If politics makes for strange bedfellows, perhaps no bedfellows are stranger than Grant Lambert and Austin Peebles.Austin Peebles is a professional politician with a problem: a prominent rightwing blogger has come into possession of a compromising cell phone photo of the congressional candidate...an image that could derail his campaign.Enter Grant Lambert—a professional criminal who lives so far below society’s radar he’s never even registered to vote—and his partner in lif...

When Grant Lambert and Chase LaMarca—partners in life and crime—learn that 7 million in not-so-petty cash is hidden in the safe of a rightwing mega-church, they assemble a team of gay and lesbian criminals to infiltrate the church and steal the money. But this Gang That Cant Do Anything Straight quickly finds its plans complicated by corrupt congressmen (and their gay aides); an “ex-gay” conference; an FBI investigation; and—most jarring for these born-and-bred New Yorkers—life in the nort...

From award-winning author Rob Byrnes comes a wickedly entertaining caper involving red-hot men, cold hard cash, and deliciously dirty deeds. . .Two Partners In CrimeGrant and Chase are a fun-loving pair of small-time hustlers with no money, little patience, and lots of get-rich-quick schemes. If only they could pull off the perfect crime--"The Big One," as Grant calls it--Chase could finally quit his job at the supermarket and the two could retire in style....

Guess Who's Coming Out?Noah Abraham is back in New York tending to his ailing father while dealing with his writer's block on a book about gay congressional staffers. What he needs is a break, and a night out with his stepmother, Tricia--the most down-to-earth Trophy Wife on Park Avenue--is just the thing, especially when she introduces Noah to the handsome Bart Gustafson. Bart is as charming, personable, and laid back as Noah is intense. He's also the personal ass...

Award-winning crime writers J.M. Redmann and Rob Byrnes bring together their iconic characters—hard-boiled PI Micky Knight and charming con artists Grant Lambert and Chase LaMarca—in a fast-paced crossover that’s both grit and grift.Private investigator Micky Knight tries to keep things mostly legal. But that line gets blurry when she crosses paths with Grant and Chase in a swanky French Quarter bar, and on the other side of her barstool two feuding anti-LGBTQ crus...

“Poignant account of an unexpectedly homeless man’s road to rebirth, accompanied by his trusty canine companion . . . thoroughly life-affirming.” —Kirkus ReviewsOne day, Richard LeMieux had a happy marriage, a palatial home, and took $40,000 Greek vacations. The next, he was living out of a van with only his dog, Willow, for company. This astonishingly frank memoir tells the story of one man’s resilience in the face of economic disaster. Penniless, a faile...

A new Mike Hammer story from the archives of Mickey Spillane.On the death of crime boss Don Giraldi, a rumour begins to spread about the existence of a very dangerous book. A ledger that lists every deal made during his career.The rumored is that the book is in the possession of person he trusted most. But who can a crime boss trust? Hired by the local police to find the ledger, Mike Hammer soon finds himself in the firing line of everyone from the cops, the local politicia...

Shannon Brandt's mission had failed–spectacularly. Instead of arresting AWOL Ranger Rafe Lyons, the merciless commando had kidnapped her–a tough, experienced FBI agent. Worse, she'd agreed to a deal with the devil and promised to help Rafe recover his abducted niece.Before long, her promise becomes a wrenching ethical dilemma. If she breaks the law to reunite a family, she'll ruin her career and dishonor her family. But if she plays it by the book, an innocent life may be ...

'Twas the night of the blizzardAnd into the great house,Crept a crazy old madmanWho Wielded an AxeHe butchered twelve peoplebefore the tenth bellAnd After he ate themHe returned to black hell***Andrea D'Allasandra shocked readers around the world in 2000 when she introduced the terrifying mountain madman, Benji, who butchered a weekend house party, in the best-selling Death House.Now, in her stunning new seque...

This double edition of the Joe Grundy Mystery series presents Marc Strange's Sucker Punch and Body Blows.Sucker Punch: Joe Grundy is an ex-heavyweight boxer whose main claim to fame was that he got knocked out by champ Evander Holyfield. Now he's chief of security for a posh old hotel, the Lord Douglas, in downtown Vancouver, and life is pretty good. But then a young neo-hippie inherits more than half a billion dollars and decides to give it all a...

Dexter Nash was a killer. He murdered for money and it was a business to him. He came out of a bad marriage and decided with all the money he earned murdering people, that he had hidden away, he would retire. A visit to a bar he used to frequent to get his hits from the man who procured other hitmen was his first mistake. His misfortune was to meet the woman who would turn his world around and not in a good way. He then met a man who was looking for the woman and wanted something back that...

In this short story, the Nichols family that finds their stingy Uncle Albert, who's been mooching off of the family for years, is actually quite wealthy. Naturally they aren't at all that happy about it and decide that Uncle Albert has overstayed his worldly welcome. What to do? They plot to get rid of him--and just in time for Christmas. It's a jolly holiday all right.Lorraine Bartlett is the New York Times bestselling author of the Victoria Square Mysteries. (A Crafty Killing, Th...