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Pushkin Vertigo eBook Series

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  • Authentic French Noir Box Set

    Bird in a Cage, Crush, The Executioner Weeps, The Gravedigger's Bread

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Translated by Daniel Seton, David Coward, Frank Wynne, David Bellos ...
    Series series Pushkin Vertigo
    Now available in one collection, four classic crime thrillers from the award-winning “French master of noir” (Observer)Unravelling like a paranoid nightmare, Bird in a Cage melds existentialist drama with thrilling noir to tell the story of a man trapped in a prison of his own making. Crush is a chilling 1950s suspense story of youthful naivety, dark obsession—and the slippery slope to murder. The ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Wicked Go To Hell

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Translated by David Coward ...
    Series Book 10 - Pushkin Vertigo
    An undercover cop and a prison inmate play a tense game of cat and mouse in this brilliantly original thriller by the master of French noirAt one of France’s toughest prisons, an undercover cop is attempting to trap an enemy spy by posing as a fellow inmate. So Frank and Hal find themselves holed up together in a grimy, rat-infested cell, each warily eyeing the other. As they plan a daring escape, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bird in a Cage

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Translated by David Bellos ...
    Series Book 9 - Pushkin Vertigo
    A man becomes entangled in a dangerous web of death and deceit in this “hallmark of classic French noir” set in 1960s Paris (The Guardian)Trouble is the last thing Albert needs. Traveling back to his childhood home on Christmas Eve to mourn his mother’s death, he finds the loneliness and nostalgia of his Parisian quartier unbearable. Until, that evening, he encounters a beautiful, seemingly ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Crush

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Translated by Daniel Seton ...
    Series Book 12 - Pushkin Vertigo
    A chilling 1950s suspense story of youthful naivety, dark obsession—and the slippery slope to murderBored with her mundane factory job, her nagging mother, and her alcoholic father-in-law, 17-year-old Louise Lacroix is captivated by a glamorous American couple who moves to her industrial hometown in Northern France. The Roolands' home is an island of color, good humor, and easy living in drab ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Gravediggers' Bread

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Translated by Frank Wynne ...
    Series Book 19 - Pushkin Vertigo
    A claustrophobic thriller about love gone wrong, from the French master of noirBlaise should never have hung around in that charmless little provincial town. The job offer that attracted him in the first place had failed to materialize. He should have got on the first train back to Paris, but Fate decided otherwise.After a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde in the town post-office, Blaise is ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Executioner Weeps

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Translated by David Coward ...
    Series Book 14 - Pushkin Vertigo
    Winner of the 1957 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière: A macabre thriller about the dangerous pitfalls of loveIt was fate that led her to step out in front of the car. A quiet mountain road. A crushed violin. And a beautiful woman lying motionless in the ditch.Carrying her back to his lodging on a beach near Barcelona, Daniel discovers that the woman is still alive but that she remembers nothing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The King of Fools

    by Frédéric Dard ...
    Series Book 16 - Pushkin Vertigo
    A fiendish tale of passion, betrayal, and murder in Edinburgh, Scotland—from the master of French noirJean-Marie can't believe his luck when he has a passionate triste with a beautiful young Englishwoman, Marjory, who is holidaying in the Côte d'Azur. But when he discovers she is married, he is crestfallen. When she returns to her home in rainy Edinburgh, he is heartbroken. He decides to take the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Dark Water

    by J.S. Cook ...
    Series Book 1 - Kildevil Cove Murder Mysteries
    A Kildevil Cove Murder MysteryThey say trouble comes in threes. Detective Danny Quirke is already mourning his wife and mired in an internal investigation that will likely spell the end of his career. Now he must return to the Newfoundland fishing village of his youth to bury his abusive grandfather. At least his three are up. Right?Then the bones of local boy Llewellyn Single, drowned thirty ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hotel of the Three Roses

    by Augusto De Angelis ...
    Translated by Jill Foulston ...
    Series Book 7 - Pushkin Vertigo
    When murder pays a visit to a seedy Milan hotel, Inspector De Vincenzi races to solve the case before more guests are checked out—for goodThe shady Hotel of the Three Roses is home to an assortment of drunks and degenerates. Inspector De Vincenzi receives an anonymous letter, warning him of an imminent outrage at the guest house. Shortly after, a macabre discovery is made—a body is found hanging ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    Further Extraordinary Tales of the Famous Sleuth

    by Maxim Jakubowski ...
    Fifteen brand-new stories about the British super sleuth by an assortment of talented tale-tellers!Sherlock Holmes and Watson have been household names for generations. In this new anthology from Maxim Jakubowski, you can read all about the dynamic duo in a new light and revisit the legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From brand new stories to deeper looks into famous Sherlock Holmes cases, fans ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Fortune

    A Novel

    by Lenny Bartulin ...
    An audacious, entertaining historical epic spanning continents and centuries, for readers of David Mitchell, Colum McCann, Kate Atkinson, and Eleanor Catton.Fortune is a dazzling, endlessly surprising historical novel that opens the day Napoleon leads his victorious Grande Armée into Berlin after having conquered Prussia in battle. As crowds throng the streets to witness the emperor in his glory, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Murdered Banker

    by Augusto De Angelis ...
    Translated by Jill Foulston ...
    Series Book 6 - Pushkin Vertigo
    The iconic Inspector De Vincenzi makes his debut in this classic Italian murder mystery set in 1930s MilanWhen a body is discovered in a Milan apartment, Inspector De Vincenzi is on the case. The apartment happens to belong to an old university friend, Aurigi—and the body turns out to be that of Aurigi's banker. The eventual discovery of a phial of prussic acid casts even more suspiscion upon the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD