In 25 years of continuous service, the eight destroyers had seen every kind of action at sea. Now they were going to be used on raids that would open the way for an invasion of Occupied Europe. Keith Drummond, captain of the destroyer Warlock,...
Things are looking good for Aidy Westlake following events from Did Not Finish. He's Pit Lane magazine's Young Driver of the Year, which has earned him a drive in the European Saloon Car Championship. But his good fortune ends at a race car show...
The first book in the Aidy Westlake mystery series set in the high-octane world of motor racing.
When Derek Deacon threatens to kill Alex Fanning, his championship rival, rookie driver Aidy Westlake doesn't put much stock in it — it's...
Yefgenii Yeremin is a flyer and he is a phantom.
In the Korean War, he is the legendary ace dubbed “Ivan the Terrible”, shooting down more American jets than any other pilot in history. But the Soviet Union’s involvement in Korea must...
Two innocents fall prey to a woman whose beauty bewitches — and destroys
Ralph Lambert hates Stella nearly as much as he loves her. A painter with talent but no ambition, Ralph was adrift in his bohemian Manhattan life when the...
SMERSH is the award-winning account of the top-secret counterintelligence organisation that dealt with Stalin’s enemies from within the shadowy recesses of Soviet government.
As James Bond’s nemesis in Ian Fleming’s novels, SMERSH and...
The Saint is a traditionalist — he knows what a good pirate story needs. Gold, hidden treasure, smugglers, dastardly villains and damsels in distress. From Bimini to Nassau, via Jamaica and Haiti, the Saint travels the Caribbean — interrupting...
An anthology of stories based around the very first mystery detective, Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe.
Dupin famously featured in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1841), then went on to star in two more...
It is a secret that has been hidden for more than a half century… The clues have been scattered across the globe. Now someone has begun to piece them together — and the future of the world depends on his being stopped in time.
In...
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. With Toronto Noir, the series moves...