Ideas that kill . . . This challenging mystery by the author of FIRST PRIZE brings back Chess Hanrahan, "a thinking man's Mike Hammer." A woman working undercover for the FBI is dead as Russian agents make a grab for a seemingly obscure computer company. Hanrahan, who believes no observable phenomenon is beyond rational scrutiny, plays a high-stakes game with a cabal of social scientists who want to reshape public thought--knowing that ideas can kill. Cline's previous Hanrahan mystery, FIRST PRIZE, was praised as a "striking tale" (Allen J. Hubin, The Armchair Detective).

Presence of Mind

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

CLINE, EDWARD

Mystery

Perfect Crime Books

Cop on the run . . . Jake Gilmartin's buddies on the NYPD are out to kill him, and the only man he can turn to for help is his son . . . who hates his guts. A new hard-boiled novel by the author of the Rat Pack mysteries.

The Bottom of Every Bottle

Randisi, Robert J.

Fifteen hard-boiled stories by the author Booklist called "one of the last true pulp writers."  An honest cop marked for a fall . . . A high-upkeep mistress with a taste for strangers . . . "A master of the genre . . . One of the best" (Michael Connelly).

The Guilt Edge

Fast-paced gumshoe tales that have won the coveted Shamus award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Volume I includes stories by John Lutz, Bill Pronzini, Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Mickey Spillane, Marcia Muller, Nancy Pickard, Benjamin M. Schutz, Linda Barnes, Max Allan Collins, and Sue Grafton. Collected and introduced by Robert J. Randisi.

The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories: Volume I 1982-1995

Literature & Fiction

PRONZINI, BILL

Pickard, Nancy

MULLER, Marcia

SPILLANE, Mickey

Estleman, Loren D.

Lutz, John

Gorman, Ed

Schutz, Benjamin M.

Block,Lawrence

United States

Publishers Weekly: "A strong collection." 13 tales by a master of the dark suspense story. Lethal parents, a rapist cop, a con trying to go straight, a dying vigilante. "One of our finest contemporary short story writers regardless of genre" (Jon Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine).

Noir 13

Sixteen topflight mysteries by authors judged by their peers as "best in the business." This volume includes Shamus-winning short stories from 1996 through 2009. Well-known private eyes Amos Walker, Aaron Gunner, Scott Elliott and Alo Nudger tackle their toughest cases, joined by newer talent that proves crime-fighting is a fresh 21st century game. Authors include Pearl Abraham, Mitch Alderman, O'Neil De Noux, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Terrence Faherty, Gar Anthony Haywood, Jeremiah Healy, Ceri Jordan, John Lutz, Lia Matera, Warren Murphy, I. J. Parker, Cornelia Read, Carolyn Wheat, and Michael Wiecek. Edited and introduced by Robert J. Randisi.

The Shamus Winners: Volume II: 1996-2009

USA Today called JOHN C. BOLAND's debut novel EASY MONEY (St. Martin's Press) an "Entertaining whodunit. Great fun!" In Boland's new Key West thriller, LAST ISLAND SOUTH, novice investigator Meggie Trevor is so broke she'll take on any client who pays cash. That includes an old Conch named Hub Bennell, who figures she'll protect him better if she doesn't know too much. The town's mayor is missing. So is an arms dealer's yacht. With Feds and old CIA hands on the prowl, nobody has warned Meggie that staying alive in rowdy Key Wasted is a full-time job. Boland is the author of six previous novels from St. Martin's Press and Pocket Books. The Shamus nominee and International Thriller Writers finalist is also the author of 30 YEARS IN THE PULPS, a new collection of novelettes and short stories from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's mystery magazines.

Last Island South

Boland, John C.

Watch for Quarry on Cinemax! Cult favorite Quarry, the killer for hire, is back in print with this debut novel and four other early works by author Max Allan Collins. They don't come any harder-boiled than Quarry. After carrying out his assignment in a down-at-heels river town, the gunman finds someone has played him for a sucker. To figure out who, he must solve the murder he committed. This new edition includes a previously unpublished Afterword by the author.

Quarry

Collins,Max Allan

Killer-for-hire Quarry is trying to lie low when he gets a midnight visit from two other gunmen sent by an old associate. Someone wants Quarry off the scene--for keeps. Back in print, this early crime novel by the author of The Road to Perdition shows once again that nobody is harder-boiled than Quarry. With a new Afterword by the author.

Quarry's List

No longer a killer-for-hire, Quarry now offers his services to people targeted by other hitmen. In this case, the assassin is a beautiful woman who may be as deadly at the game as Quarry himself.

Quarry's Deal

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