Posts Categorized: Crime Fiction

Call Me Killer! By

Call Me Killer! 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.

Wiretap! By

Wiretap! 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"

The Girl Cage By

The Girl Cage 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.

The Seductress By

The Seductress 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.

Broadway Noir: Six Full Novels By ///

Broadway Noir: Six Full Novels 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