Earlier this month, Stark House Press reissued two excellent novels by bestselling author Bruno Fischer (1908 – 1992). Fischer was an incredibly prolific writer of genre fiction during the Forties and Fifties when pulp magazines thrived.
This latest twofer includes the novels Fools Walk In, published in 1951, and So Wicked, My Love, from 1954. The essay “Fischer’s Foolish Teacher and the Wicked Redhead,” by the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle, introduces the collection.
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This month, Stark House Press reissued The Accused and The Snatch, Daniels’ famed third and fourth novels, as a double-novel collection. The volume includes the scholarly essay “The Solidly Considerable Talent of Harold R. Daniels,” penned by the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle.
In recent years, Stark House Press began reprinting double-novel volumes by the late James McKimmey, a prolific writer who found success during the golden age … Read More ›
A recent collection from Stark House Press, published in December 2022, features a couple of highly absorbing 1950s hardboiled mysteries by prolific novelist William Ard. The two adventures in this volume include Cry Scandal, from 1956, and The Root of His Evil, published in 1957 and reprinted as Deadly Beloved the following year. It also contains “Timothy Dane: A Hardboiled Combination of Toughness, Compassion, And Quiet Humor,” an essay by Nicholas Litchfield, the editor of Lowestoft Chronicle, in which he discusses the history of the Timothy Dane series.
When it comes to heist novels, John Trinian is right up there with Lionel White. His novel The Big Grab is a masterful character study … Read More ›
Two ingenious 1920s mysteries make a welcome comeback this month, with Grey Face and The Green Eyes of Bâst published together in an exciting new collection from Stark House … Read More ›
This month, Stark House Press released a two-novel collection by Lionel White, hardboiled author of more than 35 crime thrillers. The book contains the novels … Read More ›
Recently, the book review website Bookgasm published a glowing review of the new Stark House Press collection THE LOVER / THE MISTRESS / THE PASSIONATE … Read More ›
In May 2018 and April 2019, the Lowestoft Chronicle editor reviewed the collections NO HARP FOR MY ANGEL / BOOTY FOR A BABE / EVE, IT’S EXTORTION, … Read More ›
This month, Bookgasm gave the recent Stark House Press publication of John Rex Gearon’s (aka John Flagg) WOMAN OF CAIRO and DEAR, DEADLY BELOVED a … Read More ›