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We publish the best crime novels in existence. A brash claim? You bet it is. But our award-winning, critically acclaimed authors prove it with each and every one of their amazing books.
We’ve got it all: psychological thrillers, murder mysteries, international espionage, and police procedurals from established masters of the craft – as well as premiere books from new voices who are sure to become crime fiction stars.
Life is short – don’t waste your time on bad books. Browse through our fantastic library of unmissable mysteries, terrific thrillers and compelling crime novels – then pick up one of the best books you’ll ever read.
Featured Author
Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the author of many books, including Road to Perdition, which became the Oscar winning film, and the Quarry novels, soon to become a major TV series on Cinemax
Latest Additions
The Soak - Coming in May 2017 By Brash Admin
An aging, professional thief goes for one last score, a brilliantly-planned armored car heist that goes wrong, and finds himself on the run and seeking revenge while pursued by a female FBI agent with a deadly agenda of her own.
Outside the Law - Coming in February 2017 By Phillip Thompson
Colt Harper is the Sheriff in a rural Mississippi county who goes up against a Memphis drug cartel and their cold-blooded assassin and will do whatever it take to get justice...even if it means going outside the law.
Milicent Le Sueur - Coming in November 2016 By Margaret Moseley
Millicent Le Sueur is an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive bag lady in a rural Southern town who investigates a murder...
Koreatown Blues - Coming in February 2017 By Mark Rogers
When a young man buys a car wash in LA's Koreatown, he gets a young Korean wife he's never met as part of the bargain and plunges into a centuries old blood feud.
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Featured Video
Return to The Streets of San Francisco
Return to THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO with cop-turned-author Robin Burcell's THE LAST GOOD PLACE, the new novel in the book series that was the basis for the hit TV series.
From The Blog
Starred Review for ROAD TO PERDITION
The new, expanded edition of Max Allan Collins’ ROAD TO PERDITION won a coveted STARRED REVIEW from Publishers Weekly today and we’re so excited that we have to share the good news…and, of course, the review!
Brash Picks, Peeks, and Cheap Thrills
Fall has officially arrived, and it’s going to be filled with excitement here at Brash Books! From sneak peeks to cheap thrills to a big, brash end-of-summer bash, read on for all the latest news.
A Brash Birthday
Two years ago today, bestselling authors Lee Goldberg and Joel Goldman launched Brash Books with thirty titles, most of them acclaimed, award-winning books that had fallen out of print…and that we brought back in new print and digital editions.
Max Allan Collins: The Long Road to Perdition
The DreamWorks licensing department put me through hell, making me cut anything – including dialogue! – that wasn’t directly from the script. They could not have cared less that I was the creator of this story and its characters. Even after they had accepted my 40,000-word debasement of my original novel, they kept cutting…
Max Allan Collins to the Max
Max Allan Collins, the insanely prolific author of the November Brash release Road to Perdition: The New, Expanded Novel, has so much going on in his brilliant literary, film and television careers, that it boggles the mind.
Writing Storme: Neon, Tough Guys, and the New Nashville
I have watched Branson’s metamorphosis over the years with amazement. The explosion of wealth there has created a pastiche of Americana like nowhere else in the country. The neon signs and color of Branson create a rich canvas with limitless possibilities for intrigue and danger.
GRAVEN IMAGES: Finding Garner Quinn’s Voice
GRAVEN IMAGES was originally written in the third person. Reading through my first draft of the manuscript it hit me like a ton of bricks—Oh crap. This is a first-person story.
The Brash Books App is Here!
Get Dallas Murphy’s Edgar-Award nominated LOVER MAN absolutely free when you download the FREE Brash App…the…
