Welcome to Cutting Edge Books

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 A Crooked Trail

A Crooked Trail By Lewis B. Miller

The Story Of A Thousand-mile Saddle Trip Up And Down The Texas Frontier In Pursuit Of A Runaway Ox

A steer named Old Lep wanders off into the wildlands, pursued by a barefooted farmboy, beginning an epic pursuit that carries past pioneer cabins, through forests and mountain glens, by ranches and frontier forts until it becomes a great marching cavalcade of cattle and horses and armed and mounted men.

"A vivid, thrilling narrative. The story is intensely interesting." Boston Globe

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Author The Captive Witch

The Captive Witch By Dale Van Every

Rifleman and woodsman Adam Frane, wintering alone in the forests of Kentucky, rescues a white girl from the Cherokees who kidnapped her as a child.

"Van Every is among the best historical novel writers of our day and this is his best yet." Lewiston Sun-Journal

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Author Ghost Gold

Ghost Gold By Tom West

When the ranchers rush into the Sagebrush bank, the safe is gaping open, $40,000 in gold is missing, the cashier is dead, and Bill Saxon, a cowboy from Texas, is unconscious on the floor with a gun in his hand. Was Saxon part of the robbery crew? Is he a murderer? Saxon must prove his innocence amidst a range war between the gunmen of the Diamond Spread and local nesters.

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Author A Man in Her House

A Man in Her House By William Johnston

Ellen lived alone and knew it was wrong to take a male roomer in her house. But after the first night, she didn't care.

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Author Here Is My Body

Here Is My Body By Booth Mooney

Renie's husband wants to become Governor and she knows it's a big climb, one she is willing to make for him. The rungs of the ladder she will use to get him there are the bodies of her lovers, who think they are conquering her but it's the other way around. The same is true for her husband, because he's not the one who will be wielding the political power when they get to the Governor's mansion...

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Author Racial Noir: Six Full Novels

Racial Noir: Six Full Novels By Bonnie Golightly/Carolyn Weston/Cid Ricketts Sumner/Jan Huckins/John B. Thompson/William Russell

Six classic novels rife with passion, crime, betrayal, sex and violence set amidst the racial conflicts raging in the deep south in the 1950s and 60s. 

A WIND IS RISING by William Russell
FACE OF MY ASSASSIN by Carolyn Weston and Jan Huckins
HONEY IN LOUISIANA (Two Novels) by John B. Thompson
THE INTEGRATION OF MAYBELLE BROWN by Bonnie Golightly
QUALITY by CID RIckets Sumner
THE PEOPLE FROM HEAVEN by John Sanford

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Author Academic Noir #2: Four Full Novels

Academic Noir #2: Four Full Novels By Carolyn Weston/Harrison Judd/Jan Huckins/John B. Thompson/Ralph Dennis

Four novels of crime, sex, betrayal and murder set against the backdrop of academia.

FACE OF MY ASSASSIN by Carolyn Weston and Jan Huckins
THE NEW FIVE by Ralph Dennis
MALE VIRGIN by John B. Thompson
SHADOW OF A DOUBT by Norman Daniels

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Author Academic Noir: Four Full Novels

Academic Noir: Four Full Novels By Bonnie Golightly/Louis Lorraine/Ralph Dennis/Sloane Britain

Four novels of crime, betrayal, sex and murder in the halls of Academia.

Integration of Maybelle Brown by Bonnie Golightly

First Person, Third Sex by Sloane Britain

Wind Sprints by Ralph Dennis

That Summer in Rome by Louis Lorraine

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Author Banned 2: Three "Indecent" Novels Censored by the Courts

Banned 2: Three "Indecent" Novels Censored by the Courts By Charles Gorham/Henry Lewis Nixon/James L. Rubel

A collection of three long-lost novels that were censored or banned when they were originally published.
ANY MAN'S PLAYMATE * CARLOTTA McBRIDE * THE BAWDY MRS. GREY

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Author Call Me Killer!

Call Me Killer! By Morton Cooper

A Pulp Noir Classic of Violence, Sex and Revenge, Back-in-Print For The First Time in Over 70 Years

In 1946, playwright Ed Dirke strangled a woman to death in a drunken rage. He went to prison for seven years for second-degree murder. Now he's out, back in New York, and determined to kill again. Only this time, it won't be an accident and the victim will be his older brother Carl, a traitor working with Chinese Communist spies, who was responsible for the tragic events that provoked the murder.

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