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...

Part Two of a chilling five-part serial killer thriller for fans of James Patterson, Chris Carter, Richard Montanari and Karen Rose.A madman is on the rampage in the Los Angeles streets.The City of Angels has become The City of Fear.And everyone from the Oval Office down wants a quick result.The heat is on Jake Mottram, head of the FBI's new Spree Killer Unit,and psychological profiler Angie Holmes to find the madman responsible.Until now, they'v...

Part Four of a chilling five-part serial killer thriller for fans of James Patterson, Chris Carter, Richard Montanari and Karen Rose.A madman is on the rampage in the Los Angeles streets.The City of Angels has become The City of Fear.And everyone from the Oval Office down wants a quick result.The heat is on Jake Mottram, head of the FBI's new Spree Killer Unit,and psychological profiler Angie Holmes to find the madman responsible.Until now, they'...

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 ...

This morning, I read that repeating the name of the deceased can quiet the mind when grieving for complicated people. My stepmother Jean was a complicated person. Take What You Need traces the parallel lives of Jean and her beloved but estranged stepdaughter, Leah, who's sought a clean break from her rural childhood. In Leah's urban life with her young family, she's revealed little about Jean, how much she misses her stepmother's hard-won insights and joyful lack of inhibition. But with Je...