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I-5: A Novel
Summer Brenner
I-5 tells the brutal story of Anya and her journey north from Los Angeles to Oakland on the interstate that bisects the Central Valley of California.
I-5 tells the brutal story of Anya and her journey north from Los Angeles to Oakland on the interstate that bisects the Central Valley of California.
$17.95
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The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story
Owen Hill • Foreword by Jonathan Lethem
Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling.
Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling.
$22.95
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Just World Books
Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda, Second Edition
Ahmed Masoud
An engaging and thought-provoking work by a writer deeply rooted in the continuing travails of the society he grew up in.
An engaging and thought-provoking work by a writer deeply rooted in the continuing travails of the society he grew up in.
$23.95
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From Sun to Sun
Kenneth Wishnia
A highly unconventional crime novel that presents two parallel stories separated by twenty-five centuries.
A highly unconventional crime novel that presents two parallel stories separated by twenty-five centuries.
$19.95
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Karl Marx Private Eye
Jim Feast
A rattling good yarn and a suspenseful whodunit, against the backdrop of real historical events.
A rattling good yarn and a suspenseful whodunit, against the backdrop of real historical events.
$5.00
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This Rancid Mill: An Alex Damage Novel
Kyle Decker
Many of the story's themes revolve around the tough front Alex puts up but ultimately peels back, subverting the trope of the ultramasculine hard-boiled hero.
Many of the story's themes revolve around the tough front Alex puts up but ultimately peels back, subverting the trope of the ultramasculine hard-boiled hero.
$17.95
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Jewish Noir II: Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds
Kenneth Wishnia & Chantelle Aimée Osman
A unique collection of stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors.
$17.95
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The Blast
Joseph Matthews
A vivid picture of a city and a moment, the novel brilliantly reveals the explosive admixture of the deeply personal and the deeply political.
A vivid picture of a city and a moment, the novel brilliantly reveals the explosive admixture of the deeply personal and the deeply political.
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Abundance
Michael Fine
Julia, an American medical doctor fleeing her privileged background, and Carl whose experiences as a black man in the U.S. led him to volunteer in Africa come together as Liberia is gripped in a brutal civil war.
$17.95
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Lago de Sangre: Un libro de misterio sobre Filomena Buscarsela
Kenneth Wishnia
Wishnia construye una novela rica en paisajes, sonidos y peligros de Ecuador, además provee una mirada irresistible sobre las raíces de una de las heroínas más dinámicas del género ficción criminal.
Wishnia construye una novela rica en paisajes, sonidos y peligros de Ecuador, además provee una mirada irresistible sobre las raíces de una de las heroínas más dinámicas del género ficción criminal.
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Clandestine Occupations: An Imaginary History
Diana Block
Told from the points of view of five women over four decades, this book explores the difficult decisions and confrontations made at the boundaries of legality and speculates about the scope of clandestine action in the future.
Told from the points of view of five women over four decades, this book explores the difficult decisions and confrontations made at the boundaries of legality and speculates about the scope of clandestine action in the future.
$16.95
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Jewish Noir
Editor: Kenneth Wishnia
Jewish Noir is unique collection of all-new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors.
Jewish Noir is unique collection of all-new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors.
$17.95
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Everyone Has Their Reasons
Joseph Matthews
Based on historical records. A small, slight seventeen-year-old Polish-German Jew named Herschel Grynszpan entered the German embassy in Paris and shot dead a consular official leading to the Night of Broken Glass.
Based on historical records. A small, slight seventeen-year-old Polish-German Jew named Herschel Grynszpan entered the German embassy in Paris and shot dead a consular official leading to the Night of Broken Glass.
$24.95
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Blood Lake
Kenneth Wishnia
Wishnia provides a novel rich with the sights, sounds—and dangers—of Ecuador, and a compelling look at the provenance of one of mystery fiction's most dynamic heroines.
Wishnia provides a novel rich with the sights, sounds—and dangers—of Ecuador, and a compelling look at the provenance of one of mystery fiction's most dynamic heroines.
$17.95
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The Glass Factory
Kenneth Wishnia
When Filomena moves in near a glass factory in a rundown Long Island neighborhood, her nose for trouble draws her into a case full of dangerous secrets while juggling the demands of raising her daughter and a new romance.
When Filomena moves in near a glass factory in a rundown Long Island neighborhood, her nose for trouble draws her into a case full of dangerous secrets while juggling the demands of raising her daughter and a new romance.
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Snitch World
Jim Nisbet
Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the night turn into crimes done in the light of day—or from the glow of a smartphone.
Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the night turn into crimes done in the light of day—or from the glow of a smartphone.
$14.95
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Soft Money
Kenneth Wishnia
From the labyrinthine subway tunnels of upper Broadway to the upscale enclaves that house the rich and beautiful, from local barrio hangouts to high-priced seats of power, with some unexpected stops in between.
From the labyrinthine subway tunnels of upper Broadway to the upscale enclaves that house the rich and beautiful, from local barrio hangouts to high-priced seats of power, with some unexpected stops in between.
$16.95
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Edge City
Sin Soracco
Edge City takes place in an every-noir-city (a thinly veiled portrait of San Francisco’s North Beach), and its newest resident is Reno, an angry fledgling just hatched out of prison.
Edge City takes place in an every-noir-city (a thinly veiled portrait of San Francisco’s North Beach), and its newest resident is Reno, an angry fledgling just hatched out of prison.
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Nearly Nowhere
Summer Brenner
Written in prose as stark and beautiful as New Mexico's landscape where violence bursts in starts and fits like the summer monsoons.
Written in prose as stark and beautiful as New Mexico's landscape where violence bursts in starts and fits like the summer monsoons.
$15.95
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We, the Children of Cats
Tomoyuki Hoshino
A man and woman find their genders and sexualities brought radically into question when their bodies sprout new parts, seemingly out of thin air.
A man and woman find their genders and sexualities brought radically into question when their bodies sprout new parts, seemingly out of thin air.
$20.00
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Prudence Couldn't Swim
James Kilgore
White ex-convict Cal Winter returns home one day to find his gorgeous, young, black wife, Prudence, drowned in the swimming pool. Prudence couldn’t swim and Cal concludes she didn’t go in the water willingly.
White ex-convict Cal Winter returns home one day to find his gorgeous, young, black wife, Prudence, drowned in the swimming pool. Prudence couldn’t swim and Cal concludes she didn’t go in the water willingly.
$14.95
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23 Shades of Black
Kenneth Wishnia
Set in NYC during the early 1980s, this kick-ass and conscious crime novel was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made Booklist's Best First Mystery.
Set in NYC during the early 1980s, this kick-ass and conscious crime novel was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made Booklist's Best First Mystery.
$17.95
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Upcoming Releases
I-5: A Novel
Summer Brenner
I-5 tells the brutal story of Anya and her journey north from Los Angeles to Oakland on the interstate that bisects the Central Valley of California.
I-5 tells the brutal story of Anya and her journey north from Los Angeles to Oakland on the interstate that bisects the Central Valley of California.
$17.95
Books
The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story
Owen Hill • Foreword by Jonathan Lethem
Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling.
Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling.
$22.95
Just World Books
Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda, Second Edition
Ahmed Masoud
An engaging and thought-provoking work by a writer deeply rooted in the continuing travails of the society he grew up in.
An engaging and thought-provoking work by a writer deeply rooted in the continuing travails of the society he grew up in.
$23.95
Books
From Sun to Sun
Kenneth Wishnia
A highly unconventional crime novel that presents two parallel stories separated by twenty-five centuries.
A highly unconventional crime novel that presents two parallel stories separated by twenty-five centuries.
$19.95
Books
Karl Marx Private Eye
Jim Feast
A rattling good yarn and a suspenseful whodunit, against the backdrop of real historical events.
A rattling good yarn and a suspenseful whodunit, against the backdrop of real historical events.
$5.00
Books
This Rancid Mill: An Alex Damage Novel
Kyle Decker
Many of the story's themes revolve around the tough front Alex puts up but ultimately peels back, subverting the trope of the ultramasculine hard-boiled hero.
Many of the story's themes revolve around the tough front Alex puts up but ultimately peels back, subverting the trope of the ultramasculine hard-boiled hero.
$17.95
Books
Jewish Noir II: Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds
Kenneth Wishnia & Chantelle Aimée Osman
A unique collection of stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors.
$17.95
Books
The Blast
Joseph Matthews
A vivid picture of a city and a moment, the novel brilliantly reveals the explosive admixture of the deeply personal and the deeply political.
A vivid picture of a city and a moment, the novel brilliantly reveals the explosive admixture of the deeply personal and the deeply political.
From $20.00
Books
Abundance
Michael Fine
Julia, an American medical doctor fleeing her privileged background, and Carl whose experiences as a black man in the U.S. led him to volunteer in Africa come together as Liberia is gripped in a brutal civil war.
$17.95
Books
Lago de Sangre: Un libro de misterio sobre Filomena Buscarsela
Kenneth Wishnia
Wishnia construye una novela rica en paisajes, sonidos y peligros de Ecuador, además provee una mirada irresistible sobre las raíces de una de las heroínas más dinámicas del género ficción criminal.
