Anna -- who prefers to be called Anastasia -- is a spooky and complicated high school girl with a penchant for riddles, Houdini tricks, and ghost stories. She is unlike anyone the narrator has ever known, and they make an unlikely, though happy, pair...
Adam Strand isn’t depressed. He’s just bored. Disaffected. So he kills himself -- 39 times. No matter the method, Adam can’t seem to stay dead; he awakes after each suicide alive and physically unharmed, more determined to succeed and undeterre...
A CrimeReads Best Noir Novel of 2021A sucker punch noir that is also a powerful and haunting allegory of work, debt, and power. —Richard Price An unreliable narrator makes this thriller all the more gripping. — WBUR A down and dirty gem o...
From a true modern master of noir fiction comes a twisty new tale about two small town crooks who get in over their heads . . .Peck and Al have a good thing going. The two brothers own a bar and a hardware store and make a comfortable living. They al...