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A long-lost, World War II literary classic in the dark, satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, though it pre-dated those landmark novels by decades. When The Freebooters was released in 1949, it was greeted with widespread acclaim, the San Francisco Chronicle declaring it "the best American war novel to arise so far." Now it's finally back in print. Three GIs are "Task Force Sisyphus," a special WWII intelligence unit assigned to eradicate and report on any remnants of fascism still lingering in the battle-scarred aftermath of Allied military victories. But their behind-the-lines reports are largely ignored by the pompous brass, so the off-beat trio use their mission as an excuse to find romance, profit and amusement as they follow the onward march of war from North Africa to France...and to an unexpectedly harrowing conclusion."An extremely well-written, brilliant, book....set against the background of army conniving and corruption." The Saturday Review"Wernick shows considerable talent and a penchant for human understanding that may take him much further on the literary trail." Cincinnati Inquirer"Here is the war in satire, handled imaginatively by an extremely capable writer." New York Times"You'll like Wernick. It would be hard to find a match for his originality. The story wings away into realms of wild imagination, where real and unreal overlap, where what is actually hilarious is not a laugh at all." Ottawa Citizen"Wernick has an interesting and vivid style, a perceptive approach to his material, and a tremendous skill in creating colorful and bizarre scenes." Philadelphia Inquirer"An atmosphere of harsh humor, of mad incident, of cruel truthfulness. Episodic, anecdotal, this is doubtless rooted in reality." Kirkus Reviews"A bitter, hilarious novel." Pasadena Star-News"The first war novel I ever read that was really funny was a mordant book called The Freebooters, on hand years before Catch-22." St. Louis Post-Dispatch"One of the most unusual novels to come out of the last war...extremely well-written, particularly at the end." Windsor Star (Ontario, Canada) "The bizarre, sometimes hilarious, and ultimately bitter experience of an unusual trio." Miami Herald"An extravagant, high-spirited account of the adventures of three American soldiers. Although it contains some fantasy, and a good deal of robust humor, it's intended as a serious interpretation of the more incongruous aspects of modern war." The Observer (London)

The gritty, hard-edged novel of sex, crime, and corruption in 1970s Atlanta...and the man who is paid to hide it all... by Ralph Dennis, author of the legendary Hardman series of detective novels.Vince Gorman is a ruthless lawyer with flexible morality who makes problems go away for David Wardlaw, an Atlanta real estate developer and the owner of the city's pro basketball team. Wardlaw doesn't care how Vince fixes things...as long as it gets done. But now Vince is in over his head... covering up a possibly fatal hit-and-run by the team's hard-partying star shooter... and competing with Wardlaw's rivals to bribe, blackmail and intimidate the corrupt politicians who award the city's rich construction contracts...all while desperately scrambling to keep his own life of dark secrets, relentless womanizing, and soul-rotting compromises from crashing down around him. This is an edited and revised version of a book previously published in 1975 under the title Atlanta.Praise for Ralph Dennis:"Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." New York Times"His prose is muscular, swift and highly readable. " Joe R. Lansdale, author of the Hap & Leonard novels, the basis for the hit TV series."Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine"An underappreciated master." Robert J. Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of America."Straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor." Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Fiction and Lost Hills.

The 12th and final adventure in the legendary Hardman series It's doing the small, simple favors that gets Jim Hardman in the most trouble. A waitress he knows asks him to find her missing husband, a freelance bartender who never returned from a weekend party that he was working. Hardman figures it's a two-day job that will lead to a tawdry end. Instead, Hardman and his buddy Hump, the ex-NFL star, get sucked into a scheme involving a hundred grand in stolen jewelry and two corpses...and counting. "Hardman spoke directly to me. If I had a spirit guide with the Hap & Leonard novels, it was Ralph Dennis. I wish you the joy I got from first reading these novels." Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times bestselling author"Everything one expects from a private eye novel: exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine"Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The New York Times"Among the best book series around." Philadelphia Daily News"A lightning-paced crime story packed with irreverence and loads of action." Publishers Weekly"By far the best of the action-adventure series." Mother Jones Magazine This new edition includes an afterword by Lee Goldberg, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Fiction

