Staff Faves - Maylin Scott, Mgr. Academic & Library Sales
For those that love the suspense and atmosphere of classic noir, or the work of Patricia Highsmith, do check out the many titles of Georges Simenon’s romans dur recently brought back into print by Melville House’s awesome Neversink Library and New York Review of Book Classics. Best known for his Inspector Maigret mysteries, Simenon also wrote dozens of short and edgy stand alone thrillers. READ MORE
Recent Releases
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- The Third Gate by Lincoln Child (HC)
- Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill (HC)
- Mr. Kill by Martin Limon (HC)
- Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James (HC)
- The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith (HC)
The Dish On P.I. Jonah Geller
CURRICULUM VITAE
Jonah Geller
Private Investigator
Age: 34
Born: Toronto, ON.
Occupation: Investigator, majority owner of World Repairs Agency, Toronto. So named in the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, repairing the world. (Sometimes one a**hole at a time. )
Resides: 10 Hogarth Avenue, Toronto. His eighteenth floor apartment is cheap and plain, rent controlled and has a stunning view of the Toronto skyline over Broadview Avenue and the Don Valley.
Office: A short walk, bike ride or drive down Broadview past Riverdale Park to just south of Queen, in a converted factory that houses web developers, photographers and urban professionals.
Everything's Coming up Nesbo
Martin Scorsese is officially onboard to direct The Snowman! The film adaptation will be scripted by Matthew Michael Carnahan, the scribe partly (or fully) responsible for political dramas/thrillers such as The Kingdom, Lions for Lambs, and State of Play; he also co-wrote the upcoming World War Z adaptation.
Headhunters, a Norwegian adaptation of another Nesbo novel, has become one of the most successful films of all time for the territory. Mortem Tyldum’s $5 million thriller, starring Aksel Hennie, has already earned close to $12 million from the Scandinavian box office alone.
"Harry Potter is dead, long live... Jack Reacher"
From Lee Child's interview with Andy Martin:
Lee Child recently knocked JK Rowling off her throne. He is the first British writer since her to bestride the top of the bestseller charts in all formats on both sides of the Atlantic. The era of wizards and magic wands and broomsticks is over.
