Books by Domenic Stansberry and Complete Book Reviews
Domenic Stansberry, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-32467-4
Edgar-finalist Stansberry's strong, no-nonsense crime novel, the first in a new series, pulls few punches. In San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, Giovanni Mancuso is dying of cancer, but he knows somebody is stalking him. Just before...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author . Hard Case Crime $6.99 (218p) ISBN 978-0-8439-5354-1
In Edgar-nominee Stansberry's compelling and incredibly dark modern noir shocker, forensic psychologist Jake Danser alternates between his day job—interviewing murder suspects then testifying to their culpability—and bedding as many...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $23.95 (264p) ISBN 978-0-312-32470-4
Dante Mancuso, the beak-nosed PI introduced in Edgar-winner Stansberry's Chasing the Dragon
(2004), returns to prowl the bars and alleys of San Francisco's North Beach in this solid sequel, a dark, moody excursion into neo-noir. The dot-com
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Domenic Stansberry, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (293p) ISBN 978-0-312-36453-3
In Edgar-winner Stansberry's compelling third mystery to feature PI Dante Mancuso (after 2006's The Big Boom
), the former San Francisco cop becomes entangled in a cold case surrounding the unintentional shooting death of a woman during a...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author Minotaur $24.99 (295p) ISBN 978-0-312-36454-0
In Edgar-winner Stansberry’s strong fourth novel to feature San Francisco PI Dante Mancuso (after 2008’s The Ancient Rain
), leaked secrets about “the company,” Mancuso’s shadowy former employer (“a front for...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author Permanent Press (NY) $24 (182p) ISBN 978-1-57962-059-2
The always-adventurous Stansberry, whose The Last Days of Il Duce (1998) was nominated for both an Edgar and a Hammett Award, endeavors to bring the talented, troubled noir icon Jim Thompson to life, and comes close to pulling it off. Certainly the...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author Atlantic Monthly Press $0 (278p) ISBN 978-0-87113-075-4
Minor league baseball and the issue of small-town corruption are brought together in this barely satisfying crime novel set in the present but with a noir, 1940s atmosphere. Reporter Frank Lofton has driven across the country from his failed...
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Domenic Stansberry. Molotov, $15.95 trade paper (262p) ISBN 978-0-9967659-1-6
Edgar-winner Stansberry (The Confession) takes the reader on a wild ride in this exceptional noir. From the very first sentence, the unnamed first-person narrator seduces you into a labyrinth of emotions and coups de théâtre: “There’s been another...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author, Dan Rattiner, Author Permanent Press (NY) $22 (168p) ISBN 978-1-57962-004-2
Stansberry (Spoiler; Exit Paradise) asks this slim book to bear a heavy load of noir trappings. Narrator Niccolo Jones tells his story from prison; the tale he relates, about his obsession with his brother's wife, includes a rich benefactor who...
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Domenic Stansberry, Author, Deomenic Stansberry, Author Permanent Press (NY) $22 (278p) ISBN 978-1-57962-049-3
A 15-year-old classic and Edgar Award finalist is happily back in print: The Spoiler: A Novel of Baseball and Murder by Domenic Stansberry (The Last Days of Il Duce), which follows down-at-the-heels, twice-divorced, baseball-crazy reporter Frank
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