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8 years ago

Recent and Upcoming Paperback Releases

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2026

October 2026 Paperbacks

Wiebe, Sam, Guns Across the River (Dave Wakeland) (US) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

August 2026 Paperbacks

Lavielle, Charles-Henri, editor, Toulouse Noir (Akashic anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Yanique, Tiphanie & Richard George, editors, Virgin Islands Noir (Akashic anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

July 2026 Paperbacks

Seales, Julia, A Terribly Nasty Business (Beatrice Steele) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

June 2026 Paperbacks

Goldberg, Lee, Murder by Design (1: Edison Bixby & Wally Nash) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Helms, Richard, Great White (Eamon Gold)
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, Rescue Me (Andy Hayes) | Buy this book

May 2026 Paperbacks

Butcher, Jim, Out Law (Harry Dresden) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
De Noux, O’Neil, Ain’t That New Orleans (Dino LaStanza) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Goldman, Matt, Liar’s Creek (crime; non-PI) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Kelly, John R., The Inklings Detective Agency (1: Inklings) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

April 2026 Paperbacks

Proctor, M.E., & Russell Thayer, Kansas City Breakdown (Keegan & Gunselle; non-PI) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Thornton, Marshall, The Pink (1: Lewis Wait) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Zandri, Vincent, The Garbage Man (Steve Jobz) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

March 2026 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, Cash Mountain (Joe Reacher) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Jewell, Lisa, Breaking the Dark (Jessica Jones) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Walker, Joseph S., Crime Scenes (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Twenty shotgun blasts, including four with PI Tim Chadwick.
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, The Mailman (1: Merc Carter) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Wiebe, Sam, Guns Across the River (Dave Wakeland) (CDN) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

February 2026 Paperbacks

Herren, Greg, Hurricane Season Hustle (Scotty Bradley) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
nigozyu, The Detective is Already Dead, Vol. 11 (Kimitsuka Kimihiko & Siesta) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Linn, Ken, Dwellings (1: Pete Barrow) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Sanders, J.R., Blues in the Dark (Nate Ross) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Shepphird, John, editor, Tennis Noir: A Crime Fiction Anthology| Buy this book | Kindle it!

January 2026 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, A Man on the Run (The Jack Reacher Cases) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Fox, Sarah, Definitely Maybe Not a Detective (1: The Wyatt Investigations) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Hammett, Dashiell, The Maltese Falcon (1: Sam Spade) (r) | Buy this book | Read about it!
A labour of love and respect, with twenty-two scene-setting black and white photographs from modern-day San Francisco, and two two linked short stories by PI writer Mark Coggins.
Hammett, Dashiell, The Maltese Falcon (1: Sam Spade) (r) | Buy this book | Read about it!
This “Black Mask Authorized Edition” promises a “grittier, more explosive version many aficionados regard as superior to the later hardcover text.”
Hillerman, Anne, Shadow of the Solstice (Joe Leaphorn) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Housewright, David, Full House: Ten Crime Fiction Short Stories (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lockhart, Timothy J., Broken Kite (Wendy Lu) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Martin, Robert, Just a Corpse at Twilight/Catch a Killer (Jim Bennett) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Miller, Ron, Velda Investigates (Velda Bellinghausen)
Muller, Marcia, The Lost Coast (Sharon McCone; collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Nichols, Will, Brunner in the Black (1: Lenya Fischer) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Reiss, Robert, The Impossible Detective (1: Mark St. John) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Zandri, Vincent, Love Like a Loaded Gun (non-PI) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

