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There are hundreds of great, cutting edge mysteries, westerns, thrillers, and literary fiction novels that were published between the 1940s and 1970s that have been out-of-print for decades, lost to generations of readers who either never knew those books even existed… or aren’t willing to slog through used bookstores to find tattered copies. Or, in some cases, the books have become so rare, only collectors can afford to own copies. We’re changing that. We’re publishing new, outrageously affordable digital and trade paperback editions of these long-lost, forgotten, and rare books that even today, are still on the cutting edge of their genres. But that’s not all. We’re also publishing selected non-fiction classics as well as some new, never-before-published titles. Whether the books are reprints or brand-new, our titles all share one thing in common—they are all fantastic, boundary-pushing stories that will entertain, thrill, shock, captivate and excite you.

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Author The City Beyond

The City Beyond By Lucille Emerick

"Suspense and retribution fill the pages of this novel." Modesto Bee

It's St. Louis in 1900, a city over-run with corrupt politicians profiting from gambling, prostitution, and bribes. Years ago, the political machine framed Grant Monroe's father for murder. Now Grant is back from Cuban exile to get his well-planned revenge. There's just one hitch: he's fallen in love with his arch-enemy's daughter.

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Author Arrow in the Dust

Arrow in the Dust By L.L. Foreman

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Author Music Noir - Six Full Novels

Music Noir - Six Full Novels By Dale Curran/David Wagoner/Henry Steig/Morton Cooper/Ovid Demaris/Robert Dietrich

Six classic hard-boiled novels set in the world of music...and one bonus novel.

THE GOLD-PLATED SEWER by Ovid Demaris
STOP OVER by Morton Cooper
CIRCLE OF SIN by March Hastings
MURDER ON HER MIND by Robert Dietrich
BABY, COME ON INSIDE by David Wagoner
DUPREE BLUES by Dale Curran

BONUS NOVEL: SEND ME DOWN by Henry Steig

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Author Adventures in France: Four Full Novels

Adventures in France: Four Full Novels By E. Howard Hunt/James Sheers/Robert Dietrich/Sterling Noel

Four classic novels of crime, suspense, action, and espionage set in France.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE by Sterling Noel
THE VIOLENT ONES by E. Howard Hunt
THE COUNTERFEIT COURIER by James Sheers
THE CHEAT by Robert Dietrich (a pseudonym for E. Howard Hunt)

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Author Wine of Violence

Wine of Violence By Ralph Ingersoll

"This novel has an immediacy that will shock some readers...the poignancy of the love story calls to mind Ernest Hemingway." New York Herald-Tribune

Reardon took women as they were -- and in wartime Europe, they were like snowflakes in a blizzard.

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Author Rita

Rita By Ray Gaulden

Joe Duncan is a man on the run with $100,000 in stolen cash from a Nevada casino. But he makes the mistake of picking up a seemingly desperate woman on the highway who has some dark secrets of her own. And her brother just happens to be the corrupt police chief of the small town that Duncan hopes to hide out in. Soon everybody wants Duncan's stolen money... and they are willing to kill to get it.

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Author Hollywood Noir: Four Full Novels

Hollywood Noir: Four Full Novels By Charles Gorham/Morton Cooper/Ovid Demaris/Richard Himmel

Four novels -- and one bonus book -- of hard-boiled crime, sex, mystery and betrayal set in glittering Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s.

THE LUSTING DRIVE by Ovid Demaris * STOP OVER by Morton Cooper * CARLOTTA McBRIDE by Charles Gorham * TWO DEATHS MUST DIE by Richard Himmel * COME FEED ON ME by Morton Cooper

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Author Crown Vic 2: If I Were a Rich Man

Crown Vic 2: If I Were a Rich Man By Lee Goldberg

Ray Boyd is an ex-con traveling the open road in a used Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, going wherever his need for money and sex lead him, thinking only of himself and nobody else.

In "If I Were a Rich Man," Goldberg's brutal, sexually explicit, and darkly funny new novella, Ray is on the trail of lost diamonds from a legendary jewelry heist...and stumbles into a twisted honey trap.

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Author Flaming Canyon

Flaming Canyon By Walker Tompkins

Del Troy is a cowman with no cows who has come a long, hard way from Texas to Flaming Canyon, the choicest range in Washington. But he dreams of his own ranch, and every long haul he makes with his Conestoga wagons, brings him closer to achieving it. And just when it seems like it might come true, Bix Herrod, a greedy cattleman backed by ruthless gunmen, wants to take it all from him

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Author The Morton Cooper Reader - Six Full Novels

The Morton Cooper Reader - Six Full Novels By Morton Cooper

Six noir masterpieces from the 1950s and 60s by Morton Cooper -- plus one bonus novel, his hard-boiled classic Call Me Killer, written under the pseudonym "Max Carter."

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