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.
New York City. The late 1950s. Live TV. When a prime-time quiz show win could be the difference between poverty and prosperity…
And Peter Roland, making his way through the levels of difficulty, toward a half-mill win and stardom, is the perfect contestant for audience appeal and high ratings: Young, clean-cut, photogenic, smart. Especially in the wake of all the attention the producers and their team pour into burnishing that on-camera image. But his real life is proving as challenging...because he has some dark secrets that he doesn't want revealed.
Wealthy San Francisco widow Irene Wilson convinces drunken writer Morgan O'Keefe to help clear her of the lingering suspicion that she murdered her husband, whom she mistook for a prowler and shot.
"Dixon can be compared to Jim Thompson." Pornokitsch
In John B. Thompson's sizzling, pulp noir classic The Eager Ones, three women recklessly defy conventional morality to get what they want -- Angela teases, Polly pleases, and Sissie takes love where she finds it. Their raw passions ignite a small, rural town, changing it forever. Back in print for the first time in over 60 years.
Murder With Love is the first adventure for PI John Church and, according to Mystery File, "it's one of those cases that gets him so personally involved that you wonder when it's over whether there will ever be another one." There was one more, Murder on her Mind, but that was the end for this long-lost, hard-boiled crime series, finally back-in-print after 60 years.
Justice was swift and savage... in a land that time forgot.
Stewart Yeoman grew up, wild, untamed, in the vast Ramapo Mountains, where time stood still for a hundred years. The ancient code of his father -- the code of blood for blood -- was his only law. Then his father and brother were slain in the forest and he became head of the clan. Stewart knew he had to seek out and strike down the killers, while carrying his own dark secret, his longing for his dead brother's wife.
In this unique novel of love and revenge, Ted Stratton explores a strange land and a strange people, a wild, primitive breed in a rugged country, playing out their fates by the law of survival. Back in print for the first time in over sixty years.
"Plenty of fuedin' and fightin' and tempestuous lovin'." Oakland Tribune
This break-out crime novel, originally published in 1930 under pseudonym "John Doe," was actually written by Tiffany Thayer, who hit the national bestseller lists that same year with his acclaimed novel Thirteen Men, which was quickly followed with one controversial book after another. Now Eyewitness! is finally back in print for the first time in 95 years and hasn't lost its explosive punch.
James Warner Bellah wrote this memorable collection of stories, winner of the prestigious Alfred A. Knopf Literary prize, in just nineteen hours while still a student at Columbia University. Its success launched Bellah's long, remarkable career as a novelist and screenwriter (Rio Grande, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance). Now, over a hundred since it's release, it is finally back in print.
A dark, brutally savage, noir classic, back in print for the first time in over 90 years...a stunning thriller that the Louisville Courier called unforgettable.
"Lurid but entertaining...terrible things happen, one of them being about as gruesome an event as is to be found in recent fiction. Houser can be credited with talent as well as a taste for the horrible and the bizarre." New York Times
An unconventional crime story that became a massive bestseller in the 1930s...launching Tiffany Thayer's controversial, and highly successful, writing a career, one that's all but forgotten today, even though he sold millions of books. Now, after nearly 100 years, the blockbuster Thirteen Men is finally back in print...and hasn't lost any of its narrative power over time. It is still, as the San Francisco Examiner declared, “One of the most realistic studies of the American melting pot that has ever been penned.”
Four classic novels from the 1950s & 60s depicting the betrayals, passions, crimes and desires of people living the new, and controversial, "suburban lifestyle." THE WIFE SWAPPERS by Bonnie Golightly / THE LOVE SURVEY by Morton Cooper / THE GIRL CAGE by Charles Mergendahl
/ PARTY WIVES by Jim Layne
Three classic western novels set in the merciless Pacific Northwest frontier in the 1800s: THE CABIN AT TRAIL'S END, THE GLORIOUS THREE. and FLAMING CANYON