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 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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Author Wiretap!

Wiretap! By Charles Einstein

Fifteen years before the 1970 movie classic "The Conversation," there was "Wiretap!", Charles Einstein's stunning and authentic crime novel about a massive, illegal telephone eavesdropping operation within a major American city.  Back-in-print for the first time in over 65 years.

"Part pulp fiction, part true-crime narrative, Charles Einstein’s lurid potboiler 'Wiretap!' [is] perhaps the most famous novel about telephone tapping. Part of the appeal lies in its true-to-life details. A standout." Brian Hochman, author of "The Listerners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States"

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Author The Girl Cage

The Girl Cage By Charles Mergendahl

Martha Gwynn hated "the girl cage," the San Diego house she shared with four other military wives while their husbands were fighting in Korea. She especially hated how the other women escaped that cage. Martha promised herself she wouldn't be like them -- that she would resist temptation and wait for her husband's safe return. But then her resolve began to crack, threatening to shatter her life.

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Author The Golden Tramp

The Golden Tramp By Daoma Watson

Gay Bracken is a writer of sexy romance novels whose own wild search to quench her physical and romantic desires is far more exciting and daring than her books. But Gay doesn't realize that she's risking more than a broken heart in her seemingly endless quest for a truly satisfying passion...

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Author The Seductress

The Seductress By Con Sellers

A violent and sexually explicit crime novel about Lee Carson, a teenage assassin who seduces her male victims before killing them. The book was first published in 1961 in as "Autobiography of a Seductress as told to Con Sellers," and then years later as "Widow For Hire as told to Ladd E. Linsley." It's now back in print for the first time in over 50 years.

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Author Broadway Noir: Six Full Novels

Broadway Noir: Six Full Novels By March Hastings/Morton Cooper/Parnell Hall/Sebastian Blayne

Six full novels about murder, sex, betrayal, and suspense in the theater world on Broadway...

CHASING JACK by Parnell Hall, VEIL OF TORMENT by March Hastings, TWICE THE TERROR: Two novels by Sebastian Blayne (HOLIDAY IN HELL and TERROR IN THE NIGHT), CARLOTTA McBRIDE by Charles Gorham, THE FLESH - AND MR. RAWLIE  by Morton Cooper

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Author The Ungilded Lily

The Ungilded Lily By Morton Cooper

It's 1950s Chicago. Magazine writer Peter Farmer is hired to spend a week with Lily Dexter, the hottest and richest stripper in the city, and ghostwrite a racy, autobiographical expose under her name that will be published in a national magazine. But his job goes beyond that...

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Author The Flesh - And Mr. Rawlie

The Flesh - And Mr. Rawlie By Morton Cooper

"A ruthless, cynical, and yet compassionate novel of the Broadway show game, its glamor, it's vigor and its tragedies." Pensacola News-Journal

The death of Broadway playwright John Rawlie's first wife, and the crumbling of his second marriage, have him spiraling toward suicide on the night before the opening of his newest play.

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Author Medical Noir: Six Full Novels

Medical Noir: Six Full Novels By Cid Ricketts Sumner/Gail Jordan/Henry Lewis Nixon/March Hastings

Six classic noir novels involving doctors and nurses ... and crime, sex, betrayal and suspense. Diagnosis: Kick-ass noir.

Ship’s Doctor by Henry Lewis Nixon
Obsessed by March Hastings
Student Nurse by Gail Jordan
The Bawdy Mrs. Grey by Henry Lewis Nixon
Quality by Cid Ricketts Sumner

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Author Art Noir: Four Full Novels

Art Noir: Four Full Novels By James Rubel/John B. Thompson/March Hastings/Ward Greene

Four full classic noir novels about artists trapped in a spiral of crime, betrayal, sex and suspense.Out now: ART NOIR, four classic noir novels about artists trapped in a spiral of crime, betrayal, sex and suspense.
Ride the Nightmare by Ward Greene
The Serpent Woman by John B. Thompson
Any Man’s Playmate by James Rubel
By Flesh Alone by March Hastings

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