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2021

August 2021 Collections & Anthologies

  • Cohen, Octavus Roy, Jim Hanvey, Detective (Jim Hanvey) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Reprint of classic 1921 collection of stories featuring backwoods detective Hanvey, with introduction by our pal Leslie S. Klinger.

July 2021 Collections & Anthologies

  • Penzler, Otto, editor, Golden Age Detective Stories (anthology)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    An impressive collection of mid-century murder, by the likes of Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, Anthony Boucher and more.

May 2021 Collections & Anthologies

  • Block, Lawrence, Collectibles | Buy this book
    Mystery geeks and collectors should keep an eye peeled for this collection of crime tales about… collecting, by some of our best crime writers. With obsession-drenched stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane,  S.J. Rozan, Thomas Pluck, S.A. Crosby, Lee Goldberg, Joe R. Lansdale, Alex Segura and more.
  • Collins, Max Allan, Double Down (Nolan) (r)  | Buy this book |  Kindle it!
    Reprints two early Nolan novels.

April 2021 Collections & Anthologies

March

2021 Collections & Anthologies

  • Brown, Carter, The Lover/The Mistress/The Passionate (non-P.I.; Al Wheeler) | Buy this book
    Stark House reprint, with intro by Nicholas Litchfield.

February 2021 Collections & Anthologies

  • Goldberg, Tod, The Low Desert: Gangster Stories (non-P.I. crime stories) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Ollerman, Rick, Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider (anthology)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    A slew of Bill’s writing pals pay to the gentleman from Texas with some tall tales of their own, including William Kent Krueger, Bill Pronzini, Joe R. Lansdale, Patricia Abbott, Ben Boulden, Michael Bracken, Jen Conley, Brendan DuBois, Charlaine Harris, David Housewright, Kasey Lansdale, Angela Crider Neary, James Reasoner, James Sallis, Terry Shames, S. A. Solomon, Sara Paretsky, Robert J. Randisi, SJ Rozan, and Eryk Pruitt. I wish I’d been invited to this party.
  • Pachter, Josh, editor, The Great Filling Station Holdup (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett. Includes new stories from Parrotheads Josh Pachter, Rick Ollerman , Michael Bracken, Lissa Marie Redmond , Elaine Viets , Robert J. Randisi , Neil Plakcy and more.
  • Pool, Michael, & Hunter Eden, Crimson Smile/The Path of the Jackals (Rick Malone/1: Fennec Suleiman) | Kindle it!
    A P.I. Tales Double

January 2021 Collections & Anthologies

  • Neely, Richard, The Plastic Nightmare/While Love Lay Sleeping (1: Gus Klein) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    From Stark House, classic reprints, including basis for the film Shattered.
  • Various, Black Cat Mystery Magazine #8 (magazine) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Includes new stories from Jon Matthew Farber, M.A. Monnin, John M. Floyd, Elizabeth Zelvin, D.V. Bennet, Barb Goffman and Donald Barr Chidsey.
  • Various, Guns & Tacos, Vol. 3 (collection; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    New crime stories by Michael Bracken, Trey R. Barker, Eric Beetner & Alec Cizak.

2020

December 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Bracken, Michael, editor, Mickey Finn, Vol. 1: 21st Century Noir (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Twenty shots of noir, served straight up, courtesy of J.L. Abramo, Ann Aptaker, Trey R. Barker, Michael Bracken, Barb Goffman, David Hagerty, James A. Hearn, David H. Hendrickson, Jarrett Kaufman, Mark R. Kehl, Hugh Lessig, Steve Liskow, Alan Orloff, Josh Pachter, Steve Rasnic Tem, Mikal Trimm, Bev Vincent, Joseph S. Walker, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Stacy Woodson.
  • Collins, Max Allan, Blue Christmas & Other Holiday Homicides (collection) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Chaber, M.E., The Twisted Trap: Six Milo March Stories (collection; Milo March)
  • Danquah, Nana-Ama, editor, Accra Noir (Akashic noir)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Keene, Day, Dead Man’s Tide/The Dangling Carrot/The Big Kiss-Off (non-P.I.) | Buy this book
    Another great hattrick of pulp reprints from Stark House.
  • Zafiro, Frank, Sugar Got Low (noir collection)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!

