From "one of the best crime writers at work today" (Michael Connelly) comes a fast,f unny, violent new noir crime classic-a Coen Brothers movie come to life.He has been compared to Lehane, Ellroy, and Pelecanos, but Ace Atkins's rich,...
Short story collection
"Killer in the Rain" "The Man Who Liked Dogs" "The Curtain" "Try the Girl" "Mandarin's Jade" "Bay City Blues" "The Lady in the...
Dobson, New York, 1905.
Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancée in the General Slocum ferry disaster—a thousand perished on that summer day in 1904 when an onboard fire burned the boat down in the waters of the East River. Still...
Virginia Ginger Lightley is the owner of Coreyville Coffee Cakes, a popular bakery in East Texas. It's a shock to the whole community when a young man drops dead across town after eating one of her famous cakes. When the newly appointed police...
Thirty-year-old Casey Holland likes being a transit security cop. It brings out the best of her compassion, perseverance and courage. After capturing a suspect who’s been groping female bus passengers, Casey learns that her father was murdered in...
A story of drama and intrigue set on the sinister side of the international racing circuit. Tor Kelsey, an undercover agent for the Jockey Club's Security Service trails Julius Apollo Filmer, a blackmailer and murderer, onto a luxury train...