2025

December 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, Love, Honor, Obey (Ruby Kane, non-PI) | Kindle it!
Ashkanani, Tariq, The Night Watcher (1: Callie Munro) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Atkins, Ace, Everybody Wants to Rule the World (non-PI) (LP) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Champion, D.L., The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff, Vol. 4 (Inspector Allhoff) | Buy this book
Constiner, Merle, The Complete Cases of the Dean, Vol. 2 (The Dean) | Buy this book
Cox, William R., The Complete Cases of Malachi Manatee (Malachi Manatee) | Buy this book
Coyle, Matt, & Michael Bracken, editors, The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2025 | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Honouring the best P.I. fiction of the year, from the likes of Tom Andes, Pete Barnstrom, Robert J. Binney, Alec Cizak, Libby Cudmore, O’Neil De Noux, Luke Deckard, BV Lawson, Andrew McAleer, Ron Miller, Bruce W. Most, Marcia Muller, Twist Phelan, Neil S. Plakcy, William Dylan Powell, M.E. Proctor, Mark Thielman, Vicki Weisfeld, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Sam Wiebe, plus an overview of the Shamus Game by some yegg named Smith.
Daly, Carroll John, The Legion of the Living Dead: The Complete Cases, Vol. 2 (Mr. Strang) | Buy this book
Davis, Frederick C., The Complete Cases of Bill Brent, Vol. 4 (Bill Brent) | Buy this book
Flynn, T.T., Abbey of the Damned: The Complete Cases of Mike and Trixie, Vol. 3 (Trixie Meehan & Mike Harris) | Buy this book
Lynsky, Ed, Cabal (Frank Johnson) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Red, Anthony M., The Death Messenger: The Complete Cases, Vol. 4 (Jigger Masters) | Buy this book
Sale, Richard, Murder on the Film: The Complete Cases of Candid Jones, Vol. 1 (Candid Jones) | Buy this book

November 2025 Paperbacks

Adams, Cleve F., Up Jumped the Devil (Rex McBride) (r)
Bruen, Ken, & Jason Starr, Supermax: The Max & Angela Trilogy (non-PI) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Homes, Geoffrey, Build My Gallows High (Jeff “Red” Bailey) (r) | Buy this book

October 2025 Paperbacks

Dunlap, John M., The Case Files of Jack Sullivan, Private Eye, Vol. 1) (1: Jack Sullivan) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Goldberg, Lee, Fallen Star (Eve Ronin; non-PI) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Herron, Mick, Down Cemetery Road (Deluxe Edition) (Zoë Boehm) (r)
Deluxe tie-in/reprint with foreword by Emma Thompson.
Jurczyk, Eva, 6:40 to Montreal (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Kreppel, Jonas, The Adventures of Max Spitzkopf (Max Spitzkopf) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Tales if the “Yiddish Sherlock Holmes,” finally in English!
Pronzini, Bill, Tales of the Impossible (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Rounds up nineteen “impossible crimes” (and their solutions), including tales featuring Nameless and Carpenter & Quincannon.
Vaughn, Keith Edward, Bad Actor (Ellis Dunaway) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Webb, Jack, The Deadly Combo/One for My Dame (non-PI) | Buy this book
A Stark House twofer by the “other” Jack Webb.
Wiebe, Sam, The Last Exile (Dave Wakeland) (US) | Buy this book | Read an excerpt
Winslow, Don, & Steph Cha, editors, The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

September 2025 Paperbacks

Blunt, Giles, Bad Juliet (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Cry, Morgan, The Cost (1: Blake Glover) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Dodge, David, The Red Tassel (Al Colby) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Fazzi, Cindy, Sunday or the Highway (Domingo) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Grisham, John, editor, The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2025 (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
House, S.D., Dead Man Blues (1: Dave Hendricks) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Levine, Paul, Midnight Burning (non-P.I.; 1: Chaplin & Einstein) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Patterson, James, & Duane Swierczynski, The Billion-Dollar Ransom (non-PI; LP) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Proctor, M.E., Catch Me on a Blue Day (Declan Shaw) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Smirnoff, Karin, The Girl with Ice in Her Veins (Lisbeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist) (LP) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Spillane, Mickey, Primal Spillane (collection) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Revised & expanded version, with 14 more stories.

August 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, Shadow Action (Jack Reacher’s Special Investigators) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ard, William, Shakedown/The Blonde and Johnny Malloy (Johnny Stevens) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Chase, Nolan, A Lonesome Place for Murder (Ethan Brand; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Coffin, Gary, All That We Lost (Orson Carver) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Doyle, Kevin, The Booker (Sam Quinton) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Duncan, Bill, & Catherine Lee, The Silencer (Eden Cross; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Hart, Liliana, A Ballad of Blackbirds and Betrayal (Dynamis Security) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Helms, Richard, Bump and Run (1: Wade Durham; non-PI) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Karsten, Jan, Hamburg Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lacy, Deborah, editor, The Most Dangerous Game (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lynskey, Ed, Misfit (Frank Johnson) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
May, Peter, The Black Loch (Fin MacLeod) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Meyer, Nicholas, Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Sherlock Holmes) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Smith, Ian K., Beyond Midnight (Ashe Cayne) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
White, Randy Wayne, Tomlinson’s Wake (Doc Ford) (LP) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

July 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, The Original (Joe Reacher) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Borg, Todd, Tahoe Speed (Owen McKenna) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Bruns, Don, editor, Bat Out of Hell (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Yet another in the seemingly endless stream of music-themed anthologies, this one’s allegedly inspired by the “classic” Meatloaf album. Contributors include Heather Graham, Charles Todd, a couple of Bruns, and Andrew Childs, with a new Jack Reacher tale. Hot patootie!
Burnett, W.R., The Loop/Man with a Thousand Enemies (1: Jimmy Devore) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ferguson, Ian & Will, Killer on the First Page (Miranda Abbott; non-PI) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Gardiner, Kelly, & Sharmini Kumar, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator (1: Caroline Bingley) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Gault, William Campbell, Hot-House Homicide: The Complete Black Mask Cases (collection; Mortimer Jones) | Buy this book
Hammett, Dashiell, The Scorched Face: The Complete Black Mask Cases, Volume 3 (The Continental Op) | Buy this book
Hutchison, Don, The Great Pulp Heroes (non-fiction) | Buy this book
Latest revised and updated edition of the 1996 book.
Lawrence, John, Body of Evidence: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Broadway Squad (non-PI) | Buy this book
Lynskey, Ed, Misfit (Frank Johnson) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lynskey, Ed, Clock (Frank Johnson) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Reeves, Robert, The Cat With a Headache: The Complete Black Mask Cases, Volume 3 (Cellini Smith) | Buy this book
Torrey, Roger, Just a Nice Girl: The Complete Black Mask Cases, Vol. 1 (Shean Connell) | Buy this book

June 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, A Man Who Crossed the Line (The Jack Reacher Cases) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Bidulka, Anthony, Home Fires Burn (Merry Bell) | Buy this book
Giarratano, Kimberly, Make a Killing (Billie Levine) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Griffith, Nicola, The Blue Place (1: Aud Torvingen) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Griffith, Nicola, Stay (Aud Torvingen) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Griffith, Nicola, Always (Aud Torvingen) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Nigozyu, The Detective Is Already Dead, Vol. 10 (Kimitsuka Kimihiko & Siesta) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

May 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, Full Smoke (John Rockne) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ames, Dan, Diving Deep For The Stolen Doxa (Jewel Savage) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ames, Dan, Fuck Marry Kill (1: Ruby Kane, non-PI) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ames, Dan, The Ghosts (Joe Reacher; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Battles, Brett, Golden Hour (Teddy Fay) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Bishop, Paul, 52 Weeks: 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels (non-fiction)| Buy this book | Kindle it!
Capri, Diane, Jack Rabbit (Kim Otto) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Deaver, Jeffrey, South of Nowhere (Colter Shaw) (LP) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Deis, Bob, & Bill Cunningham, editors, The Men’s Adventure Quarterly #12: The Private Eyes Issue (magazine) | Buy this book
If you’re not aware of this gorgeous, full-color quarterly love letter to the once-popular men’s Adventure magazines, this is the issue to get. It’s a shotgun blast of PI-adjacent goodies: classic stories from the likes of Frank Kane and G.G. Fickling, non-fiction pieces on TV eyes, sci-fi eyes, and even a selection of PI-related cartoons by pin-up artist Pete Wyma. Contributors include James Reasoner, Paul Bishop and David Avallone. If you like what we’re doing here at Thrilling Detective, you’ll love this one.
Elliott, Bruce, Do You Know Me? & Other Aberrations (Stark House collection) | Buy this book
Eoannou, Stephen G., After Pearl (1: Nicholas Bishop) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Milani, Tom, Places That Are Gone (non-PI) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Nummelin, Juri, Dark Places & Little Tramps (criticism) | Buy this book
Our old pal Juri’s writings on noir, hardboiled, sleaze and other genres. Informed, passionate, personal and full of surprising picks and takes (I thought I was the only one to have read that!), this is just what you may need right now.
Redmann, J.M., The Smallest Day (Micky Knight) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Wassmer, Julie, Murder At The Allotment (Whitstable Pearl) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
White, Randy Wayne, One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

