Brash Press

Brash Books in the news.

Los Angeles Review of Books
The Burden of History in John Sanford’s “Make My Bed in Hell” and “The Land that Touches Mine”
(Sept. 22, 2021)

New York Times
What’s in our Queue? Barbara Neely’s Blanche on the Lam (August 25, 2021)

Men of Violence Magazine
A Brash Endeavour (January 2021)

Chicago Tribune:
Hard-Boiled Crime Writer Richard Himmel’s Pulp Novels Back In Print (January 24, 2021)
(These books are released by our Cutting Edge Books imprint for vintage books)

Chicago Tribune
Crime Fiction: A Round-up of Worthy Reads (May 26, 2020)

NPR
Remembering Barbara Neely, A Pioneer in Crime Fiction (March 11, 2020)

USA TODAY
Author Barbara Neely Passes Away (March 9, 2020)

Publishers Weekly
Brash releases lost, unpublished Hardman novel by Ralph Dennis & a lost Jimmy Sangster mystery. (Feb. 14, 2020)

NB Magazine UK
Ralph Dennis Rediscovered (Feb 11, 2020)

CrimeReads
Brash Books co-founder Lee Goldberg on his quest to revive Ralph Dennis’s Hardman series. (Feb 3, 2020)

The Rap Sheet
A Lost Dennis Novel Makes Its Debut (Jan. 2, 2020)

CrimeReads
Discoverying a Lost Classic of 1970s Crime Fiction (Sept 18, 2019)

Geeks A-Go-Go
Q&A: Publisher Talks 70s Action Books Series ‘Hardman’ (Feb. 19, 2019)

Washington Post Review
Richer Version of Road to Perdition is released (November 2016)

Writers Bone
A Conversation with Brash Books Co-Founder Lee Goldberg (June 2016)

Kansas City Star
Former Lawyer from Leawood Finds That Crime Pays — Crime Fiction, That is (April 15, 2016)

Mystery Scene Magazine
Brash Books: Celebrating a Year of Great Books (November 2015)

The Rap Sheet
Burcell Revives Weston’s Mismatched Cops (Oct 27, 2015)

Kirkus Reviews
Weston’s Classic Cops Back on the Streets After 40 Years (Oct. 27, 2015)

Mystery Scene Magazine
Cop-turned-Author Robin Burcell Revives Two Series (October 2015)

Booklist 
Small Press Line-up: Brash Books (May 6, 2015)

Library Journal
Brash Books Publisher Profile: Backlist is King (April 15, 2015)

Los Angeles Review of Books
Windy City Gothic: The Resurrection of “The Death of the Detective” (February 19, 2015)

DIY Authors
Are you the next great crime writer? Self-publishing, Kindle Worlds, and Brash Books with Lee Goldberg (February 7, 2015)

The Rap Sheet
Believe It: Ripley Comes Storme-ing Back (January 22, 2015)

Kirkus Reviews
Offensive Play: W.L. Ripley’s Solitary Sleuth Is Back in the Game (January 20, 2015)

Washington Post
Blanche White, maid turned sleuth in ’90s murder mystery series, is back! (January 3, 2015)

CrimeSpree Magazine
Ch-Ch-Changes: Brash Books is a Change That We Really Like (October 2014)

Kansas City Star
Kansas City-based Brash Books gives life to old mysteries (Sept. 19, 2014)

Publishers Weekly
Two Novelists Launch Brash Books, New Crime House (Sept. 3, 2014)

Book Trib
Whodunit? These Brash publishers solve the mystery of the great crime thriller (Sept. 2, 2014)

The Examiner
New publisher targets best crime novels in existence (Sept. 1, 2014)

Kirkus Reviews
In With the Old, In With the New (Aug. 19, 2014)

Kings River Life Magazine
Interview With Brash Books Owner Lee Goldberg (Aug. 19, 2014)

The Rap Sheet
Brash Talking (Aug. 19, 2014)

DIY Author
Brash Books co-founders channel self-publishing success to publish other authors (July 7, 2014)