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Switchblade is going south-way down south, like a thong bikini in the Daytona Beach heat, where there's no escaping the humidity. Half of these fifteen tales of vice and suspense take place in the sunshine state, the other half are the same potency of beloved filthy noir, from someplace else. Cult leaders, serial killers, private eyes, rock stars, cigarette boats, bare knuckle fighters, alligators, fugitives, strip clubs, mobsters, and governm...

The heist should have been a simple one: infiltrate the top floor of a luxury New York City penthouse, steal a server with compromising data from under the noses of the unsuspecting guards, and slip back out. Fiona, master thief and occasional assassin, has pulled off similar jobs dozens of times. But with a massive hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, the timing is tight and the escape routes are limited-and that's before she discovers s...

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Bill is a conman with a taste for high-end cars, beautiful suits, and top-shelf liquor. But he's getting tired of the cons he needs to maintain that lifestyle-and he's sick of the violence that's sometimes part of the job.Bill's girlfriend Fiona doesn't have a problem with violence, though. She'll crush anyone who stands in her way-and some days, it seems like the whole world wants a piece of her. She loves Bill, but she's tired of cleaning up...

Action-packed, gory, and hilarious. I loved it!" - Michelle Garza Absolute Unit is a dark carnival ride through the underside of the American Dream, where hustlers and parasites fight to survive against gun-toting furries, sarcastic drug kingpins, old ladies who are startlingly good with knives, and angry ex-girlfriends. It's a hardboiled slice of modern American horror that asks the deepest question of all: Is the human race worth saving? ...

When you want someone found, you call bounty hunter Jake Halligan. He's smart, tough, and best of all, careful on the job. But none of those skills seem to help him when a shadowy group starts taking his life apart piece by piece.First Jake comes home to find a dead body in his gun safe. He thinks it's a warning-and when you drag people back to jail for a living, the list of people who want to send that kind of message is very long indeed. Wit...

Bill and Fiona, the lovable anti-heroes of the "Love & Bullets" trilogy, find themselves in the toughest of tough spots: badly wounded, hunted by assorted cops and goons, and desperately in need of a drink (or five).After a round-the-world tour of spectacular criminality, Bill and Fiona find themselves back in New York. But it's not exactly home-sweet-home: Locked in a panic room on the top floor of a skyscraper, surrounded by pretty much ever...

Bill ist ein smarter Dandy, der vom Stehlen und Betrügen einfach nicht lassen kann. Sein Luxusleben, die schicken Autos, High-End-Uhren und Designer-Klamotten kosten schließlich auch einen Haufen Kohle. Nur mit Gewalt hat er es nicht so. Fiona hingegen hat mit Gewalt nicht wirklich ein Problem und geht dabei effektiv und ziemlich robust vor. Fiona und Bill sind das ideale Liebespaar.Als sich Nick von einem New Yorker Gangster-Syndikat ein paar...

A mysterious virus sweeps across the country, mutating rapidly as it jumps from person to person. Cities are locked down. The skies are clear as all planes are grounded. Some people panic, while some go to heroic lengths to save those they love-and others use the chaos as an opportunity to engage in purest evil. In "Lockdown, " 19 of today's finest suspense, horror, and crime writers explore how humanity reacts to the ultimate pandemic. From N...

The United States has collapsed. Bandits stalk the highways, preying on the weak and unaware.In order to transport goods between heavily fortified cities, companies hire convoy escorts. Maxine is the best of these new road warriors: tough, smart, and unbelievably fast. But she also has a secret: She's the niece of New York's most notorious outlaw, a man hunted by what's left of the nation's law enforcement.Maxine wants to live a normal, upstan...

Slaughterhouse Blues catches up with Bill and Fiona, the chattery and gun-happy anti-heroes of A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps, soon after they've escaped the Rockaway Mob, the criminal enterprise from which Bill "borrowed" several million dollars. Holed up in Havana, Bill and Fiona know the Mob is coming for them-it's just a question of time. But they're not prepared for who the Mob sends: a pair of assassins so utterly amoral and demented...

Bill is a hustler's hustler with a taste for the high life. He pulls off big scores for one of New York City's more vicious gangs...until he suddenly grows a conscience. However, living the clean life takes a whole lot of money, and so Bill decides to steal a fortune from his employer before skipping town. With a bag of cash in the trunk of his car, Bill heads west, ready for a new life. But all that money makes him a tempting target for some ...

Authentic intellectuals - as opposed to poseurs - follow and practice certain rules in order to maintain their impeccable knowledge. This title offers readers the prestigious truths necessary to represent what it is to be an intellectual - a meticulous code of behavior that will leave their professors inspired, and their friends awestruck.