A psychological thriller --- An exciting debut novella from Eamon Rourke!Edgar is a homeless veteran who has made a life for himself on the streets despite his damaged, chaotic mind. When he witnesses a brazen abduction, his story becomes intertwined with that of a young couple trying to break free from a life of gangland violence. But their connection may be more than it appears... A tale of forgiveness, redemption, and consequences...**A Five Star Review from Rea...

Mike Hammer gives a lift to a beauty on the run from a sanitarium—but their joyride is cut short by two dark sedans full of professional killers, who knock the detective out cold. When he wakes up, his car has been rolled off a cliff, with his mysterious passenger still inside it. The feds take his gun away on suspicion, but Hammer’s not about to let that stop him. He’s on the hunt for the men who wrecked his ride and killed a dame in cold blood—and he’s going to teach them that armed or n...

With an introduction by Max Allan Collins: The first collection of stories starring legendary Mike Hammer, the toughest private investigator in historyIt starts with a few near-accidents: A car almost swipes Mike Hammer when he's crossing the street. A junkie robs the notoriously hardboiled detective at knifepoint. A fight on a subway platform comes close to pushing him in front of a train. While any one of these could be a coincidence, together they make a conspira...

Sixteen tales that combine the otherworldly with hardboiled crime fiction—from Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Paul G. Tremblay, Melanie Tem, and others.Here are the femme fatales, the tough guys, the down-on-their-luck detectives—but with a twist. Collected by Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow, these stories of the murderous and macabre will take you onto the dark streets of worlds unlike our own, where the monstrous stalk their prey....

In this "deeply satisfying" thriller, Detective Betty Rhyzyk is up against a string of mysterious assassinations, an increasingly reckless partner, and her worst fear**—desk duty—**when she decides to go rogue . . . heading straight into the dark underworld of Dallas's most dangerous drug cartel (The Washington Post).2021 Edgar Award Nominee - G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The author of Twenty-Seven Bones and The Girls He Adored delivers another nail-biting psychological crime thriller featuring former FBI agent E. L. Pender. Breathtaking and suspenseful, yet leavened with a perverse and quirky humor, When She Was Bad examines the terrifying relationship between two hot young lovers who also happen to be coldblooded killers."Multiples in love: imagine the possibilities," said one of the twisted couple's ear...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Angel Down, Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Scowler, and more, comes Rotters.Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-o...

Longlisted for the 2024 Crime Writers Association Short Story DaggerIt should have been an easy kill…When Xander MacKenzie gets the job of assassinating a prominent FBI agent, it's his chance to prove he's still got what it takes.Except sometimes, even the best plans go wrong – and Xander's luck is quickly running out...Three Ways to Die forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories fr...

There are many ways to die in the desert...The plane went down in less than a minute. One moment, personal assistant Jane was staring out the window at the sprawling Mojave desert. The next, she was praying for a quick death.Yet somehow, Jane has survived. Now, alongside a sleazy Hollywood agent and a badly injured flight attendant, she must navigate the harsh desert and find help—before it’s too late.As night falls, they stumble upon a remote, aban...

From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story-from Joe Hills award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting ...

A young recent college graduate looking to create an identity of his own, while no longer under the watchful eyes of his parents, moves from his Brooklyn, New York home to Capitol City. Unable to find work in his field, Duane takes a minimum wage job at a dry cleaners. Duane barely has enough money to make ends meet and the low pay forces him to live in the low income downtown neighborhood of Capitol City. After being a victim to a local gang, he quickly learns that he might've made a big ...

From legendary noir novelist Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, a short story in which world-famous private eye Mike Hammer repays a debt to a dying police chief, proving loyalty can be as deadly as deception.A legendary and retired police chief lies in a New York hospital bed, visited by two strangers: the first is ex-cop-turned-PI Mike Hammer, whose life was saved more than once by the old man. To the detective, the chief gives a mysterious key. The second vis...