Wishnia construye una novela rica en paisajes, sonidos y peligros de Ecuador, además provee una mirada irresistible sobre las raíces de una de las heroínas más dinámicas del género ficción criminal.
$17.95
Books
Clandestine Occupations: An Imaginary History
Diana Block
Told from the points of view of five women over four decades, this book explores the difficult decisions and confrontations made at the boundaries of legality and speculates about the scope of clandestine action in the future.
Told from the points of view of five women over four decades, this book explores the difficult decisions and confrontations made at the boundaries of legality and speculates about the scope of clandestine action in the future.
$16.95
Books
Jewish Noir
Editor: Kenneth Wishnia
Jewish Noir is unique collection of all-new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors.
Jewish Noir is unique collection of all-new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors.
$17.95
Books
Everyone Has Their Reasons
Joseph Matthews
Based on historical records. A small, slight seventeen-year-old Polish-German Jew named Herschel Grynszpan entered the German embassy in Paris and shot dead a consular official leading to the Night of Broken Glass.
Based on historical records. A small, slight seventeen-year-old Polish-German Jew named Herschel Grynszpan entered the German embassy in Paris and shot dead a consular official leading to the Night of Broken Glass.
$24.95
Books
Blood Lake
Kenneth Wishnia
Wishnia provides a novel rich with the sights, sounds—and dangers—of Ecuador, and a compelling look at the provenance of one of mystery fiction's most dynamic heroines.
Wishnia provides a novel rich with the sights, sounds—and dangers—of Ecuador, and a compelling look at the provenance of one of mystery fiction's most dynamic heroines.
$17.95
Books
The Glass Factory
Kenneth Wishnia
When Filomena moves in near a glass factory in a rundown Long Island neighborhood, her nose for trouble draws her into a case full of dangerous secrets while juggling the demands of raising her daughter and a new romance.
When Filomena moves in near a glass factory in a rundown Long Island neighborhood, her nose for trouble draws her into a case full of dangerous secrets while juggling the demands of raising her daughter and a new romance.
$16.95
Books
Snitch World
Jim Nisbet
Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the night turn into crimes done in the light of day—or from the glow of a smartphone.
Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the night turn into crimes done in the light of day—or from the glow of a smartphone.
$14.95
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Soft Money
Kenneth Wishnia
From the labyrinthine subway tunnels of upper Broadway to the upscale enclaves that house the rich and beautiful, from local barrio hangouts to high-priced seats of power, with some unexpected stops in between.
From the labyrinthine subway tunnels of upper Broadway to the upscale enclaves that house the rich and beautiful, from local barrio hangouts to high-priced seats of power, with some unexpected stops in between.
$16.95
Books
Edge City
Sin Soracco
Edge City takes place in an every-noir-city (a thinly veiled portrait of San Francisco’s North Beach), and its newest resident is Reno, an angry fledgling just hatched out of prison.
Edge City takes place in an every-noir-city (a thinly veiled portrait of San Francisco’s North Beach), and its newest resident is Reno, an angry fledgling just hatched out of prison.
$16.95
Books
Nearly Nowhere
Summer Brenner
Written in prose as stark and beautiful as New Mexico's landscape where violence bursts in starts and fits like the summer monsoons.
Written in prose as stark and beautiful as New Mexico's landscape where violence bursts in starts and fits like the summer monsoons.
$15.95
Books
We, the Children of Cats
Tomoyuki Hoshino
A man and woman find their genders and sexualities brought radically into question when their bodies sprout new parts, seemingly out of thin air.
A man and woman find their genders and sexualities brought radically into question when their bodies sprout new parts, seemingly out of thin air.
$20.00
Books
Prudence Couldn't Swim
James Kilgore
White ex-convict Cal Winter returns home one day to find his gorgeous, young, black wife, Prudence, drowned in the swimming pool. Prudence couldn’t swim and Cal concludes she didn’t go in the water willingly.
White ex-convict Cal Winter returns home one day to find his gorgeous, young, black wife, Prudence, drowned in the swimming pool. Prudence couldn’t swim and Cal concludes she didn’t go in the water willingly.
$14.95
Books
23 Shades of Black
Kenneth Wishnia
Set in NYC during the early 1980s, this kick-ass and conscious crime novel was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made Booklist's Best First Mystery.
Set in NYC during the early 1980s, this kick-ass and conscious crime novel was nominated for the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made Booklist's Best First Mystery.
$17.95