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THE GET OFF
Christa Faust
March 2025
Angel Dare returns for her last round-up
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THE ACTOR
Donald E. Westlake
December 2024
Donald E. Westlake’s greatest novel—soon to be a major motion picture
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QUARRY'S RETURN
Max Allan Collins
November 2024
The killer comes out of retirement...to save his daughter
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LEMONS NEVER LIE
Donald E. Westlake, Richard Stark
October 2024
Grofield never wanted to get involved with Myers’ crazy plan to heist a brewery payroll—but now he's involved, whether he likes it or not...
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HOW LIKE A GOD
Rex Stout
June 2024
Nero Wolfe creator Rex Stout’s brilliant first crime novel
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INTO THE NIGHT
Cornell Woolrich, Lawrence Block
May 2024
The lost final novel by the author of REAR WINDOW
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DEATH COMES TOO LATE
Charles Ardai
March 2024
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hard Case Crime: 20 stories from the writer Stephen King calls "a master of the short story"
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NOBODY'S ANGEL
Jack Clark
February 2024
Discover Quentin Tarantino’s favorite novel of the year
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FAST CHARLIE
Victor Gischler
December 2023
The novel that inspired the movie starring Pierce Brosnan and James Caan
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SEED ON THE WIND
Rex Stout
November 2023
The brilliant lost novel from the creator of Nero Wolfe!
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TOO MANY BULLETS
Max Allan Collins
October 2023
Nathan Heller hunts for the truth behind RFK’s assassination.
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LOWDOWN ROAD
Scott Von Doviak
July 2023
Pursuit doesn't come any hotter.
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MAD MONEY
Max Allan Collins
April 2023
The last, largest and deadliest of Nolan’s classic heist stories!
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FOOLS DIE ON FRIDAY
Erle Stanley Gardner
February 2023
Cool & Lam return—in a favorite case of Raymond Chandler!
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THE BIG BUNDLE
Max Allan Collins
November 2022
Nathan Heller makes his Hard Case Crime debut!
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THE HOT BEAT
Robert Silverberg
September 2022
Only she could save him from a dance with death.
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THE NEXT TIME I DIE
Jason Starr
June 2022
He thought he was going to die. What happened was far stranger.
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TOUGH TENDER
Max Allan Collins
March 2022
A pro never returns to the scene of the crime
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CALL ME A CAB
Donald E. Westlake
February 2022
The final novel from Donald E. Westlake
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QUARRY'S BLOOD
Max Allan Collins
February 2022
What happened to Quarry after THE LAST QUARRY?
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FIVE DECEMBERS
James Kestrel
October 2021
"A crime epic for the ages."—DENNIS LEHANE
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DOUBLE DOWN
Max Allan Collins
May 2021
Nolan and Jon return, to tackle a skyjacking and a vigilante’s war on the Mob
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CASTLE IN THE AIR
Donald E. Westlake
March 2021
The world’s most devious thieves race to steal a king’s ransom
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LATER
Stephen King
March 2021
Only the dead have no secrets
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SKIM DEEP
Max Allan Collins
December 2020
The first new Nolan novel in 33 years!
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SHILLS CAN'T CASH CHIPS
Erle Stanley Gardner
November 2020
Fast cars...dangerous women...and Cool & Lam on the case!
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KILLER, COME BACK TO ME
Ray Bradbury
August 2020
Honoring Ray Bradbury’s Centennial—The Definitive Collection of the Master’s Crime Fiction
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ARE SNAKES NECESSARY?
Brian de Palma, Susan Lehman
March 2020
"It's like having a new Brian de Palma picture." —MARTIN SCORSESE
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DOUBLE FEATURE
Donald E. Westlake
February 2020
What’s hidden behind the silver screen?
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KILLING QUARRY
Max Allan Collins
November 2019
Who’s been hired to hit the hitman?
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BLOOD SUGAR
Daniel Kraus
October 2019
A Halloween nightmare from the co-creator of THE SHAPE OF WATER
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THE TRIUMPH OF THE SPIDER MONKEY
Joyce Carol Oates
July 2019
The definitive edition of Joyce Carol Oates’ stunning exploration of the mind of a maniac
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THE COLORADO KID
Stephen King
May 2019
Stephen King’s original Hard Case Crime title returns—for the first time in 10 years!
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A BLOODY BUSINESS
Dylan Struzan
April 2019
The true story of the rise of organized crime in America
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BROTHERS KEEPERS
Donald E. Westlake
February 2019
Can a monk on Park Avenue save his home from the wrecking ball?
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SO MANY DOORS
Oakley Hall
November 2018
"Beautiful, powerful, masterful."—MICHAEL CHABON
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THE COUNT OF 9
Erle Stanley Gardner
October 2018
Are Cool and Lam down for the count? Or just for the count of 9...?
