A Death in Denmark, by Amulya Malladi

Submitted by Laurie Greer on Fri, 2023-03-17 13:40
Staff Pick
Wendy W

Imagine Nick Charles (of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man fame) sleuthing through contemporary Sweden and you get Gabriel Praest, the private detective driving A Death in Denmark.  Just like Nick Charles, Gabriel has  a taste for good music, fine liquor, and even finer clothes. And also just like Charles, he is dogged and determined. Toss in social commentary about Danish immigration laws and some good-old fashioned Nazi hunting and the story flies in this fast-moving Nordic noir.

 

 

Mystery
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A Death in Denmark: The First Gabriel Præst Novel (Paperback)

By Amulya Malladi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063235519
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - March 28th, 2023

Satellite Boy, by Andrew Amekinckx

Submitted by Laurie Greer on Fri, 2023-03-17 13:27
Staff Pick
Wendy W

Amekinckx is one of those writers with a special talent for finding history's quirky connections. His page turner takes us back to the early 1960s when satellite technology made possible Our World, the first live, multi-national TV broadcast. As Amekinckx follows the American engineer Harold Rosen's efforts to launch Cold War-inspired geostationary communications--as well as the early Our World segment tracking Canadian bank robber George Lemay's mad last dash for freedom across Montreal--he guarantees you will never watch live TV in the same way again.

 


 

True Crime
Satellite Boy: The International Manhunt for a Master Thief That Launched the Modern Communication Age By ANDREW AMELINCKX Cover Image

Satellite Boy: The International Manhunt for a Master Thief That Launched the Modern Communication Age (Hardcover)

By ANDREW AMELINCKX
$27.00
ISBN: 9781640094802
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Published: Counterpoint - March 21st, 2023

Gangbuster, by Alan Prendergast

Submitted by Laurie Greer on Fri, 2023-03-17 10:43
Staff Pick
Wendy W

Prendergast's compelling 1920s cat-and-mouse legal chase is a ground-breaking account of how Denver's DA took on the Klan and the city's corrupt government.  With skillful storytelling reminiscent of American Midnight, the book investigates the racism, xenophobia, and greed specifically governing the Mile High City a century ago--but that continue to plague regions of this country today.


 

True Crime
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Gangbuster: One Man's Battle Against Crime, Corruption, and the Klan (Hardcover)

By Alan Prendergast
$28.00
ISBN: 9780806542126
Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations
Published: Citadel - March 28th, 2023

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