The 11th adventure in the ground-breaking Hardman seriesThe Man, the "Black Godfather" of Atlanta, controls most of the crime in the city... but now someone wants to take it all away from him...by putting a bullet in his head and killing his crew. The Man wants Hardman to find out who it is. So do two Atlanta cops who want to stop a bloodbath on the streets. But Hardman wants nothing to with it. Taking sides in a war he doesn't want to fight could get him killed. The problem is, The Man isn't taking no for answer. Hardman will be dead man either way... so he decides he might as well earn a buck on his way to the grave. "Dennis may not have made literature of Hardman, but he damn sure touched on it more than a time or two." Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times bestselling author of the Hap & Leonard novels. "Everything one expects from a private eye novel: exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine"One of the best crime novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor. It's wonderful!" Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Fiction "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The New York Times This new edition includes an afterword by David H. Everson, a poltical science professor and a two time Shamus Award nominated author

"A brilliantly original, surprising plot in one of the best crime novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor. It's wonderful!" Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe ninth adventure in the legendary detective series that inspired some of the best crime and thriller authors of our time.Unlicensed P.I. Jim Hardman's buddy Hump Evans, a former NFL player, drops a one dollar bet in the friendly, neighborhood football pool for a possible $100 pot...and, against all odds, he wins. But when Hump goes to collect, he discovers he's been cheated out of his small jackpot. Chasing that hundred bucks leads the two friends into a maze of arson, embezzlement, and murder that will force them into staging a daring con game to snare a master swindler and a desperate killer. This new edition includes the long-lost Ralph Dennis short story Wind Spirit. "A lightning-paced crime story packed with irreverence and loads of action." Publishers Weekly"Everything one expects from a private eye novel: exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose." Mystery Scene Magazine"Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The New York Times

"Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine"Dennis may not have made literature of Hardman, but he damn sure touched on it more than a time or two," Joe R. Lansdale, New York Times author of the Hap & Leonard series The eighth novel in the legendary Hardman series. Ex-cop Jim Hardman and ex-NFL player Hump Evans will do anything for a buck, short of murder. But this time, that's exactly the service that Hardman is offering. He's posing as a hitman in a sting being run by his only friend left on the Atlanta PD. The scam goes fatally wrong and Hardman becomes the guy with the target on his back..."A lightning-paced crime story packed with irreverence and loads of action." Publishers Weekly"Among the best series books around. The dialogue is marvelously realistic." Philadelphia Daily News "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The New York Times"Hardman is not your typical PI. He is not that good looking; a bit on the pudgy side in fact. His methods are unorthodox, and he often plays both sides of the law when working a case. But these and other genre-defying characteristics are what captures and holds our fascination." Bookgasm This new edition includes an Afterword from author Robert J. Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of America

From Margaret Moseley, the Edgar Award-nominated author of the bestselling Bonita Faye, comes a wickedly funny, delightfully unusual mystery novel featuring a very unlikely detective.Millicent Le Sueur is an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive bag lady in a rural Southern town who witnesses the hit-and-run killing of a teenage girl. Or so she claims. Some townsfolk believe she killed the girl and made up the story to cover her crime. Battling her neuroses and psychoses, and counting her steps along the way, she tracks a killer she hopes won't count her as the next victim.

The Third Wyatt Storme Thriller A young co-ed is raped by a country music legend in Branson, the "NashVegas" of Missouri. Ignored by the police, she turns to TV newswoman Sandy Collingsworth for help. Sandy's investigation stirs up a hornet's nest of corruption and crime, putting her in the mob's crosshairs ...something her boyfriend Wyatt Storme, a freelance troubleshooter, won't abide. Storme rolls into Branson like a hurricane with his buddy Chick Easton, an unhinged ex-CIA operative, to settle the score with his own brand of justice."Storme is one of my all-time favorite series characters, up there with Spenser and Dave Robicheaux," Ace Atkins, the New York Times Bestselling author of The Forsaken and Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot"Here's one for the boys who love to kick butt....Storme has the catlike moves of the early Spenser, before he got to be such a prig," Kirkus Reviews"For those of us who still feel an ache for the immortal John D. MacDonald, there might finally be a replacement on the horizon." Tampa Tribune"This is a fine series that has improved dramatically with each outing. Superior entertainment." BooklistPreviously published as "Electric Country Roulette"