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CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL
Scott Von Doviak
September 2018
Would the heist of the century take a century to unravel?
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UNDERSTUDY FOR DEATH
Charles Willeford
July 2018
Lost for nearly 60 years—Willeford’s savage dissection of love, adultery, and murder-suicide in the Sunshine State.
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THE LAST STAND
Mickey Spillane
March 2018
A brand new Spillane novel on the master’s 100th birthday!
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HELP I AM BEING HELD PRISONER
Donald E. Westlake
February 2018
The most ingenious caper ever by the master of the heist story
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TURN ON THE HEAT
Erle Stanley Gardner
November 2017
Nothing burns hotter than an old flame.
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QUARRY'S CLIMAX
Max Allan Collins
October 2017
Quarry returns—to save the life of a notorious pornographer who’s on another killer’s hit list
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FOREVER AND A DEATH
Donald E. Westlake
June 2017
The lost thriller from Donald E. Westlake that almost became a James Bond movie!
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SNATCH
Gregory Mcdonald
February 2017
The creator of FLETCH presents a master class on the art of the snatch
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THE KNIFE SLIPPED
Erle Stanley Gardner
December 2016
A never-before-published novel by the creator of Perry Mason!
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SINNER MAN
Lawrence Block
November 2016
The long-lost first crime novel of Lawrence Block!
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QUARRY IN THE BLACK
Max Allan Collins
October 2016
A deadly new assignment for the star of QUARRY on Cinemax
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SOHO SINS
Richard Vine
July 2016
There is a fine art to murder.
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THE NICE GUYS
Charles Ardai
May 2016
1970s L.A. Smog, killer bees, sideburns, Atari...and two guys trying to make it as private eyes.
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PIMP
Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
March 2016
Dealing, producing...all in a day’s work for a drug lord. Or in Hollywood.
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CUT ME IN
Ed McBain
January 2016
When his partner stopped a bullet, he came to her for answers...
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QUARRY'S VOTE
Max Allan Collins
October 2015
Quarry was happily settled—until the man in the suit offered him a million dollar contract.
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QUARRY'S CUT
Max Allan Collins
October 2015
On a snowed-in movie set, are there two killers at work?
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QUARRY'S DEAL
Max Allan Collins
October 2015
Has Quarry finally met his match?
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QUARRY'S LIST
Max Allan Collins
October 2015
As Quarry tries to build his new life, someone is out to end it
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QUARRY
Max Allan Collins
October 2015
The very first appearance of the killer known as Quarry
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THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES
Lawrence Block
September 2015
She could tempt a man to murder—and beyond
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SO NUDE, SO DEAD
Ed McBain
July 2015
Ed McBain’s first crime novel—lost for over 50 years!
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THIEVES FALL OUT
Gore Vidal
April 2015
The lost pulp novel by one of America’s greatest writers
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QUARRY'S CHOICE
Max Allan Collins
January 2015
Even killers for hire can choose who they kill.
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EASY DEATH
Daniel Boyd
November 2014
'Tis the season...
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A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
Lawrence Block
August 2014
When you can’t call the cops, you call Scudder.
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BRAINQUAKE
Samuel Fuller
August 2014
The lost novel by the writer/director of SHOCK CORRIDOR, THE NAKED KISS, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET and THE BIG RED ONE
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BORDERLINE
Lawrence Block
May 2014
Some borders you can never cross back
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THE WRONG QUARRY
Max Allan Collins
January 2014
There are killers and then there are murderers. Not the same at all.
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BINARY
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
A million people would die—unless he could enter the madman's mind!
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GRAVE DESCEND
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
Something’s going down off the coast of Jamaica
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DRUG OF CHOICE
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
Was it the formula for pleasure…or for torment?
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THE VENOM BUSINESS
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
The deadliest creatures can be the most beautiful
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ZERO COOL
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
The heat is on
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EASY GO
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
Men would kill for the treasures of the last tomb
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SCRATCH ONE
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
Murder stalks the French Riviera!
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ODDS ON
Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
October 2013
Is the perfect heist about to go up in smoke?
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THE SECRET LIVES OF MARRIED WOMEN
Elissa Wald
October 2013
How far would he go? And how far did I want him to...?
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JOYLAND
Stephen King
June 2013, September 2015
The #1 best-seller by STEPHEN KING—now in original and illustrated editions!
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WEB OF THE CITY
Harlan Ellison
April 2013
If you cross them, they will kill you.
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SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT
Max Allan Collins
February 2013
Murder steps off the comic book page—and into the spotlight.
