An emotionally charged social drama from 1922 involving an impulsive woman who marries for love, then has to cope with the consequences; plus stories in a similar vein from the same period. From the a
The Haunts of Men was originally published in 1898. It has been reprinted in full, with the addition of three non-supernatural stories each from The King in Yellow and The Maker of Moons, plus a secti
Ghosts and Shape Shifters Monos and Daimonos by Edward Bulwer Hugenin’s Wife by M. P. Shiel The Far Islands by John Buchan The Ship That Saw a Ghost by Frank Norris The Gray Wolf by George MacDonald T
Go, Lovely Rose won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1954, and The Evil Wish was an Edgar runner-up in 1963. Both novels have been out of print for over 50 years, and are long overdue for redis
The Body Looks Familiar involves a revenge fantasy that begins with murder, and The Late Mrs. Five finds an innocent man suspected of murdering his ex-wife.
Three noir classics from 1947, 1951 and 1961, the stories of hard-luck losers looking for their last chance at redemption, unlikely gin-joint heroes of the shadowlands.
Jay Flynn had a 20-year writing career turning out mostly paperback originals as Jay Flynn and J. M. Flynn. These two hardboiled mysteries are considered his best.
Two novels from 1959 and 1960, originally published in paperback by Beacon Books, which explore what some critics have labeled "the sleazy side of the street."
Originally published in France as Ascenseur Pour l’Échafaud in 1956, this edition was translated to English by R. F. Tannenbaum as Frantic and published by Gold Medal Books in 1961.
Originally published by Doubleday & Co. in 1957, END OF THE LINE pairs two disparate railroad detectives together to solve an old crime involving a train wreck and its beneficiaries.
Jess Franco was director, cinematographer, writer, composer, editor, producer and actor in a series of fiercely independent films made over a roughly sixty year range.From B-horror films to hardcore s
In the words of one critic, "a turbulent, never-ending nose-dive into the depths of one man’s paranoia that, to his utter and horrifying dismay, repeatedly comes true."
Unified by themes of love, hope and freedom, Blackwood explores the implications of the coming Age of Aquarius in two books written after he had experienced the horrors of World War I.
Gil Brewer is one of the modern masters of desperate noir fiction, and this is the first collection of his short stories, expanded to include five stories left out of the original edition.
William Ard created many detective heroes in the 1950s including Timothy Dane and Lou Largo. YOU'LL GET YOURS is one of two hardboiled novels featuring Barney Glines. Before he passed away in 1960, Ar
Lionel White inspired Stanley Kubrick and was referenced by Quentin Tarantino, but his novels have remained out of print for too long. Stark House proudly re-introduces him to a modern audience with t
Bill Ballinger wrote incredibly clever mysteries that were very well received when they were originally published in the 1950s and 60s. His return to print is long overdue. As Litchfield says in his i
Lady of a Thousand Sorrows offers a fictionalized drama of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, being the story of a woman whose president/husband has been assassinated and is now being held in a secluded room
New York City. 1948. Damon Taylor, ace reporter for Crime Weekly, begins to investigate the murder of a dance leader at the Savoy. Soon he is aided by a young Truman Capote and fellow newshound, Walte
Two gritty New York mysteries, the first involving a young cop who sets out to solve a murder that everyone else thinks is just a random killing, and the second the story of an unlikely detective who
Two gangland crime novels from an author of whom Bill Pronzini said "had few peers among noir writers of the 50s and 60s; he has few peers today." Or as Ed Gorman phrased it in Mystery Scene
