The most popular noir books of 2020

Noir is crime fiction at its darkest. Its heroes are tired detectives, small-time crooks and ordinary people who make one bad choice, and the world around them is corrupt from top to bottom. Hard-boiled classics sit here beside modern noir. Expect sharp dialogue, moral gray and few happy endings. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Half Cocked
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Half Cocked

Gregory Payette

Published 2020

Poison
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Poison

Jacqui Rose

Published 2020

416 pages

The Forest
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The Forest

Jørn Lier Horst

Published 2020

384 pages

Dark Wave
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Dark Wave

Lana Guineay

Published 2020

208 pages

Kiss Or Kill
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Kiss Or Kill

John B. Thompson

Published 2020

158 pages

Kill Our Sins
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Kill Our Sins

J M Dalgliesh

Published 2020

460 pages