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Novels in Three Lines By Félix Fénéon Translated and with an introduction by Luc Sante Luc Sante has selected the best of anarchist and art critic Fénéon's vignettes of the darker side of life—adultery, murder, revenge, labor unrest, and suicide—in early-20th-century France. —Illustrated Price: $10.50 (25% off)

The Big Clock By Kenneth Fearing Introduction by Nicholas Christopher How does a man escape from himself? No book has ever dramatized that question to more perfect effect than The Big Clock, a masterpiece of American noir. Price: $11.21 (25% off)

Red Lights By Georges Simenon Translated by Norman Denny Introduction by Anita Brookner Red Lights, one of Simenon's romans durs, is a dark and brilliant gaze at marriage, and is Simenon writing the American psyche at his best. Price: $10.50 (25% off)

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By By Georges Simenon Translated from the French by Marc Romano Introduction by Luc Sante How different are the cautious routines of ordinary life from the compulsions of a killer? How reliable is even the most reliable man's identity? What finally is the truth about a person? Price: $9.71 (25% off)

Monsieur Monde Vanishes By Georges Simenon Translated from the French by Jean Stewart Introduction by Larry McMurtry Unsurpassed as an evocation of milieu, whether of staid bourgeois propriety or waterfront seediness, Monsieur Monde Vanishes is another triumph by the twentieth century's greatest popular novelist. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

The Moro Affair By Leonardo Sciascia Translated from the Italian by Sacha Rabinovitch Introduction by Peter Robb The Moro Affair presents a chilling picture of how a secretive government and a ruthless terrorist faction help to keep each other in business. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

Dirty Snow By Georges Simenon Translated from the French by Marc Romano and Louise Varese Afterword by William T. Vollmann Dirty Snow, widely acknowledged as one of Simenon's finest books, is a study of the criminal mind comparable to Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me. Price: $10.50 (25% off)

Three Bedrooms in Manhattan By Georges Simenon Translated from the French by Marc Romano and Lawrence G. Blochman Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates An actor and a divorcée meet in a deserted New York City bar. With little in common save loneliness, middle age, and a presentiment of escape, they improvise a love story. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

The Day of the Owl By Leonardo Sciascia Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun and Anthony Oliver Introduction by George Scialabba This short, beautifully paced novel is a mesmerizing description of the Mafia at work. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

Equal Danger By Leonardo Sciascia Translated from the Italian by Adrienne Foulke Introduction by Carlin Romano District Attorney Varga is shot dead. Then Judge Sanza is killed. Then Judge Azar. Are these random murders, or part of a conspiracy? Price: $9.71 (25% off)

A Handbook on Hanging By Charles Duff Introduction by Christopher Hitchens With barbed insouciance, Charles Duff writes not only of hanging but of electrocution, decapitations, and gassings; of innocent men executed and of executions botched; of the bloodlust of mobs and the shabby excuses of the great. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

The Wine-Dark Sea By Leonardo Sciascia Translated from the Italian by Avril Bardoni Introduction by Albert Mobilio Sciascia examines the contradictions—sometimes comic, sometimes deadly, and sometimes both—of Sicily's turbulent history and day-to-day life. Price: $9.71 (25% off)

To Each His Own By Leonardo Sciascia Translated from the Italian by Adrienne Foulke Introduction by W.S. Di Piero To Each His Own is one of the masterworks of the great Sicilian novelist Leonardo Sciascia—a gripping and unconventional detective story that is also an anatomy of a society founded on secrets, lies, collusion, and violence. Price: $10.50 (25% off)

Classic Crimes By William Roughead Introduction by Luc Sante Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair, Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious crimes and extraordinary trials of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and Scotland. Price: $14.96 (25% off)

The Other House By Henry James Introduction by Louis Begley The savage conclusion of The Other House makes it one of the most disturbing and memorable of Henry James's depictions of the uncontrollable passions that lie beneath the polished veneer of civilized life. Price: $9.71 (25% off)