November 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Ballard, W.T., Murder Calls the Tune (collection) | Kindle it!
    Rounds up four hard-boiled pulp tales about life on the home front during World War II.
  • Blassingame, Wyatt, The Complete Cases of John Smith, Vol. 1 (collection) | Buy this book
  • Box, C.J., editor, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
    It’s the end of the world as we know it, as series editor Otto Penzler (and perennial sidekick Michele Slung riding shotgun) does the BAMS boogie one last time. Next year, a new series editor steps in, and the series itself gets a (slightly) new title. But the song remains the same: to present the very best crime stories, no matter where they come from. And this year’s edition is no exception—it includes “twenty perfect pearls” from the likes of Sheila Kohler, David Dean, Jeffery Deaver, Robin Yocum, James Lee Burke, Pamela Blackwood, John Sandford and Rick Helms.
  • Cummings, Ray, The Complete Cases of Uncle Tubby (collection) | Buy this book
  • Daly, Carroll John, Gang Man’s Gallows (Race Williams) | Buy this book
    The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Volume Six
  • Daly, Carroll John, Satan’s Vengeance (2020; Satan Hall) | Buy this book
    The Casebook of Satan Hall
  • Dana, Jan, The Complete Cases of the Acme Indemnity Op, Vol. 1 (collection) | Buy this book
  • Davis, Frederick C.,  The Complete Cases of Bill Brent, Vol. 2 (collection) | Buy this book
  • Footner, Hulbert,  The Viper: The Complete Cases of Madame Storey, Vol. 2 (collection)  | Buy this book
  • Jakubowski, Maxim, The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories (Sherlock Holmes; anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
    The game’s a-foot, with all-new stories featuring Holmes, Watson and the usual gang, by the likes of David Stuart Davies, John Grant, O’Neil De Noux, Rhys Hughes, Matthew Booth, Phillip Vine, Bev Vincent and more.
  • Keith Moray
  • and Nick Sweet
  • Murphy, Sandra, editor, Peace, Love & Crime (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    C’mon people, let’s get together with this batch of crime fiction inspired by the songs of the sixties, from the likes of Michael Bracken, Jeanne DuBois, Terrie Farley Moran, Heidi Hunter, Paul D. Marks, Mary Keliikoa, Maxim Jakubowski, Josh Pachter, and more.
  • Standiford, Les, editor, Miami Noir: The Classics (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Featuring classic crime from the likes of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Elmore Leonard, Lester Dent, Zora Neale Hurston, Brett Halliday, Damon Runyon, Edna Buchanan, James Carlos Blake, Douglas Fairbairn, Charles Willeford, T.J. MacGregor, Lynne Barrett, Les Standiford, Preston L. Allen, John Dufresne, Vicki Hendricks, Christine Kling, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, and David Beaty.

October 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Ivanović, Milorad , editor, Belgrade Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Malmon, Kate, Revenge of the Widow Malmon (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Fuck MS! The widow Malmon seeks revenge. New stories for a good cause, featuring Jordan Harper, S.A. Cosby, J.J. Hensley, Joe Clifford, Sean Chercover, Aimee Hix and more!
  • Neville, Stuart, The Traveler & Other Stories (non-P.I. collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Penzler, Otto, editor, The Big Book of Espionage (non-P.I.; anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    This year’s doorstep anthology from Penzler rounds up recently declassified tales of spies, moles, secret agents, double agents and triple-dog-dare agents, by Lee Child, Jospeh Finder, Ian Fleming, Sara Paretsky, Jeffrey Deaver and other assets.
  • Various, Hoosier Noir: Two (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    The second big issue includes stories Don Stoll, Marianne Halbert, Serena Jayne, Stephen J. Golds, C.W. Blackwell, Michael Bracken, Zakariah Johnson, and Joseph S. Walker.

September 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Brown, Fredric, The Complete Ed & Am Hunter Mysteries (Ed & Am Hunter)
    Prestigious two-volume set from Haffner Press, with an introduction by Jack Seabrook.
  • Child, Lee, editor, The Nicotine Chronicles (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio  | Kindle it!
    Heroin, cocaine, speed, marijuana–Akashic finally unleashes an antho about a real killer… featuring new stories  by Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, Michael Imperioli, Bernice L. McFadden, Cara Black, Jerry Stah and more.
  • McAleer, Andrew, & Paul D. Marks, eds, Coast to Coast Noir: From Sea to Shining Sea (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Another solid collection, featuring stories from Colleen Collins, Brendan DuBois, Alison Gaylin, Andrew McAleer, Michael Mallory, Paul D. Marks, Dennis Palumbo, Stephen D. Rogers, John Shepphird, Beth Terrell and Dave Zeltserman.
  • Mosley, Walter, The Awkward Black Man (collection; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    A collection of his non-crime short fiction.

August 2020 Collections & Anthologies

July 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Bellem, Robert Leslie, & John Wooley, Homicide Highball: The Lost Dan Turner Movie Script (Dan Turner) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Includes Bellem’s original story, “Homicide Highball”, plus Wooley’s original script for the 1990 film.
  • Champion, D.L., Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Rex Sackler (Rex Sackler) | Buy this book
    Intro by Ed Hulse, illustrated by Peter Kuhlhoff, cover by Rafael DeSoto.
  • Constiner, Merle, Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock, Vol. 1 (Luther McGavock) | Buy this book
  • Lybeck, Ed, Dead Evidence: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Harrigan (Harrigan) | Buy this book
    Intro by Will Murray, illustrated by Arthur Rodman Bowker, cover by Jes Schlaikjer
  • Reeves, Robert, Dead and Done For: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Cellini Smith (Cellini Smith) | Buy this book
    Intro by Kenneth S. White, cover by Rafael DeSoto
  • Various, Pulp Adventures #36 (periodical) | Buy this book
    This issue includes a rare story by Erle Stanley Gardner, plus new and classic fiction from Michael A. Wexler, Robert J. Mendenhall, E. C. Tubb, Charles Boeckman, Earle Basinsky, Conrad Adamson; and Steven L. Rowe.

