“Fredric Brown, who died in 1972 at age 65, was an accomplished American mystery and science fiction author of more than 30 books and 300 … Read More ›
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“Death and dark revelations surface when a visiting Chicago Homicide Department chief revives interest in an unsolved 20-year-old murder case, and a snooping Omaha businessman … Read More ›
“Reprinted from the late 1950s comes a tautly plotted, gritty tale of gang wars, racketeering, police corruption, and the dangers faced by a murder witness … Read More ›
“American author Timothy J. Lockhart delivers a barrage of thrills, spills, and blood-soaked ferocity in his explosive action-adventure yarn set in the hazardous rough waters … Read More ›
Heavy on action and playful repartee, and chock-full of trigger-happy gangsters and ‘well-stacked’ dames, No Law Against Angels, Doll for a Big House, and Chorine Makes a … Read More ›
“Absurdist humour and existential noir intermingle in Joseph Scapellato’s playful and intelligent debut novel about a soul-searching archaeology school drop-out who finds himself at the … Read More ›
“Using the pseudonym Ed Lacy, American novelist Len Zinberg achieved fame as a writer of critically successful mysteries in the 1950s and ’60s. Winner of … Read More ›
“The suspicious actions of a former conductor involved in a deadly train crash six years earlier lead Los Angeles railroad ‘bulls’ John Farrel and Calvin … Read More ›
“In two top-drawer crime capers from 1959 and 1961, a fearless, wealthy crook attempts to pull off a multi-million-dollar heist, and a security guard tries … Read More ›
“Pulitzer Prize-nominated novelist Oakley Hall delivers an affecting, murderous tale of love and desire, jealousy and shame in the years following the Great Depression in … Read More ›