In his introduction to the The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, 'noir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. It's the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in...
An anthology of stories
Following the huge success of the previous BBM collections comes the latest batch of stories from the UK's top-flight crime writers. Alongside an "Inspector Morse" story from Colin Dexter and a "Rumpole" tale from John...
An anthology of stories
Paranormal crime stories by bestselling fiction writers like Anne Perry, Michael Stackpole, Laura Resnick, and more.
Paranormal crime stories by bestselling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R....
To celebrate the twentieth
anniversary of the beloved Mrs.
Murphy mystery series, Rita Mae
Brown and her intrepid feline
co-author Sneaky Pie Brown
return with a charming claw- biting tale starring Mary Minor
“Harry” Haristeen. Of...
Welcome back to Springfield, Connecticut, where weary suburbanites can rest in peace...New York media exec-turned-gardener Paula Holliday is thrilled when her friend Lucy asks her to tag along on an all-expenses-paid junket to the Titans Hotel....
Ripped from the pages of the Fall, 1949 issue of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the complete lead novel (including illustrations) – The Black Ball of Death! Marked for murder, the Phantom tackles the puzzling “eight-ball” mystery...
Could a twelve-year-old boy and his friend uncover a horrifying secret on their own?
Cody Roberts and his friend decide to investigate further into an incident that happened on the way to school one morning. Full of twists and turns,...
The inimitable Richard Jury returns in a thrilling tale of mystery, madness, and mistaken identityThree months have passed since Richard Jury was left bereft and guilt- ridden after his lover's tragic auto accident, and he is now more wary...