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  • The Seersucker Whipsaw

    by Ross Thomas ...
    From the Edgar Award–winning author: “[A] highly readable novel of political adventure . . . a cracking good story and the Africa mentality is fascinating” (Kirkus Reviews).Clinton Shartelle doesn’t seem like a good choice to run a political campaign in Albertia. For one thing, he’s American, and Albertia is a small coastal republic in Africa, about to be cut loose from the English Crown. For ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Briarpatch

    A Novel

    by Ross Thomas ...
    A cop is car-bombed in Texas—and her brother comes from Capitol Hill to investigate—in this Edgar Award winner by "one of the best storytellers around" ( The New York Times Book Review).A long-distance call from his small Texas hometown on his birthday gives Benjamin Dill the news that his sister Felicity—born on the same day exactly ten years later—has died in a car bomb explosion. She was a ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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    Out on the Rim

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Narrated by David Birney ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 59 min

    What if you were offered a gig by some shadowy and well-financed interests to funnel five million dollars to rebels holed up in the Philippine mountains? They need to fund a revolt against the Aquino government and a resourceful and gutsy team to engineer it. And what a team it is: Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert, is the only man the rebel leader trusts as a liaison; Georgia Blue is a colorful ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Fourth Durango

    by Ross Thomas, Sara Paretsky ...
    An "entertaining" noir thriller about a disgraced judge forced into hiding after being released from prison "can be pleasantly devoured in one sitting" ( Los Angeles Times ).The Fourth Durango is not your ordinary Durango. It's not in Spain, or Mexico, and it's not a ski town in the Colorado Rockies, although Durangos do exist in all of those places. This Durango is a hideout business, a place ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Cold War Swap

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Series Book 1 - McCorkle and Padillo Mysteries
    The Edgar Award–winning debut novel from "America's best storyteller" about a man drawn into espionage by his mysterious business partner ( The New York Times Book Review ).At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Cast a Yellow Shadow

    by Ross Thomas ...
    An old friend draws barman Mac McCorkle into a deadly international gameAs the saying goes, you can’t pick your friends. If you could, Mac McCorkle would disown Padilla. They owned a bar together in Bonn, the West German capital, and stayed partners even after Padilla’s sideline as a CIA operative got the bar blown up. Padilla was thought to be dead and erased from the CIA’s files—but now he’s ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Out on the Rim

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Would you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist--never mind from whom or why? Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert just fired from his job at a bashful organization that never admitted its mount in the Washington merry-go-round, is wary. So wary that he cuts in con man "Otherguy" Overby, who in turn involves Artie Wu, pretender to ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Eighth Dwarf

    by Ross Thomas ...
    An ex-spy and his sidekick hunt for a rogue assassin of Nazi war criminals—"Thomas is without peer in American suspense" ( Los Angeles Times).Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water. Minor Jackson, his OSS training still fresh a year after World War II's end, beats the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Yellow-Dog Contract

    by Ross Thomas ...
    An ace campaign operative comes out of retirement to investigate a chilling disappearanceThere are few jobs that Harvey Longmire hasn’t had. He’s been a crime reporter, Louisiana state legislator, foreign correspondent, and—briefly—a decoy for the CIA. But he made his name as campaign trail fixer, an expert in the art of exploiting an enemy’s secrets. For nearly a decade, Harvey was the sharpest ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Backup Men

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Mac McCorkle and Mike Padillo team up to help twin bodyguards in a thrilling crime caper from "America's best storyteller" ( The New York Times Book Review).The twins who walk into Mac McCorkle's bar look identical, despite their differing genders. Their names are Wanda and Walter Gothar, and from the steel in their eyes it's apparent that their business isn't the friendly kind. They've come ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Singapore Wink

    by Ross Thomas ...
    A stuntman searches for a colleague whom he thought he killed long agoTwo pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies.Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Porkchoppers

    by Ross Thomas ...
    Two hard-nosed bosses scrap for control of America’s largest unionBorn to a steelworker but harboring theatrical aspirations, Donald Cubbin grew up tempted by two careers. A Hollywood scout finally notices him, but Cubbin has already taken a job with the local union boss. He’s always regretted that decision—especially now.After decades climbing the ranks, Cubbin runs the show as the union’s ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook