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Includes brand-new stories by: Diane Ayres, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Keith Gilman, Cary Holladay, Solomon Jones, Gerald Kolpan, Aimee LaBrie, Halimah Marcus, Carlin Romano, Asali Solomon, Laura Spagnoli, Duane Swierczynski, Dennis Taf...

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New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today’s top crime writers in this acclaimed collection of suspenseful stories featuring fierce women—including one never-before-published novella. &...

Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series of novels, set in the later Roman Republic and featuring Gordianus the Finder, has garnered unusual acclaim from readers and reviewers alike, establishing him as one of the pre-eminent historical m...

This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers' landmark 1929 anthology The Omnibus of Crime left off, bringing together monumental, important, and entertaining works of short crime fiction published over eight decade...

A new series, the first to be co-written by the best-selling husband and wife, features a reversible format and includes the tales, 'In the Land of the Giants,' in which Boston detectives MacCain and Sylvestor investigate the murder o...

Sherlock Holmes is the most famous fictional detective ever created. The supremely rational sleuth and his dependable companion, Dr. Watson, will forever be associated with the gaslit and smog-filled streets of late 19th- and early 20...

In 'Hi! Howya Doin!' an intrusive jogger meets with an abrupt fate; in 'The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza' a young woman's romantic view of her girlhood is devastated by her father's confessions; and in 'Valentine, July Heat Wave' a ...

"My mom went to Berkeley in the 60s (my main tangential claim to hippiedom), so I'm psyched to see her favorite town get the Akashic noir treatment. San Francisco's hippie silo has long captured the imagination of artists and wri...

"Brooklyn Noir came first in 2004, and now, 15 years later, Houston Noir--14 stories of intrigue, betrayal and death set from Tanglewood to Third Ward penned by current or former Houston authors--goes on sale."--Houston Chro...

Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena. "An appealing anthology of 14 stories about life and crime in the Mojave Desert's playgr...

"It's a thrilling, whip-smart book that will dazzle local lovers of crime fiction."--Good Times Santa Cruz, Editor's Note"Santa Cruz is a place of natural beauty, ocean breezes and family-friendly tourist attractions. B...

Tampa Bay joins Miami in representing the (alleged) Sunshine State in the Noir Series arena.\n\n\"At last, the popular Akashic Noir series has adopted the Tampa Bay area...The notion of elevating place to the status of a character in ...

An outstanding collection of fifteen stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, one of the most enduring characters in crime fiction, from the acclaimed author of the Sherlockian novel Dust and Shadow and the Timothy Wilde trilogy

Named a Notable Translation of 2014 by World Literature Today"This entry in Akashic's noir series takes the gritty sensibilities born out of American film and fiction to Tehran."--Publishers Weekly"A tour de force not t...

"One of the best in a generally good series, with no story disappointing and the best genuinely gripping...This superior collection of noir fiction will appeal to all lovers of crime fiction--or, for that matter, good writing.&qu...

Winner of the 2009 NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa From Zamfara up north to the Niger delta down south, with a finale in Lagos, this collection of stories and a novella respond to and amplify the newspaper headlines in a range of...

A COLLECTION... OF COLLECTIONS What leads one person to collect stamps and another coins, one fine art and another butterflies? Who can say? But one thing is certain: those who've got the collecting bug care passionately-sometimes...

Everybody loves Christmas ... and mysteries. And now the two of them have been combined. We hope you'll enjoy this fun little project revisiting the Christmas Cookies CD. - Joe Bonsall, The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas is magical and i...

Seven stories from the papers of one of America's finest crime authorsRoger doesn't mean for the preacher and his wife to die. Released less than a year earlier from San Quentin, he's trying to make a living the only way he knows how:...

"You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot o...

From the author of the New York Times–bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series, twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved detective's career   Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels, and now ...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Featuring brand-new stories by: ...

Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest edito...

The Man Who Knew Too Much and other stories (1922) is a book of detective stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton, published in 1922 by Cassell and Company in the United Kingdom, and Harper Brothers in the United States. The book ...

The Trees of Pride is a classic text from G.K. Chesterton is a collection of detective stories including the following titles: I. THE TALE OF THE PEACOCK TREES II. THE WAGER OF SQUIRE VANE III. THE MYSTERY OF THE WELL IV. THE CHASE AF...

"The disturbingly good new talent showcased in this volume bodes well for the future of the genre." -Publishers Weekly A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmas...

Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious B...