Legendary lawman Wyatt Earp straps on his six-shooter to battle a new breed of bad man in a new land -- rising gangster Al Capone and his machine-gun toting killers on the streets of New York City.It's the 1920s, the glittering jazz age, and the beginning of the blood-soaked prohibition-era. The wild west and the gunfight at the OK Corral are fading memories, even for aging lawman Wyatt Earp, who is toiling in Los Angeles as a private eye and a technical consultant on cowboy movies. When Doc Holliday's son, who is running a glitzy nightclub in Manhattan, is targeted by the mob, Wyatt gladly leaves the tamed west for the wild east to defend him, pitting himself against a brutal, young gangster named Al Capone"Wyatt Earp versus Al Capone - a wild, exciting ride." David Morrell, author of FIRST BLOOD"Highly entertaining....Collins has outdone himself in this tale of bad guys, bullets, and booze set at the start of the Prohibition era." Library Journal"Wyatt Earp vs. Al Capone - it might seem an improbable situation, but it could have happened, and Collins makes it work in this wild blend of classic Western and gangster characters, all set in Prohibition-era New York City" Philadelphia Inquirer

In 1980, the mysterious A.W. Mykel came out of nowhere with this brilliantly inventive espionage thriller. It became an overnight, international bestseller...astonishing readers with its daringly imaginative plot, larger-than-life characters, and outstanding action...becoming one of the most entertaining and beloved spy novels of the century.American has a secret: our espionage operations are run by Sentinel, an intelligent super computer that communicates with spies through an implant in their brains that massively expands their intellectual capabilities. But the power comes with a price. The implants are also explosives that Sentinel can ignite at its whim. Now one of Sentinel's creators is defecting to Russia with plans to create a red Sentinel twin and must be stopped. Superspy Justin Chaple is assigned to the mission, pitting him against the KGB's top assassins and, as a shocking conspiracy is revealed, the all-knowing, explosive killer hiding in his own skull.

The fourth novel in the thrilling Shamus Award winning, Agatha & Anthony Award nominated series.The tenants of a Manhattan apartment in a heated dispute with their landlord believe he's using a bird-of-prey to hunt down their cats and drive them out of the building. Virginia PI Frank Pavlicek, an ex-NYPD cop and an avid falconer himself, investigates the bizarre case as a favor for his friend, another ex-cop-turned-PI. But he soon discovers that there's more at stake than cats and condos, pitting him against a sadistic street gang and a killer prowling Central Park with a great horned owl.Previously published under the title "Kitty Hitter."

It's Every Parent's Worst Nightmare.Marshall and Lori Quinn's quiet, peaceful life is shattered when their three-year-old son Jeff is abducted. When the police investigation stalls, and Lori plunges into catatonic despair, Marshall takes on the hunt for Jeff himself, a relentless, increasingly deadly quest that pits him against violent forces that he can't defeat alone...

The wild, swinging '60s spy adventure is back! Katy Touchfeather is a carefree, red-headed, airline stewardess who is actually a top British spy. She's lethal, seductive, and as ruthless as any double-O. Her latest assignment is to track down a scientist suspected of selling secrets to the Russians. It's a high-stakes, global escapade that takes an unexpected violent turn that shatters her life...and ultimately pits her against a billionaire industrialist with terrifying intentions. "Jolly & Preposterous Intrigue." New York Times "Nancy Drew super-hormonegized" Kirkus Reviews"A clever, high-spirited story." Times Literary Supplement (London)"Exhilarating...it's a winner!" Irish Times

The brilliant sequel to Road to Perdition, Max Allan Collins' masterpiece of crime fiction that became both a literary and cinematic classic.Twenty-two year-old Michael O'Sullivan returns from the second World War with a medal of honor, a glass eye, and the violent skills necessary to avenge his family, who were gunned down by the Chicago mob when he was a child. O'Sullivan becomes mobster Frank Nitti's trusted chauffer...and an undercover operative for federal agent Eliot Ness...but even as he seeks revenge, he finds himself being seduced by the criminal underworld that he loathes."PURGATORY succeeds in putting us inside the head of an honorable man descending into a hell of his own creation." Entertainment Weekly"An explosive, action-packed blockbuster, destined to rank right up there with THE GODFATHER series when all is said and done." Detroit Free Press"A cordite-drenched Shakespearean tragedy." Kirkus Reviews