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Crime Fiction
Edgar Award Finalist: A comical crime caper "filled with action and imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). John Dortmunder leaves jail with ten dollars, a train ticket, and nothing to make money on but his good... See More
Crime Fiction
Be careful what you steal... A fast-paced crime caper from the Edgar Award-winning author and "funniest man in the world" (The Washington Post Book World). The Byzantine Fire is much more than a ninety-carat ruby. As a... See More
Crime Fiction
A couple's insurance scam could turn a faked death into a real one, in this witty crime thriller by the Edgar Award-winning author of the Dortmunder novels. After more than a decade of skipping out on their debts, Lola... See More
Crime Fiction
"Merriment, mayhem and a plot that really keeps you guessing" from the Grand Master of Mystery and author of the John Dortmunder novels (Kirkus Reviews). The corpse isn't anybody special -- a low-level drug courier -- but... See More
Crime Fiction
A crew of thieves hopes to hijack a mobile home full of money in this crime caper from "the funniest man in the world" (The Washington Post). John Dortmunder has been working an encyclopedia-selling scam while waiting for... See More
Humor & Satire
"A boffo performance" of crime, romance, and tabloid journalism from the three-time Edgar Award-winning author of Baby, Would I Lie? (Publishers Weekly). Sara Joslyn is fresh from journalism school and ready to take on... See More
Humor & Satire
The three-time Edgar Award-winning Grand Master of Mystery serves up a dangerous case of mistaken identity in "the best spy comedy I have ever read" (The New York Times). J. Eugene Raxford is not what anyone would call a... See More
Crime Fiction
A kidnapping plan cribbed from a crime novel goes hilariously wrong for gang boss John Dortmunder -- from the Edgar Award-winning author of Bank Shot. When his "friend" Andy Kelp has a plan, career criminal John... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
At a mental institution, Mitch Tobin searches for a patient with a violent sense of humor Mitch Tobin is about to be committed. Since his abrupt dismissal from the NYPD, Tobin's nerves have been frayed, and if it wasn't for... See More
Crime Fiction
A hapless thief is drafted by a gang of nuns in need, in a novel by an Edgar Award winner who "has no peer in the realm of comic mystery novelists" (San Francisco Chronicle). It was supposed to be a simple caviar heist... See More
Crime Fiction
Working night security at a museum, ex-cop Mitchell Tobin finds a naked corpse on display in this crime novel by the Edgar Award-winning author. When he first met Linda Campbell, Mitchell Tobin was nothing more to her... See More
Crime Fiction
Thrillers
* Put a Lid on It, Donald E. Westlake's most recent novel, was published in Mysterious Press hardcover in 4/02. It will be published in mass market paperback in 3/03 to tie in with the hardcover release of MONEY FOR... See More
Literature & Fiction
In the comfort station at Bryant Park, worlds collide and lives are changed forever Look past the grandeur of the famous New York Public Library and you will see the true architectural marvel of Forty-Second Street: the... See More
Crime Fiction
This "high comedy of errors [and] murder" with a cat-and-mouse plot is "real fun on the run" from the Edgar Award-winning Grand Master of Mystery (Kirkus Reviews). Charlie Poole is a bum. His friends know it. His gangster... See More
"A delightfully feisty, smart heroine" is up against a country music killer in this comic thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Trust Me on This (Publishers Weekly). Having endured the seedy world of tabloid... See More
Humor & Satire
One man's quest to make history -- and a lot of money: "High entertainment" from the three-time Edgar Award-winning Grand Master of Mystery (Elmore Leonard). Kirby Galway may be a low-level marijuana smuggler in Belize... See More
Crime Fiction
The Grand Master of Mystery delivers "nerve-end-entertainment" when two of New York's finest set out to become two of New York's richest (Kirkus Reviews). Tom and Joe have been walking the beat on the mean streets of the... See More
To find a gay man's killer, Mitch Tobin looks to the stars Disgraced ex-cop Mitch Tobin is digging in his basement when he meets Ronald Cornell. A gay man from downtown Brooklyn whose partner was recently murdered, Cornell... See More
A disgraced ex-cop takes a job from a bereaved, gentlemanly mobster Six months ago, Mitchell Tobin lost his career -- and with it, his identity. An honest cop drummed out of the force because of one terrible mistake, Tobin... See More
Crime Fiction
This rollicking tale of an aging robber who wants to blow up a reservoir "will keep readers laughing" (Publishers Weekly). In his day, Tom was a hard man. He came up with Dillinger in the 1930s, and pulled a lot of... See More
An inside-job art heist goes awry in this "wildly funny" crime novel by the Edgar Award-winning author (The New York Times Book Review). It would take a miracle to keep Dortmunder out of jail. Though he cased the... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
The hunt is on for a valuable statue in this comic crime thriller from "the funniest man in the world" (The Washington Post). A small South American republic has decided to capitalize on its national symbol: a prized... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
For the sake of a distant cousin, Mitch Tobin takes on an impossible case On the outskirts of Greenwich Village, among a wasteland of warehouses and tenements, a group of young people are opening a coffee shop. They are... See More
Literature & Fiction
What will a group of monks do when their century-old monastery in New York City is threatened with demolition to make room for a new high-rise? What will a group of monks do when their two-century-old monastery in New York... See More
Thrillers
The Bond That Never Was Two decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The plot Westlake dreamed up - about a... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels
Darwyn Cooke is the Eisner Award-winning writer/artist of such classics as DC: The New Frontier, Selina's Big Score, and last year's smash-hit, The Hunter. Now, Cooke is back and following up the New York Times best-selling... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels
Darwyn Cooke, Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist, sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one of the true classics of crime fiction: Richard Stark's Parker. Stark was a pseudonym used by the revered and... See More
Crime Fiction
BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS. The year is 1977, and America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go. Not aging comedian... See More
Crime Fiction
SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man's mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk... See More