In 1992, after being fired from a top secret nuclear facility, a top KGB man buried a nuclear suitcase. Sixteen years later he has found a buyer for it.
An exchange point in Eastern Europe is agreed upon. Travelling with the buyer is an...
It begins deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, where a nuclear bomb strikes at the fiery hot heart of the earth. Churning, spewing boiling lava, a volcano rises with unnatural speed from the ocean floor — the source of a new mineral that promises...
The latest “entertaining,” “tangy,” and “hilarious” Jack Daniels mystery from Anthony, Macavity, and Gumshoe Award finalist J.A. Konrath.
In Whiskey Sour, Chicago police Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels hunted down a killer...
Josh Michaels is worth more dead than alive. He just doesn’t know it yet. He has no idea why someone would try to kill him, clearly that’s exactly what happened. When an SUV forced Josh’s car off the road and into a river, it might have been...
Rapid Response Team Memorandum
Top Secret/Do Not Photocopy
To: Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO)
From: U.S. Space Defense Operations Center, Colorado
Situation Report: Unmanned Soviet Kvant-3 space laboratory destroyed...
For the first time in decades The Eternal City is paralysed by a blizzard. And a gruesome discovery is made in the Pantheon — one of Rome 's most ancient and revered architectural treasures. Covered by softly falling snow is the body of a...
The passing of the Hungarian prime minister before he could realize his dream of a fascist state has little effect on crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon. Life—and death—go on in the bustling old city, and a late-night tip soon leads him to a crime...
Twenty-one stories for mature audiences only!
This collection of Joe R. Lansdale stories represents the best of the “Lansdale” genre—a strange mixture of dark crime, even darker humor, and adventure tales. Though varied in setting and...