April 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, Rapid Fire (Jack Reacher’s Special Investigators) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Bracken, Michael, editor, Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Bradshaw, Cheryl, Little Hidden Fears (Georgiana Germaine) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Bradshaw, Cheryl, The Familiar Stranger (Sloane Monroe) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Dodge, David, To Catch a Thief (non-P.I.) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio
Library of Congress edition of the classic novel.
Fusilli, Jim, A Song for Katy Shayne (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lewin, Michael Z., Ready to Confess (1: Lynx) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lyuzna, Olesya, Glitter in the Dark (1: Ginny Dugan & Jack Crawford) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Martin, Robert, Tears for the Bride/The Widow and the Web (Jim Bennett) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Milliron, Liz, The Lies We Live (Betty Ahern) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Moore, Christopher, The Client That Wasn’t There (Vincent Calvino) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Paretsky, Sara, Pay Dirt (V.I. Warshawski) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Proctor, M.E., & Russell Thayer, Bop City Swing | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Silverman, Brian, Freedom Drop (1: Len Buonfiglio) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

March 2025 Paperbacks

Aldous, Steve, & Gary Gillies, The Harry O Viewing Companion | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ames, Dan, The Needle (1: Joe Reacher; non-P.I. | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Anderson, Kevin J., Stiffs and Stones (Dan Shamble) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Basoff, Jon, The Memory Ward (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Bradley, Tom Jr., A Happy Voyage Home (Noelani Lee) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Burgess, Charles L., Backfire/Never Kill a Cop & Other True Crime Stories | Buy this book
A novel, a short story, and 13 true crime stories from the pulp era.
Douaihy, Margot, Blessed Water (Sister Holiday) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Faust, Christa, The Get Off (Angel Dare; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Freeman, John, editor, Sacramento Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Kowalski, Nick, Where the Bones Lie (1: Dash Fuller) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Last, Jerold, Tapas and Treachery (Roger & Suzanne Bowman) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lecomber, Phil, Piccadilly Noir (1: George Harley) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Lourey, Jess, February Fever (Mira James) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Lourey, Jess, March of Crimes (Mira James) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Lourey, Jess, April Fools (Mira James) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Rozan, S.J., & John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (1: Lao She & Judge Dee Ren Jie) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Wiebe, Sam, The Last Exile (Dave Wakeland) (CA) | Buy this book! | Kindle it! | Read an excerpt

February 2025 Paperbacks

Adams, Craig Tyson, The Lying Spiral: Some Truths are Better Left Undiscovered (1: Eli Gentry) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Battles, Brett, Smolder (Stone Barrington) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Bowen, Rhys, & Clare Broyles, In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Chase, James Hadley, I’ll Get You for This/The Paw in the Bottle (non-P.I.) | Buy this book
Stark House noir.
Crowens, Elizabeth, Bye Bye Blackbird (Babs Norman) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
McAleer, Andrew, A Casebook of Crime (Henry von Stray) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
McDaniel, Rachel Scott, The Dreams We Knew (1: Delvina Salvastano Kline) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

January 2025 Paperbacks

Ames, Dan, Deep Lies (John Rockne) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Ames, Jonathan, Karma Doll (Happy Doll) (LP) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Child, Lee, Persuader (Jack Reacher; tie-in edition) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Finchan, Thomas, The Hunting Fields (1: Ronan Carver) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Hillerman, Anne, Lost Birds (Joe Leaphorn) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Kennedy, Pagan, The Secret History of the Rape Kit (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
MacDonald, Erin E., Outlander and Lord John as Crime Fiction: Essays on the Novels, Stories and TV Series (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Mendoza, Josh, Shadow of the Eternal Watcher (1: Duster Raines) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Stella, Charlie, Rapino/Amato (non-P.I.) | Buy this book
Workman, P.D., He Was Deceived (Zachary Goldman) | Buy this book | Kindle it!