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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 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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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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