Bill Pronzini, famed for his “Nameless” detective series, displays his darker side, along with his remarkable breadth, in this stunning collection of 19 stories. We meet an array of characters fit for nightmares. A hapless store clerk who only...
Athena College's new writer in
residence is native son and
playwright Connor Lawton,
known for his sharp writing—
and sharper tongue. After an
unpleasant encounter, librarian Charlie Harris heads home to a
nice surprise: his daughter Laura
is...
Shamus Awards Best Novel
Mercy Gunderson is a straight shooter with a hard edge. On medical leave from the army, she returns home to South Dakota, which isn’t much safer for her than Iraq. Arriving just after the death of her father, it is up to...
It was all too frighteningly familiar. For the second time in his life, Alex Penn wakes up in an alcoholic daze in a cheap hotel room off Times Square and finds himself lying next to the savagely mutilated body of a young woman. After the first...
When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they're just having some fun. But in Hollywood, nothing is ever what it seems. To them, Margot is a harmless socialite, stuck in the...
Spring fever comes to the small
town of Crozet, Virginia. As the
annual Dogwood Festival
approaches, postmistress Mary
Minor “Harry” Haristeen feels
her own mating instincts stir. As for tiger cat Mrs. Murphy,
feline intuition tells her...
David Ogden, Deputy Director of Operations at the CIA and a man of legendary achievements, has died. His private papers, including a copy of a shocking set of assignments, are found in a lockbox. It appears that in the last month of his life,...