Books ive read since july 2006
Dive into a curated reading list of books read since July 2006, featuring gripping crime fiction and adventure stories. From Max Allan Collins' Road to Perdition 2 and Lawrence Block's Eight Million Ways to Die to Dashiell Hammett's classic Red Harvest and The Prestige, explore standout novels in this 2006 book log.
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Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
From one of the great pioneers of detective stories, a classic novel reissued with a new introduction by S.A. Cosby The steadfast and sturdy Continental Op has been summoned to the town of Personville—known as Poisonville—a dusty mining community splintered by competing factions of gangsters and petty criminals. The Op has been hired by Donald Willsson, publisher of the local newspaper, who gave little indication about the reason for the visit. No sooner does the Op arrive, than the body count begins to climb . . . starting with his client. With this last honest citizen of Poisonville murdered, the Op decides to stay on and force a reckoning—even if that means taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.
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Eight Million Ways to Die
by Lawrence Block
Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prostitute named Kim knew it also—and she wanted out. Maybe Kim didn't deserve the life fate had dealt her. She surely didn't deserve her death. The alcoholic ex-cop turned p.i. was supposed to protect her, but someone slashed her to ribbons on a crumbling New York City waterfront pier. Now finding Kim's killer will be Scudder's penance. But there are lethal secrets hiding in the slain hooker's past that are far dirtier than her trade. And there are many ways of dying in this cruel and dangerous town—some quick and brutal ... and some agonizingly slow.
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Road to Perdition 2
by Max Allan Collins
O'Sullivan and his son are still on the run from Al Capone after Michael Jr. witnessed a mob murder. Michael and his son seek vengeance for the death of Michael's wife and younger son by robbing banks along the way and disrupting Capone's cashflow. However, they are still being pursued by dangerous bounty hunters, and their paths are destined to cross again in a hail of gunfire!
