by Philip Eliot | Sep 2, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, this noir novel, “is full of sly humor, poetic details and plenty of rude violence . . . A terrific ride” (Los Angeles Times). I drive. That’s what I do. All I do. The gritty back streets of Los Angeles are the backdrop for what the New York Times calls “a perfect piece of noir fiction” in which the Driver is double-crossed in a burglary gone horribly wrong. This beautiful new edition introduces a noir classic to a new generation of readers, featuring added materials, including a reading group guide and author Q&A. “Sallis gives us his most tightly written mystery to date, worthy of comparison to the compact, exciting oeuvre of French noir giant Jean-Patrick Manchette.” —Publishers Weekly “One crisply written, spot-on scene after another . . . [A] hypnotic little story about driving circles around your life.” —Booklist, starred review “[Drive] packs a wallop . . . Sallis injects so much meaning and emotion into his carefully selected words that the power of his prose exceeds its volume…For those who have not yet had to chance to read one of crime fiction’s most underappreciated writers, now is the perfect opportunity.” —The Boston Globe “Full throttle . . . Salliss riveting novella reads the way a Tarantino or Soderbergh neo-noir plays . . . Drive is one lean, mean, masterful machine.” —Entertainment Weekly “Imagine the black heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you’ll have some idea of the beauty, sadness, and power of Drive.” —Chicago Tribune
by Philip Eliot | Sep 2, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
First in the Edgar Award–winning series “that never disappoints,” featuring the forensic anthropologist known as the Skeleton Detective (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When anthropology professor Gideon Oliver is offered a teaching fellowship at US military bases in Germany, Sicily, Spain, and Holland, he wastes no time accepting. Stimulating courses to teach, a decent stipend, all expenses paid, plenty of interesting European travel . . . What’s not to like? It does not take him long to find out. On his first night, he is forced to fend off two desperate, black?clad men who have invaded his Heidelberg hotel room with intent to kill. And then there are a few trivial details that the recruiting agency forgot to mention—such as the fact that the two previous holders of the fellowship both met with mysterious ends. From there, it is all downhill. Gideon finds himself the target in an unfamiliar game for which no one has bothered to give him the rules. What he does have is his own considerable intellect and his remarkable forensic skills. He will need them, for he is playing for some fairly high stakes: the security of Western Europe. Fellowship of Fear is the 1st book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 2, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
SOMETIMES, MURDER CAN BE MAYHEM2013Rockstar Johnny Mayhem sits on his bed, holding a bloody baseball bat. On the floor, clutching a lavender rose in her fist, is his wife, Amanda, who he has just beaten to death. Erika Piper knows this because she is one of the first on the scene. Mayhem is arrested and led away, screaming that they’ve got the wrong man. But the evidence is irrefutable and when Mayhem is sentenced to life in prison, no one is surprised.NowThanks to new evidence, Johnny Mayhem is a free man. During a television interview, he issues a thinly veiled threat to those involved in the original case before seemingly disappearing off the face of the Earth. When the body of Mayhem’s dealer is found, Erika Piper is pulled from the safety of her desk job and thrown into the hunt for the Rockstar.Can she find Mayhem before he enacts his revenge on everyone involved, including Erika? Or, has he been telling the truth all along? Did the police really get the wrong man?ROSES FOR THE DEAD is the third book in the DI ERIKA PIPER series.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 2, 2025 | Historical Romance |
Summer has blazed.A time for heroes to rise from flames.Vincent has only one rule, never change the past.Married to a woman who only cares about herself, he spends his time working for the Hero Society. Devoted to saving those he can in the present while traveling throughout time for inner peace.Until her.His best friend, and pen pal Emily.He knows he should stay away. She’s kind and has a gift that makes everyone around her feel safe and loved. She doesn’t need his drama.There’s also the little fact that she’s from the past.Together, they must protect mankind from a greedy corporation that will scorch the Earth.Vincent has saved the planet before, but this time the stakes are higher. To let the past happen as it previously did means losing Emily.But to change the past means making a choice. Saving countless lives and staying in the future with his wife or the woman of the past who sets his heart ablaze —her sister.It’s the heroes against time, and one choice could destroy it forever.~This book can be read as a standalone~*TW- Abusive relationships, cutting scars
by Philip Eliot | Sep 2, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
The first in a new romantic comedy series from CP Ward, author of Christmas at Marshmallow Café and Summer at Blue Sands Cove.Having fled a relationship and a previous life she would rather forget, young teacher Jennifer Stevens throws herself into a demanding new job at Brentwell Primary. Charged with marshalling a group of unruly eight-year-olds to the autumn harvest festival, her only solace is the peace of nearby Sycamore Park.As the evenings draw in and the leaves begin to fall, will new friends, delicious autumn treats, and a possible new man on the orange-tinted horizon help Jennifer finally come to terms with her past and begin to look forward into the future?Autumn at Sycamore Park is another delightful romantic comedy from CP Ward, author of several popular seasonally themed novels. Set against a backdrop of warm autumn days, it offers everything fans of CP Ward’s other books have come to love: laughter, friendship, good times, and a hint of newly discovered love.
