Hard Boiled Detective Costumes

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself...

An uneasiness festers upon the city streets, threatening the peace and safety of law-abiding citizens. A war is escalating, and it seems as though the good and righteous are being crushed beneath the unholy weight of evil’s onslaught. Organized crime is spreading in an unchecked reign of terror.Until a mysterious agent of retribution rises up from the shadows to challenge the villains. A lone figure, clad in a slouch hat and clothes seemingly stitched from the blackest shadows, masked in the g... [Read More]

NATIONAL BESTSELLER     AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIt is December 6, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. Los Angeles has been a haven for loyal Japanese-Americans—but now, war fever and race hate grip the city and the Japanese internment begins. The hellish murder of a Japanese family summons three men and one woman. William H. Parker is a captain on the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s superb... [Read More]

Looking for a brilliant best-selling murder mystery with a feisty female detective?DETECTIVE HILLARY GREENE IS SOLVING THE COLD CASES NO ONE ELSE COULD CRACK.PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF A BOOK FIRST PUBLISHED AS “A NARROW VICTORY.”Felix Olliphant was found stabbed to death at a New Year’s Eve costume party for the turn of the millennium.Seemingly liked by everyone, motives for his murder are hard to find. There was one suspect, but no evidence.Hillary struggles to solve this b... [Read More]

Mike Ray, former cop and body-double for a world famous action star, was ready to put show business behind him when he was asked to do one last favor for Hollywood’s hottest new actress.All he has to do is find her the necklace from a forgotten film and not get killed in the process.From the insane house parties of Malibu and the reclusive mansions of Beverly Hills to the scorching California desert, Mike finds himself in a scandal involving one of the world’s most eccentric billionaires, th... [Read More]

Every wannabe gang banger in a hundred mile radius wants to put the Boppers in the ground after they’re blamed for the assassination of a prominent leader. They have to run, hide, and fight to clear their name and stay alive. Every gang wants them. Gangs that dress like sadistic clowns, gangs that dress like movie serial killers, gangs that dress like cowboys, and gangs that are white but name themselves after Native war-chiefs.Lex and the Outcasts are responsible for the framing. They discove... [Read More]

One of the strangest pulp heroes is finally available from Altus Press! Created by pulp fiction legend Frederick C. Davis for the pages of the ultra-rare title, Ten Detective Aces, the Moon Man fought the forces of the underworld in 38 unforgettable tales. Volume 7 collects the last five stories from this series: "Preview to Murder," "Ghoul's Carnival," "Skeleton's Snare," "Murder for a Pastime" and "Blackjack Jury." And it includes an all-new introduction by Moon Man expert Andrew Salmon.... [Read More]