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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. CHEAP THRILLS Add a little intrigue to your autumn with two beloved Brash titles, now  just 99 cents each! Named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Booksellers Association, Dick Lochte's SLEEPING DOG was a New York Times Book of the Year, Nero Award Winner, and a finalist for the Edgar, Shamus and Anthony Awards. Hilarious and horrifying in equal turns, this crime-noir thriller definitely lives up to the hype! Macavity Award winner Craig Faustus... more

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A Brash Birthday

Two years ago today, Edgar Award nominated novelist Joel Goldman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg 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.   Their mission was ambitious: to publish the best crime novels in existence. We believe we've lived up to their brash goal. We now have nearly 100 titles in print, a dozen of them brand new books, several by authors who've never been published before. We couldn't be more proud of our books and our incredible line-up of authors.   Everyone at Brash Books wants to give our... more

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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.  On the TV front alone, his Quarry novels are becoming a Cinemax series in September and Wild Dog, a comic book character he co-created, will be appearing in CW's Arrow. Here's a recent interview he did with author Ed Gorman about his writing career... Tell us about your current novel.  There are a couple of things that will become available soon. One is the complete version of the ROAD TO PERDITION novel. It was written in 2002 to accompany the release of... more

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Lover Man by Author Dallas Murphy

Get Dallas Murphy's Edgar-Award nominated LOVER MAN absolutely free when you download the FREE Brash App...the best way to buy and read our ebook editions! Download the FREE Brash Books App on any Android or iOs device and read our books ​anywhere, anytime... across all of your electronic devices, from iPhones to tablets, laptops to PCs. We publish the best crime novels in existence and now we offer the best e-reader app in existence! Read our books when, where and how you want them...and experience the elegant, easy-to-use Brash e-reader app with its crisp, clean and paper-like pages. Get the FREE Brash App now and take advatage of EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS and FREE BOOKS... more

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Novelist James L. Thane, author of No Place to Die and Until Death, shares his fondness for Tom Kakonis' thriller Double Down. This is the second book in Tom Kakonis's excellent short series featuring Timothy Waverly, a professional gambler whose business card wryly describes him as an "Applied Probabilities Analyst."The end of the first book, Michigan Roll, found Waverly in a world of hurt after he accidentally stumbled into a drug deal that went bad. When all was said and done, $500,000 worth of drugs wound up destroyed. The drugs belonged to a crime boss named Gunter Dietz who blames Waverly for the loss of the drugs and who expects to be repaid. Waverly and his best friend and... more

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The Washington Post ran a terrific piece today about our reissues of Barbara Neely's ground-breaking "Blanche White" mystery novels. The series explores race, culture, politics and sexism through the prism of a compelling, entertaining, and highly-original crime story. These books are prime examples of our dedication to publishing "the best crime novels in existence." The article includes interviews with Barbara and Brash Books co-founder Joel Goldman. Here's an excerpt: Before “The Help” there was Blanche White, an African American housekeeper with a knack for getting tangled up in murder mysteries. Yet as fascinating as the character Blanche White is, the story of Barbara Neely,... more

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