Compellingly and compulsively readable, "Hard-bolied: An Anthology of American Crime Stories" is a page-turner no mystery lover will want to be without. Included are thirty-six superbly suspenseful stories that chronicle the evolution of this quintessenti
Things were quiet in the San Francisco-based detective agency Nameless founded, and his partners, Jake and Tamara, were itching to get back to work. Tamara had fieldwork to do to find a deadbeat father. Jake headed for the Castro, recently the stomping gr
Winner of the World Fantasy Award. An anthology including the short story Nona by Stephen King.CONTENTS"Naples" Avram Davidson (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction)"The Little Voice" Ramsey Campbell"Butcher's Thumb" William Jon Watkin
New York Times bestselling author Scott Turow edits this collection of stories that delivers gripping drama and masterfully pays homage to today's gritty legal thrillers. This book also includes an introduction by Turow, as its team of top-notch authors t
The police said it was an accident, the dead woman's sister said it was murder... and that she knew who did it. Nameless isn't certain, but the more he learns about Nancy Mathias's life, the more inclined he is to accept the likelihood of murder--especi
“An almost perfect book, spare, balanced, and inexplicably moving.”—Geoffrey O’BrienJim Vanning has an identity crisis. Is he an innocent artist who just happens to have some very dangerous people interested in him? Or is he a killer on the lam fr
Here Comes a Candle is Fredric Brown at his most audacious in a novel that was far ahead of its time. It is the story of Joe Bailey, whose young life is at a crossroads. Not only is he involved with a tough Milwaukee racketeer and two completely different