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THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS
James M. Cain
September 2012
The lost final novel by the author of DOUBLE INDEMNITY, MILDRED PIERCE, and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
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THE TWENTY-YEAR DEATH
Ariel S. Winter
August 2012
She was beautiful. He was damned.
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FALSE NEGATIVE
Joseph Koenig
June 2012
There's no glamour in the grave.
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BLOOD ON THE MINK
Robert Silverberg
April 2012
The money was counterfeit—but the danger was real!
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THE COMEDY IS FINISHED
Donald E. Westlake
February 2012
Comedy is easy. Dying is hard.
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CHOKE HOLD
Christa Faust
October 2011
Every fighter needs an angel in his corner.
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THE CONSUMMATA
Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins
October 2011
She consumed men like fire—but what a way to burn...
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QUARRY'S EX
Max Allan Collins
September 2011
You never forget your first.
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GETTING OFF
Lawrence Block
September 2011
What woman doesn’t enjoy a little death...?
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CATCH AND RELEASE
Lawrence Block
September 2013
17 Explorations of Darkness by the MWA Grandmaster
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69 BARROW STREET/STRANGE EMBRACE
Lawrence Block
May 2012
Murder, New York style—from the heights of Broadway to the sordid depths of Greenwich Village...
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MURDER IS MY BUSINESS
Brett Halliday
August 2010
Time hadn’t tamed her...and neither could he!
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MEMORY
Donald E. Westlake
April 2010
The lost novel from MWA Grandmaster Donald E. Westlake
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THE VALLEY OF FEAR
A. C. Doyle
December 2009
They all answered to...the BODYMASTER!
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THE CORPSE WORE PASTIES
Jonny Porkpie
December 2009
Sometimes there’s no difference between the naked and the dead.
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QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE
Max Allan Collins
November 2009
Quarry’s back—and caught in the middle...
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HONEY IN HIS MOUTH
Lester Dent
October 2009
They shared the same face—but could they share the same woman?
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LOSERS LIVE LONGER
Russell Atwood
September 2009
She was no man’s damsel in distress.
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STOP THIS MAN!
Peter Rabe
August 2009
He carried death everywhere he went.
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PASSPORT TO PERIL
Robert B. Parker
July 2009
On the run—behind the Iron Curtain!
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FAKE I.D.
Jason Starr
June 2009
There’s more than one way to lose it all at the track.
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CASINO MOON
Peter Blauner
May 2009
Sometimes every punch is below the belt.
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HOUSE DICK
E. Howard Hunt
April 2009
What goes on behind closed doors at a Washington D.C. hotel?
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THE CUTIE
Donald E. Westlake
March 2009
There are many ways to sell yourself.
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THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER
Roger Zelazny
February 2009
It would take more than luck to find the Vatican’s missing millions—in the jungles of Brazil...
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KILLING CASTRO
Lawrence Block
January 2009
Some lust for power—others, for retribution...
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FIFTY-TO-ONE
Charles Ardai
December 2008
When it came to crime, she wrote the book.
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GUN WORK
David J. Schow
November 2008
It’s all about choosing the right weapon.
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THE FIRST QUARRY
Max Allan Collins
October 2008
Killing is a young man’s game.
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THE MAX
Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
September 2008
Max and Angela are going down.
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BABY MOLL
John Farris
August 2008
No man escapes the sins of his past.
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NO HOUSE LIMIT
Steve Fisher
July 2008
They backed the world’s greatest gambler to bring down an honest man.
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SOMEBODY OWES ME MONEY
Donald E. Westlake
June 2008
Even a New York cabbie can get taken for a ride.
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THE MURDERER VINE
Shepard Rifkin
May 2008
In the Deep South, the days are lovely—but the nights are murder...
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SHOOTING STAR/SPIDERWEB
Robert Bloch
April 2008
When murder comes to Hollywood, only a reluctant con man and a one-eyed private eye can deliver justice.
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MONEY SHOT
Christa Faust
February 2008
It would take more than bullets to stop Angel Dare.
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A DIET OF TREACLE
Lawrence Block
January 2008
She was a good girl—until she found her way to Greenwich Village...
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DEADLY BELOVED
Max Allan Collins
December 2007
Some men deserve to die.
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DEAD STREET
Mickey Spillane
November 2007
Men would kill for the secrets locked in her head.
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SLIDE
Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
October 2007
Some people just aren't suited for the lines of work they choose.
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KILL NOW, PAY LATER
Robert Terrall
September 2007
Why would a party girl make him a party to murder?
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FRIGHT
Cornell Woolrich
August 2007
A man. A woman. A kiss in the dark. That is how the nightmare begins. But with whose death will it end...?
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SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Richard Aleas
July 2007
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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BLACKMAILER
George Axelrod
June 2007
What did a gorgeous Hollywood starlet have to do with the disappearance of a Nobel Prize winner’s last manuscript?
