The explosive debut novel featuring hard-nosed cop "Fang" Mulheisen—from an author who "stands right up there with the best chroniclers of urban crime" ( The New York Times).The city of Detroit doesn't have many places anyone would exactly call "nice." But the exclusive enclave of Indian Village is an oasis of calm surrounded by urban blight. At least until a beautiful young heiress is murdered during a home robbery gone horribly wrong . ...

"Fang" Mulheisen joins forces with his nemesis to uncover a terrorist plot—from "the best-kept secret of hard-boiled crime fiction connoisseurs" ( The New York Times Book Review).When a bomb goes off at an environmental protest, Detroit police detective "Fang" Mulheisen's own mother is among the wounded. He turns in his badge to care for her—but once she recovers, his instincts drive him to return to the case on his own.Detective ...

A taut police thriller featuring detective "Fang" Mulheisen—from a writer hailed as "the best-kept secret of hard-boiled crime fiction connoisseurs" ( The New York Times Book Review).When a cop guns down an intruder during a break-in, it seems like another case of a bad guy meeting a bad end—until the owner of the garage being burgled is revealed to be Jerry Vanni, a young man whose trucking empire is branching out into juke boxes and ven...

A criminal couple joins a nefarious underground organization in this novel full of "sharp characterization, vivid scenes, and offbeat humor" ( The Oregonian).When anyone in the Detroit underworld hears the names Joe Service and Helen Sedlacek, they know lots of trouble—and bullet-riddled bodies—are sure to follow.That's why Joe and Helen are perfect recruits for the Lucani—a group of rogue operatives, covert intelligence, and cold-blooded killers w...

A wily lady thief is groomed for mafia infamy in this "masterpiece of diabolical design" from the author of Deadman ( The New York Times Book Review).Helen Sedlacek thought that when she stole millions from the mob, she'd be running for the rest of her life. So she's more than a little surprised when mob boss Humphrey DiEbola offers her a job.DiEbola claims that he's looking to retire. With an eye for ruthless talent, he wants to groom Hel...

A Motown mob war threatens to explode in this " kinetic, violent, often brutally funny" mystery featuring Detroit police detective "Fang" Mulheisen ( Publishers Weekly).When Big Sid Sedlacek thought he could skim money from the mob, it was a fatally stupid mistake—one that was corrected by hit man Hal Good. And when Good is brought into the station as a possible witness to the very murder he just committed, he switches IDs with a drunk and...

Detective "Fang" Mulheisen returns in a rollicking thriller hailed as "a quirky, comic delight that brings to mind early Elmore Leonard" ( Booklist).Detroit's Det. Sgt. "Fang" Mulheisen is far from home and hunting for his seemingly unkillable nemesis, a hired gun named Joe Service, who survived a gunshot to the head and escaped a hospital with the help of his beguiling nurse.Joe is in Salt Lake City looking for his longtime lover and partner in cr...

Dogged Detroit detective "Fang" Mulheisen is on the hunt for an old nemesis in this "superb" entry in the hard-hitting mystery series ( Booklist).After waging a personal war of vengeance against the Detroit mob for killing her father, Helen Sedlacek drove off into the sunset with a truckload of cash and her wily hit-man boyfriend, Joe Service. So when Detective Sergeant Mulheisen hears that a man fitting Joe's description is in a hospital...

"The toughest, most darkly comic, consistently superior American procedural on the market" takes on the greatest mystery of all: the death of Jimmy Hoffa ( Booklist).When an eager young historian asks Detroit police detective "Fang" Mulheisen for the real story of Grootka—his legendary law-enforcement mentor—the question leads him to uncover his late friend's notebooks. And with them, Mulheisen may also have stumbled upon the answer to one of the biggest u...

Twenty of America's best mystery short stories from 2011, selected by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author.The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made th...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC FROM MASTER STORYTELLER STEPHEN KINGA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARNAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST THRILLER BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY BY THE NEW YORK TIMESWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEOn November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the wo...

Only Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, can imagine the horror of a good and angry man who fights back against bureaucracy when it threatens to destroy his vitality, home, and memories. “Under any name King mesmerizes the reader” (Chicago Sun-Times).Barton Dawes is standing in the way of progress when his unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. A new highway extension is being built right over the laundry plant wh...