No Room at the Morgue

'Explosive, absurd...with plenty of oh la la and even more zut alors' The Times<BR><BR>WHEN IT COMES TO REVOLUTION, EVERYONE PAYS <BR><BR>In Paris, the Nada gang - a small cell of left-wing radicals - hatch a plan to kidnap the U.S. ambassador. They're armed, angry, and almost successful - but totally unprepared for what follows. As the crackdown begins, the group splinters, exposing cowardice, betrayal, and the thin line between radical idealism and outright nihilism. There will be no heroes - only casualties.<BR><BR>Jean-Patrick Manchette skewers both the establishment and its would-be destroyers in this pitch-black political thriller. His most overtly radical work, Nada is a savage, stylish dissection of violence, ideology, and the wreckage left behind.<BR><BR>PRAISE FOR JEAN-PARICK MANCHETTE<BR><BR><BR>'Manchette was Le Homme... We must revere him now and rediscover him this very instant. ' James Ellroy<BR><BR>'A comedic genius... I read and reread him, stunned, appalled, and laughing out loud' Rachel Kushner<BR><BR>'Manchette is Camus on overdrive... He deserves much the same attention' James Sallis<BR><BR>'Manchette is legend among all of the crime writers I know, and with good reason: his novels never fail to stun and thrill from page one' Duane Swierczynski

'The French noir novel you need to help you vent your frustrations right now' LitHub<BR><BR>Murder isn't always ugly.<BR><BR>Aimée is drop-dead gorgeous, razor-sharp, and lethally efficient. A killer with a cool head and a taste for chaos, she arrives in the backwater town of Bléville - a festering stew of grudges, corruption, and small-town rot - ready to make a killing.<BR><BR>It's a game she's played before: stir up trouble, pit the locals against one another, then disappear with blood on her hands and money in her pocket. But this time, something breaks and the game turns on her.<BR><BR>Jean-Patrick Manchette transformed the crime novel into a weapon of satire and stylish mayhem. Fatale is his bloodiest, funniest, and most brilliantly unhinged work: a riot of revenge, farce, and gleeful destruction.<BR><BR>PRAISE FOR JEAN-PARICK MANCHETTE<BR><BR><BR>'Manchette was Le Homme... We must revere him now and rediscover him this very instant. ' James Ellroy<BR><BR>'A comedic genius... I read and reread him, stunned, appalled, and laughing out loud' Rachel Kushner<BR><BR>'Manchette is one of the greatest writers since Dashiell Hammett, his only true son and heir' David Peace<BR><BR>'Manchette is Camus on overdrive... He deserves much the same attention' James Sallis<BR><BR>'Manchette is legend among all of the crime writers I know, and with good reason: his novels never fail to stun and thrill from page one' Duane Swierczynski

'His brutal best' - New York TimesA girl is missing, leaving no leads, no hope, no point - it's just the case for Eugène Tarpon. Tarpon is sleeping in his office once again, when he's offered a job he's too broke to refuse. A distant relative wants him to investigate her daughter's disappearance. The police have given up already, but Tarpon is too much of a gentleman to brush the old lady off. And when something smells off, he's not a man who can stop digging. Skeletons in the Closet takes the bruised and boozy detective of No Room at the Morgue even deeper into the wreckage of modern France. Manchette exposes a world where justice is hollow and decency is just another dead end. PRAISE FOR JEAN-PATRICK MANCHETTE'Writing so dark it gives a new meaning to the word noir' - Frederick Méziès'We must revere him now and rediscover him this very instant' - James Ellroy'A comedic genius...I read and reread him, stunned, appalled, and laughing out loud' - Rachel Kushner