June 2020 Collections & Anthologies

May 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Block, Lawrence, editor, The Darkling Halls of Ivy (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    A semester’s worth of academia-themed murder & mayhem, by Ian Rankin, Joe Lansdale, Reed Farrel Coleman, Gar Anthony Haywood, Tod Goldberg, David Morrell and others.
  • Thompson, Jerry, & Owen Hill, eds., Berkeley Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Various, Shotgun Honey Presents Volume 4: Recoil (periodical) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Twenty-three tales of crime that will hit so hard that the recoil will be felt long after the stories are done, with stories by Rusty Barnes, Jen Conley, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett , Nick Kolakowski , David Nemeth, Johnny Shaw, Kieran Shea and more.

April 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Ballinger, Bill, The Tooth and the Nail/The Wife of the Red-Haired Man (non-P.I.; noir twofer) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Corris, Peter, See You at the Toxteth (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Now in print! A round-up of some of the best stories featuring Sydney P.I. Cliff Hardy, plus a selection of Corris’ non-fiction columns on the world of crime and crime writing, along with his “ABC of Crime Writing.” 
  • Hodder, Mark, editor, Sexton Blake and the Great War (Sexton Blake; collection) | Buy this book
    Includes The Case Of The Naval Manoeuvres, On War Service and Private Tinker.
  • King, Stephen, If It Bleeds (collection) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
    Four new novellas from the master of horror, including the lead story featuring P.I. Holly Gibney.
  • Lansdale, Joe R., Of Mice and Minestrone (Hap Collins & Leonard Pine) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Some new stories, some favorite recipes (by Kasey Lansdale), and an intro by Kathleen Kent.
  • Lynch, Jack, The Complete Bragg (collection; Jack Bragg) | Kindle it!
    Collects all eight novels.
  • Muller, Marcia, & Bill Pronzini, eds., Deadly Anniversaries (MWA Anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
    To mark their 75th anniversary, the MWA unleashes 19 tales of anniversaries gone bad, edited by one of the great married couples of crime fiction.
  • Noble, Don, editor, Alabama Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Pachter, Josh, editor, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies & Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Pachter, Josh, editor, The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (anthology) | Kindle it!
    Includes stories by Art Taylor, Michael Bracken, Marilyn Todd, Greg Herren and a slew of others. A better investment than a  little money riding on the Maple Leafs.
  • Winslow, Don, Broken (collection) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
    Long-awaited collection, including a Boone Daniels story.
  • The Great Radio Private Eyes (OTR collection) | Buy the audio
    Almost ten hours of detective show’s from radio’s Golden Age, including epiosodes of     Bulldog Drummond, Candy Matson, The Falcon, Pat Novak, Michael Shayne, Richard Diamond, Philo Vance, Christopher London, Mr. Keen, Philip Marlowe, Let George Do It, Rex Saunders, Barrie Craig, Danger With Grainger, Sherlock Holmes, Casebook Of Gregory Hood, Boston Blackie, Jeff Regan, Investigator, Sam Spade and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

March 2020 Collections & Anthologies

February 2020 Collections & Anthologies

  • Block, Lawrence, The Burglar in Short Order (Bernie Rhodenbarr) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
  • Brackman, Lisa, & Matt Coyle, editors, Crossing Borders (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    The San Diego Chapter of Sisters in Crime present stories that cross the line.
  • Edwards, Martin, editor, The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    A sterling collection of classic detective stories by the likes of R. Austin Freeman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edmund Crispin, Dorothy L. Sayers and others, featuring some of the “masters of scientific deduction.”
  • Kimani, Peter, editor, Nairobi Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  • Various, The Private Eye Super Pack (collection) | Kindle it!
    A Brash Books bundle of six complete private eye novels. Includes Atlanta Deathwatch by Ralph Dennis, Hail Storme by W.L. Ripley, The Low End Of Nowhere by Michael Stone, The Black Glove by Geoffrey Miller, Death Is Forever by Maxine O’Callaghan and The Dead Never Forget by Jack Lynch.
  • Various, Hoosier Noir: One (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    A new mag from Indiana, featuring writers from that state. This first issue includes Les Edgerton, Don Stoll, Preston Lang, and many more, as well as Michael Mullen photography, an Author Spotlight on Alec Cizak, and an exclusive interview with Rex Weiner.
  • Westlake, Donald, Double Feature (non-P.I., Hard Case Crime) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
    Reprints A Travesty and Ordo.
  • Pulp Adventures #34: City of the Dead Paperback (periodical) | Buy this book
    Another shot of new and classic pulp, with stories by William M. Hope, William Decatur, Robert Leslie Bellem (Dan Turner!), Logan Robichaud, Adam Beau McFarlane, Patti Boeckman, Sharla Wilkin, Charles Burgess and Ron Reikki.

 

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