James Crumley Knihy

Od soukromých detektivů se očekává, že budou pátrat po pohřešovaných osobách a chytat zločince. C. W. Sughrue však trestnou činnost možná častěji páchá, než odhaluje. Nezříká se ničeho, počínaje porušováním zákona při řízení motorových vozidel a konče drobnou kriminalitou. A všechno to splachuje pořádnými loky whisky a splínu. Po třítýdenním pátrání po úspěšném spisovateli Abrahamu Trahearnovi skončí Sughrue v zaplivaném kalifornském baru po boku buldoka závislého na alkoholu. Majitelka nálevny se detektivovi svěří, že jí před deseti lety zmizela dcera, a najme ho, aby ji našel. Před Sughruem, k němuž se záhy přidává i svérázný Trahearne, stojí nelehký úkol. Pátrání po pohřešované dívce jej totiž zavádí do těch nejskrytějších a nejtemnějších koutů sanfranciského podsvětí – do míst stejně fascinujících, děsivých a zkažených, jako je on sám.

A Byzantine tangle of crime, sex, drugs, violence and retribution in red-neck Texas from the ultimate hard-boiled writer Milo Milogragovitch, Crumley’s uncontrollable, cocaine-snorting Montanan, takes centre stage in this adrenaline-fuelled thriller by the master of hard-boiled fiction. This time Milo’s trying to find his feet in Texas, earning a living as a bar owner and a PI on the side.A tedious job tracking down a runaway wife takes a violent turn when he finds himself in a bar with ex-con Enos Walker, who’s out for revenge on the partners who turned him in. Turning a gun on Walker, bar manager Billy Long has accidently shot himself and the police are only too keen to add his murder to the long list of crimes Walker’s in the frame for. Only Milo’s testimony can save him from a death sentence, but Milo’s got problems of his own in the shape of sultry lawyer Molly McBride.Hurtling from the plains of Texas to the desert town of Las Vegas, from the freezing Montana mountains to the Gulf of Mexico and the final bloody showdown, The Final Country is a non-stop roller-coaster ride that will leave you breathless.

Facing life-threatening circumstances for the first time, C.W. Sughrue grapples with fear and anger after being gut-shot. Meanwhile, Milo Milodragovitch is on a mission to reclaim his stolen three-million dollar inheritance from a conniving banker and a poet. Their journey leads them to the Mexican border, a hub of criminals and law enforcers. Together, they embark on a wild road trip filled with drugs, humor, and violence, navigating the chaotic landscape of the West while confronting their own demons.

Milo once had a thriving divorce-case business in the small town of Meriwether, in the Pacific Northwest, but because of liberal new divorce laws has taken to drinking and staring out of the window. He's up to his third drink of the morning when an attractive young woman walks into his office and asks him to find her brother.

In The Last Wolf, Jim Crumley explores the place of the wolf in Scotland - past, present and future - and challenges many of the myths that have been regarded for centuries as biological fact.

Ex-private eye C.W. Sughrue has been depressed, jobless and living in the basement of a morgue, but now a job has come up. He sets off on an odyssey of liquor, sex and gunplay to find a missing woman who has eluded the FBI and cocaine dealers.

In this passionate and poetic appreciation of the Great Wood of Caledon, Jim Crumley thoughtfully explores the past myths, present remnants and future prospects of the historic native forest of Highland Scotland.

C.W. Sughrue hasn't slept through the night for months and is having trouble with his bowel movements. A recovering gunshot victim, the last thing he wants is more work from Dr Will MacKinderick. Sughrue is soon cursing as he finds himself taking on yet another dangerous case for the desperate psychoanalyst.