Posts Categorized: Crime Fiction

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

Thirteen Men By

Thirteen Men 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.”

Sin Ship By

Sin Ship How Many Girls Can One Man Ruin? These are the happy-go-lucky breed, the wealthy playboys who throng to the resorts of Miami and Las Vegas, fill the New York clubs, and who get away with a debauched, sex-and-drugs-soaked lifestyle that's outside the bounds of civilized society...

Fire in the Flesh By

Fire in the Flesh Jack Sheridan's pulp-noir classic, back in print for the first time in over sixty years.  "Sheridan seems to be aiming at, and achieving, something higher and more powerful than just an entertaining story." New York World-Telegram

The Shades of Evil By

The Shades of Evil A lesbian pulp-fiction classic, set in the decadent, torrid South, with barely-controlled, forbidden desires beneath its proper, rigid, and cultured veneer, back in print for the first time in over sixty years. “This one is as important to the male audience as the female and is, incidentally, an excellent mystery.” Tangents Magazine