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THE WOUNDED AND THE SLAIN
David Goodis
May 2007
Their vacation in paradise became a descent into hell.
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THE VENGEFUL VIRGIN
Gil Brewer
April 2007
Shirley's wealthy stepfather was dying—but not quickly enough...
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ROBBIE'S WIFE
Russell Hill
March 2007
Screenwriter Jack Stone knew better than to get involved with another man's wife...didn't he?
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LUCKY AT CARDS
Lawrence Block
February 2007
Professional card sharp Bill Maynard was hungry for action—but not nearly as hungry as the wife of his latest mark.
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THE PEDDLER
Richard S. Prather
December 2006
Tony Romero's women offered paradise—for a price...
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THE LAST MATCH
David Dodge
October 2006
The beautiful heiress on his trail brought a whole new meaning to the term "hot pursuit"...
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THE GUNS OF HEAVEN
Pete Hamill
September 2006
One reporter is all that stands between New York City and a terrorist attack.
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THE LAST QUARRY
Max Allan Collins
August 2006
The ruthless hitman Quarry comes out of retirement to kill...a librarian?
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STRAIGHT CUT
Madison Smartt Bell
June 2006
Tracy knew something was up when he took the assignment in Rome, but he didn’t realize it involved drug smuggling—or that his his beautiful ex-wife was caught in the middle of the plot...
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BUST
Ken Bruen, Jason Starr
May 2006
When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath.
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WITNESS TO MYSELF
Seymour Shubin
April 2006
Alan Benning knew he was guilty...but of what?
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SAY IT WITH BULLETS
Richard Powell
March 2006
Bill Wayne took the road trip through the West to find out which of his former army buddies shot him in the back and left him for dead—but the would-be killer isn't just waiting to be found...
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A TOUCH OF DEATH
Charles Williams
February 2006
The burglary sounded like an easy score—but Lee Scarborough didn’t count on having to face off against a woman as ruthless as Madelon Butler.
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NIGHT WALKER
Donald Hamilton
January 2006
Navy Lieutenant Dave Young wakes up with his face in bandages, another man’s name on his hospital chart, and a beautiful stranger claiming to be his wife...
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THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE
Ed McBain
December 2005
Matt Cordell may be a drunk—but he’s still the best detective in New York City...
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THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART
Lawrence Block
November 2005
Hayden and Rance had a scheme to bilk a wealthy entrepreneur out of a fortune, but they needed a girl on the inside to make it work. Enter Evelyn Stone, an amateur with the soul of a grifter...
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DUTCH UNCLE
Peter Pavia
July 2005
Harry had done his time and wanted to stay clean—but with his pockets full of drug money and a dead body at his feet, it wasn't going to be easy...
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BRANDED WOMAN
Wade Miller
July 2005
Beautiful jewel smuggler Cay Morgan landed in Mazatlán with a gun in her purse — and a vendetta in her heart.
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PLUNDER OF THE SUN
David Dodge
May 2005
On the trail of the lost treasure of the Incas — with every fortune hunter in South America closing in!
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361
Donald E. Westlake
May 2005
The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler destroyed Ray Kelly’s life. Now it’s his turn.
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KISS HER GOODBYE
Allan Guthrie
March 2005
When his daughter is found dead, underworld enforcer Joe Hope will stop at nothing to find the person responsible.
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HOME IS THE SAILOR
Day Keene
March 2005
Swede Nelson just wanted to meet a nice girl and settle down. So how did he find himself on the run, wanted for murder?
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THE CONFESSION
Domenic Stansberry
November 2004
Forensic psychologist Jake Danser needs to prove himself innocent of strangling his beautiful young mistress. But how can he, when all the evidence says he did it?
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TWO FOR THE MONEY
Max Allan Collins
November 2004
After 16 years on the run, will Nolan bury the hatchet with the Mob — or will they bury him first?
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LITTLE GIRL LOST
Richard Aleas
October 2004
Miranda Sugarman was going to become a doctor. So how did she end up shot to death on the roof of New York’s seediest strip club?
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TOP OF THE HEAP
Erle Stanley Gardner
October 2004
The client had a perfect alibi for the night Maureen Auburn disappeared — but nothing made private eye Donald Lam suspicious like a perfect alibi.
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FADE TO BLONDE
Max Phillips
September 2004
Ray Corson agreed to protect Rebecca from a smut-peddling gangster. He just didn’t count on having to become a gangster himself to do it.
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GRIFTER'S GAME
Lawrence Block
September 2004
Joe Marlin thought he was just stealing the man’s luggage. But what he wound up stealing was 60 cubic inches of raw heroin — and the man’s wife!
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