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Political
After decades of madness in the Bronx, Isaac Sidel visits the craziest state in the country Isaac Sidel is too popular to be America's vice president. Once the New York Police Department commissioner, he became the most... See More
Contemporary Fiction
A secret tryst threatens to turn two cops against each otherIsaac Sidel is a bear of a cop. Although his position as the commissioner's first deputy is largely political, Sidel has not forgotten how to work the New York City... See More
Mystery
A stylish killer makes the mistake of befriending a god Though he doesn't know mink from sable, Sidney Holden is the most important employee at Aladdin Furs. He is a bumper, a well-dressed killer who collects the debts that... See More
Contemporary Fiction
Disguised as a bum and living in a flophouse, Sidel tries to save a streetwalkerThe ragged old man has a tapeworm in his gut and a room at a nameless Whore's Row hotel, but to those in the know, he is one of the most... See More
MysteryWhen his father dies, a young bumper inherits the bloody family business Holden is more than a bill collector. He's a killer. His father came to New York from Belgium to spend his life driving cars for the Aladdin Fur... See More
Crime Fiction
New York's children wage war on the city's rich, with Sidel as the refereeIn his years serving the people of New York, Isaac Sidel has often rescued the city from oblivion, but never has he faced anything as dangerous as the... See More
Crime FictionWhen his best friend is killed, Isaac Sidel looks for revenge in the BronxThough incorruptible -- at least by New York Police Department standards -- Detective Isaac Sidel knows that sometimes it's useful to look a little... See More
Biographies & Memoirs
In A Singular Beauty, Jerome Charyn magically transports the reader back to his childhood in 1940s Bronx, filled with the tensions of World War II, the rationing of food and fuel, and corrupt public officials who feast on... See More
United States
"A moving attempt to trace the connections between Kosinski's wartime struggles and postwar fictions." -- New Yorker "Jerzy is a novel with a light touch that's still capable of lifting heavy subjects. Charyn knows what he... See More
Literary Fiction
Teddy Roosevelt comes to comic life in Jerome Charyn's "tremendous[ly] fun... delightful novel" (Ron Charles, Washington Post). Widely considered "one of our most rewarding novelists," Jerome Charyn "has upped the ante"... See More
Literary Fiction
Jerome Charyn's "daring" and "memorable" (The New Yorker) historical novel renders the inner life of our sixteenth president like never before. This unforgettable portrait of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War effortlessly... See More
Literature & Fiction
Longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Brooklyn is dead. Long live the Bronx! In Bitter Bronx, Jerome Charyn returns to his roots and leads the literary renaissance of an oft-overlooked borough in... See More
History
As the New York Yankees' star centerfielder from 1936 to 1951, Joe DiMaggio is enshrined in America's memory as the epitome in sports of grace, dignity, and that ineffable quality called "class." But his career after... See More
Historical Fiction
"A rollicking tale." -- Stacy Schiff, New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Johnny One-Eye is bringing about the rediscovery of one of the most "singular and remarkable [careers] in American literature" (Jonathan... See More
United States
"Charyn's blunt, brilliantly crafted prose bubbles with the pleasure of nailing life to the page in just the right words... [Cesare is] provocative, stimulating and deeply satisfying." -- Washington Post On a windy night in... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic NovelsTwo brothers: one, a man of God; the other, a man of the Mob. In a city on the edge of chaos, they'll do anything to survive. The story begins in New York City... one hour into the future. Crime runs rampant, rogue cops... See More
Literature & Fiction
A cop and his disgraced mentor attempt to bust a white slavery ringBefore Isaac Sidel adopts him, Manfred Coen is a mutt. A kid from the Bronx, he joins the police academy after his father's suicide leaves him directionless... See More
Crime FictionThe Justice Department hires Sidel's new chauffer to spy on the New York Police Department's commissionerJoey Barbarossa likes being a cop, because it makes dealing drugs easier. Any time a fellow pusher gives him trouble... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels
Amid the tenements and riverfronts of the Lower East Side, twin brothers Max and Morris rule the seedy streets as chieftains of a crew of thieves and hoodlums. Tensions rise when a rival gang encroaches upon their Sheriff... See More
Literary Criticism
PEN/ Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Longlist O, The Oprah Magazine Best Books of Summer" selection Magnetic nonfiction." O, The Oprah Magazine Remarkable insight... [a] unique... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels
Spanning multiple decades and continents, this phantasmagorical epic is the unique collaboration between an award-winning American author and the famous French illustrator of Alexandro Jodorowsky's Bouncer series. The... See More
Literary FictionBarcelona's only literary magazine in English returns with a bumper issue of crime fiction set in the city. Stories from new and well-known writers alongside interviews with John Connolly and Stefanie Kremser: there is... See More
Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels
A serial killer haunts the city streets, a stalker of isolated women who leaves a Santa Claus hat at the scene of his crimes. Pavel, a Russian émigré, assists the police investigation as a sketch artist. But Pavel's true... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
A black defense attorney struggles with his obsession with the laziest whore in Harlem From his penthouse in posh Sugar Hill, Edward Parkchester rules over Manhattan. A silver-tongued defense attorney with a flourishing... See More
Literature & Fiction
Hailed as the first great Soviet writer, Isaac Babel was at once a product and a victim of violent revolution. In tales of Cossack marauders and flashy Odessa gangsters, he perfectly captured the raw, edgy mood of the first... See More
Crime Fiction
In debt to the mob, Sidel's sidekick brings hell to One Police PlazaFor Detective Caroll Brent, special attention from Commissioner Sidel is not a good thing. Sidel's last pet detective, Manfred Coen, was killed by a gang of... See More
Literature & Fiction
"In this brilliant and hilarious jailbreak of a novel, Charyn channels the genius poet and her great leaps of the imagination." -- Donna Seaman, Booklist, starred review Jerome Charyn, "one of the most important writers in... See More
Crime Fiction
Thrillers
Reflecting our own world like a volatile funhouse mirror, Winter Warning lures us back to the 1980s, an era that could have been ripped right out of our most recent political upheaval. Isaac Sidel should have been vice... See More
Crime FictionA month before he becomes New York City's mayor, Sidel confronts a gang of baseball-loving racistsFor the first time in his adult life, Isaac Sidel is no longer a cop. He has moved beyond the halls of One Police Plaza, and... See More