Brash Books Newsletter: May 8 Edition
Published: Sat, 05/08/21
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Having trouble viewing the email? Click the following link: https://archive.aweber.com/newsletter/brashbooks/NDYyMzAzOQ==/brash-books-newsletter-may-8-edition.htm Hi , We're proud to announce our new imprint, Cutting Edge Books, for vintage hard-boiled crime, thriller and suspense reprints from the 1940s-1960s... as well as westerns, pulp romance, and other genres... and some brand new, never-before-published titles. If you'd like to hear about our latest Cutting Edge releases, please sign up for our newsletter here. We're kicking off May with lots of new releases and pre-orders... and a new hardcover edition of a beloved classic. THE OLD MAN'S PLACE
"Sanford is a supreme master at squeezing the last drop of terror and excitement out of a sordid, savage situation. The story sweeps along with an ugly force that will send sensitive souls in search of smelling salts." How can you resist that? Here's the story: A trio of vicious World War One veterans descend on the farm in the Adirondack mountains where one of them grew up and his father now lives alone. They embark on happily wreaking drunken havoc at the old man's place and in the nearby town. But when a naive, mail-order bride arrives, she ignites a tinderbox of resentment, lust, and betrayal among the men that explodes in brutal depravity, bloody violence and shocking death.
"The prose is fresh and energetic, the story-telling superb, and the writing comes out as raw and terrifying as an exposed nerve." Here's the unforgettable story: Aaron Platt has spent every day of his life breaking his back to scrape a living from the rocky, played-out fields of the Adirondack farm he inherited from his sadistic father. One winter morning, he follows footprints in the snow to his barn and discovers a man freezing to death in a horse stall. What unfolds between the two men, past and present, is a brisk, gritty depiction of crime and punishment. But their harrowing story is more than that, exposing the shocking hypocrisy of the people who live in the nearby, bucolic town—a legacy of hatred that reaches back to the violent founding of the nation. If you like your hard-boiled crime fiction extra hard-boiled, seasoned with literary power, these are the books for you. You can order THE OLD MAN'S PLACE here. THEIR MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
American spy Charlie Sparrow is assigned to infiltrate tech businessman Davis Berwick Marshall's outsider campaign for President. The candidate's man-hungry, widowed daughter has just returned from overseas and Sparrow bears a striking resemblance to her late husband. Sparrow hopes to leverage that resemblance to get into Lisa's bed... and into the corrupt Marshall campaign. But can Sparrow reveal the truth before a possible Russian spy occupies the Oval Office? The Chicago Tribune was wowed, calling the novel "Innovative, deft and entertaining," while the Oakland Tribune raved, "The theme is interesting, the dialogue is brisk and sexy, the action is swift, and the tale is full of unexpected twists." Whatever your political leaning, you'll love this fast-moving, funny book. You can order it here. BLUES IN THE NIGHT
You can order it here. THREE HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT
When a Philadelphia state senator is arrested for racketeering and held without bail, his ex-girlfriend reveals to a shady, retired cop that there's half-a-million dollars just sitting in his bedroom safe. The cop brings in a professional thief, who rips the safe from the wall and drops it out the window. It's a sweet score—but they're hijacked before they open it. The thief survives and tears through the city, going up against warring gangsters, bent cops, and a cold-blooded assassin to take back what's his—even if it means dying for it. Here's some of the acclaim: "A gripping and fast-paced thriller." Philadelphia Inquirer "A knife sharp piece of Philadelphian noir. Recommended for all fans of fast paced, hard hitting crime fiction." Andrew Nette, Pulp Curry Blog "A wonderful thriller. It oozes grit and swagger and leaves blood all over your hands." Ginger Nuts of Horror Blog "There is a touch of Hemingway and Chandler in the writing. Hard-boiled noir thrillers don't come any better than this." The Toorak Times You can order pre-order the book here. BLANCHE IN HARDCOVER You can now get BLANCHE ON THE LAM, the smart & sassy first novel in the ground-breaking Blanche White series by Barbara Neely, the 2020 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster, and the winner of the Agatha and Macavity Awards, in a new hardcover edition right here. We have many more books coming for your summer reading pleasure... so until next month, stay safe, stay healthy, and stay Brash!
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This is a hard-boiled, literary masterpiece, back in print for the first time in sixty years, and includes a new introduction by Jack Mearns, author of John Sanford: An Annotated Bibliography. The critics went wild over the novel.
But that's not all. His novel MAKE MY BED IN HELL, which was also out-of-print for decades, will be available in June... and is now available for pre-order. The critics loved this one, too:
An obscenely wealthy businessman, who has a strange relationship with his adult daughter, is running for President of the United States and intelligence agencies fear that he may be a Soviet puppet. Sound familiar? No, these aren't the Trumps.
But in 1971, author Tom Ardies saw the future in a wild, political spy novel that has now become the perfect thriller for our time.
Dick Lochte is a Nero Wolfe Award winner and has been both an Edgar and Shamus Award finalist. His novel BLUES IN THE NIGHT, first published in hardcover in the UK in 2013, is now available as an ebook and paperback for the first time! It's a terrific, noir
novel of redemption, a lightning-fast thrill ride, a witty whodunit and an edgy, no-holds-barred love story that reads like a modern day Maltese Falcon on steroids… by one of the most acclaimed and admired writers in crime fiction. But don't just take our word for it. Booklist says "Lochte turns in an excellent performance with this gritty, well crafted thriller with a likable protagonist and an engaging cast of supporting players."
In June, we're releasing Tony Knighton's THREE HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT, a stunning, hard-charging crime novel in the tradition of Richard Stark, Lawrence Block and Thomas Perry... and the prequel to A FEW DAYS AWAY, which we'll be releasing
this fall. Here's the story:
