From a true modern master of noir fiction comes a twisty new tale about two small town crooks who get in over their heads . . .Peck and Al have a good thing going. The two brothers own a bar and a hardware store and make a comfortable living. They also launder money for a criminal organization. Everything is perfectly fine until Peck begins to suspect that his brother is going to betray him to the local District Attorney. Things get even more complicated between th...

**In this hyper-edgy coming-of-age story told in stark, arresting prose from the award-winning author of As Simple as Snow, a young boy finds hope and understanding in the blackest humor.“Fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak and Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why will appreciate Adam’s thoughtful, authentic adolescent voice, and the honesty and boldness with which Galloway treats the issue of suicide.”—School Library Jo...

**WINNER OF THE ALEX AWARD • Prepare to be spellbound by this chilling mystery that delves into the complexities of friendship, love, and the dark corners of the human psyche.“This strange tale manages to creep under your skin, and to stay there for some time.”—People“Oddly mesmerizing . . . its teasing foreshadowings and forebodings make it hard to forget.”—Booklist**Anna—who prefers to be called Anastasia—is dark, spooky, and mysterious. And from...

"Anna Cayne had moved here in August, just before our sophomore year in high school, but by February she had, one by one, killed everyone in town."Anna—who prefers to be called Anastasia—is a slightly spooky and complicated high school girl with a penchant for riddles, Houdini tricks, and ghost stories. She spends much of her time writing obituaries for every living person in town. She is unlike anyone the narrator has ever known, and they make an unlikely, though ...

A CrimeReads "Best Noir Novel of 2021""A sucker punch noir that is also a powerful and haunting allegory of work, debt, and power." —Richard Price"An unreliable narrator makes this thriller all the more gripping." — WBURA down and dirty gem of a tale—a twisty and twisted crime novel that evokes the worlds of George V. Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, and David Mamet, destined to be a Neo-noir classic.

It begins as a romance between two teenagers searching for a deeper meaning in life in their small town. When the enigmatic Anna—who prefers to go by Anastasia—shows up in the halls of Hamilton High, she changes the narrator's life, opening his mind to Baudelaire and Mozart and revealing a world of magic tricks, ghost stories, and affectionate mind games. Together the couple probe through enchanted woods, the Internet, and everything in between—until, one winter evening a week before Valen...

A down and dirty gem of a tale—a twisty and twisted crime novel that evokes the worlds of George V. Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, and David Mamet, destined to be a neo-noir classic.Rick and Frank are recovering addicts and accomplished house thieves. They do not steal randomly—they steal according to order, hired by a mysterious handler. The jobs run routinely until they're tasked with taking a seemingly worthless trophy: an object that generates interest and obsess...

Powerful, riveting, and real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspe...

Rick und Frank sind ehemalige Drogensüchtige und erfahrene Einbrecher. Sie stehlen nicht wahllos – sie stehlen auf Befehl eines geheimnisvollen Auftragsgebers. Die Aufträge laufen routinemäßig ab, bis sie den Auftrag bekommen, eine scheinbar wertlose Trophäe zu stehlen: ein Objekt, das in keinem Verhältnis zu seinem scheinbaren Wert steht und dennoch Interesse und Besessenheit weckt. Gerade als der Raubüberfall abgeschlossen ist, werden die beiden in einen bizarren Autounfall verwickelt, d...

Set in Paris during the 1889 World Exposition, man-about-town Gregory "Monty" Meru and his capable cohort Tebley "Tim" Fatago investigate five mysterious deaths that confound the mundane methods of the Paris Sûreté. Schooled from a young age in the ways of the occult, Monty sets out to use his unique expertise to solve the unsolvable. He's even had cards made up! They read: Occult Death Investigation.The intrepid duo's adventures lead them to encounter psychics, s...

Set in Paris during the 1889 World Exposition, man-about-town Gregory "Monty" Meru and his capable cohort Tebley "Tim" Fatago investigate five mysterious deaths that confound the mundane methods of the Paris Sûreté. Schooled from a young age in the ways of the occult, Monty sets out to use his unique expertise to solve the unsolvable. He's even had cards made up! They read: Occult Death Investigation.The intrepid duo's adventures lead them to encounter psychics, s...