah Stone is persuaded to join a specialised police unit that is dedicated to catching serial killers. Her new partner, Richard Flesch, is the country’s leading expert at catching psychopaths. Because he used to be one. He is the Chester-Le-Street Cannibal.

How can Sarah focus on catching monsters when she is forced to work with one?

‘Iain Rob Wright scares the hell out of me!’ – author, J.A. Konrath

‘Keeps you guessing all the way through.’ – Amazon Reviewer

‘Sick and twisted. So thrilling!’ – author, Matt Shaw

‘Wow. Just wow!’ – Amazon Reviewer

********************************************************

Curse of the Phoenix (The Arcane Irregulars)

Curse of the Phoenix (The Arcane Irregulars)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: ,
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:

When a trail of magical murders follow a stolen statue, Lieutenant Danny Pak and FBI Agent Buddy Redhorn have to get it back, before its dire curse falls on the city.

New York Police Lieutenant Danny Pak has a problem. When one of his officers calls him out to an unusual crime scene, Danny realizes that it’s terrifyingly similar to something the department thought was dead and buried. Now he has to find a madman before the story hits the papers and the city explodes into chaos.

Across town, Agent William “Buddy” Redhorn of the FBI has two problems. He’s been assigned a potentially career-ending case with magical ties, and his sorceress boss is out of town. The case involves a stolen statue that belongs to the government of Brunei, but the more he chases the thieves, the more bodies begin to drop. Bodies affected by a strange, unknown magic.

Resolving to work together, Danny and Redhorn have to catch a cold-blooded killer, recover a stolen artifact, all while keeping everything out of the press. If they don’t, it will be more than their careers that will die when the curse of the Jade Phoenix descends on New York.

Important Note: Curse of the Phoenix takes place in the Arcane Casebook universe. If you haven’t read any of those, you might want to start there.

The Deserter: A Novel (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor Series)

The Deserter: A Novel (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor Series)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: ,
trope:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Authors: ,
Narrator:

When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army’s elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer’s Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared.

When Mercer is spotted a year later in Caracas, Venezuela, by an old Army buddy, top military brass task Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor of the Criminal Investigation Division to fly to Venezuela and bring Mercer back to America—preferably alive. Brodie knows this is a difficult mission, made more difficult by his new partner’s inexperience, by their undeniable chemistry, and by Brodie’s suspicion that Maggie Taylor is reporting to the CIA.

With ripped-from-the-headlines appeal, an exotic and dangerous locale, and the hairpin twists and inimitable humor that are signature DeMille, The Deserter is the first in a timely and thrilling new series from an unbeatable team of True Masters: the #1 New York Times bestseller Nelson DeMille and his son, award-winning screenwriter Alex DeMille.

An “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their hunt for the Army’s most notorious—and dangerous—deserter from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille.

Plum Island (John Corey Book 1)

Plum Island (John Corey Book 1)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: ,
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:

Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen — and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey’s big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for.

John Corey doesn’t like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island — more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably. Ultimately, through his understanding of the murders, John Corey comes to understand himself.

Fast-paced and atmospheric, marked by entrancing characters, incandescent storytelling, and brilliant comic touches, Plum Island is Nelson DeMille at his thrill-inducing best.

The General’s Daughter (Paul Brenner)

The General's Daughter (Paul Brenner)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
trope:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:

Her murder was just the beginning. She was an army captain and the daughter of legendary General ‘Fighting Joe’ Campbell, when her body was found – naked and bound – on the firing range of Fort Hadley. This political powder keg of a case goes directly to elite army investigator Paul Brenner and rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill – and explodes.

Behind the military code of honour, Brenner and Sunhill uncover trails of corruption – all leading to the golden girl’s shocking secret life.

Eros Ascending (Tales of the Velvet Comet)

Eros Ascending (Tales of the Velvet Comet)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genres: ,
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:

The Velvet Comet is the most luxurious and expensive brothel in the galaxy. It boasts casinos, elegant restaurants, a 2-mile-long upscale shopping mall, and highly-trained prostitutes of both sexes.

As a huge moneymaker, it is also the object or corporate manipulations.

This is the story of one man who has been hired to put it out of business, and the unforseen twists and turns of his adventure.

Serie of 4 books :

Eros Ascending

Eros at Zenith

Eros Descending

Eros at Nadir