Posts Categorized: Crime Fiction

Killer in Silk By

Killer in Silk 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

The Eager Ones By

The Eager Ones 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 By

Murder With Love 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.

Wild Breed By

Wild Breed 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

Eyewitness! By

Eyewitness! 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.

Lake of Fire By

Lake of Fire 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