Lead With Your Left, first published in 1957, is a classic hard-boiled crime novel, and follows a young NYPD detective over the course of a week in his hunt for the killer of two retired policemen. Author Ed Lacy (a pseudonym for Leonard Zinberg, 1911-1968) was a prolific writer of pulp crime fiction, and is credited with creating the first believable African-American private eye in American fiction, Toussaint Marcus Moore (in Room to Swing, 1957).Obstreper...

A hard boiled detective mystery about a detective who thought he was the best, and the woman who fell in love with him.

The exotic French Riviera forms the backdrop for this tale for four American expats, scraping by and often slipping over the edge to criminal mischief, just to survive. A great read by one of the masters of hardboiled mystery—though this one is decidedly not hardboiled.

South Pacific Affair, first published in 1960, is a novel set in Tahiti and centers on a romance between a simple island girl and an American man. While trying to create a new life together, the past keeps returning to haunt the pair and their idyllic life on their island paradise. Author Ed Lacy (a pseudonym for Leonard Zinberg, 1911-1968) was a prolific writer of pulp crime fiction, and is credited with creating the first believable African-American private eye in Americ...

A lurid, sexy, pulp detective and mystery tale by Ed Lacy. Not to be missed by hard-boiled detective fans.

3 women can make a mess out of a man's life.The Right One—Michele, the dark-eyed French beauty who looked like she had just stepped out of a European movie.The Wrong One—Wilma, the red-headed temptress who came along at the wrong time with the right invitation.The Dead One—Francine, whose lifeless body was found in a rowboat in the middle of the bay.Ed Lacy's suspense novel is a hard-hitting story of fast-living men and women caught in a web of passion and viole...

Ed Lacy's lurid, sexy, suspenseful detective thriller.

She had to buy protection --- and her payment was her body. A hard-boiled crime novel by Ed Lacy.

Two crooked cops, a red-hot blonde, and a million in cold cash!

Here was an opportunity he couldn't refuse. One of Lacy's best boxing novels.

Evangelism should be the very heartbeat of every born-again Christian, flowing from their love of Jesus Christ. In this book, Ed Lacy reminds us of the transformative power found within the gospel message--the message that is Christ-centered from beginning to end. The gospel stands as a beacon of light, illuminating the path to salvation. God has chosen the plan of salvation and the way to proclaim the good news.Lacy beckons you to place your confidence in the surpassing power of t...

It was my first day in Paris but the feeling was still with me: like I was getting ready to explode, as if my guts were a lit fuse racing up to my brain.Being cooped up gets me that way, although I was camped in a big room in this swank hotel. Twelve bucks a night and it was the best hotel room I'd ever been in. I'd docked at Le Havre the afternoon before, came straight to this fancy joint from Gare St. Lazare, like they told me to. I had a swell suit of clothes, an expensive big s...