An exciting line of mass market paperbacks introduced in 2015 by Stark House Press. New titles appear every month, featuring the best in crime fiction reprints. Each book is sized to 4.25" x 7", just like they used to be. Collect them all!
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Bait by William Vance
979-8-88601-093-0
He was out for the big deals, and she was his bait… "High‐octane stuff by a talented writer."—Bill Pronzini. Black Gat #58
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The Steel Noose by Arnold Drake
979-8-88601-092-3
"Other people's dirty linen was his business…" Blackmail, brutality and blondes merge in this hardboiled mystery about a city's nightlife that couldn't stand the light of day. Black Gat #57
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Night Boat to Paris by Richard Jessup
979-8-88601-091-6
An ex‐Resistance fighter turned crook is hired to smuggle secret‐filled microfilm out of France. "All the action and twists and turns you could want…"—Sam Reaves. Black Gat #56
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The Floods of Fear by John and Ward Hawkins
979-8-88601-073-2
There is a Spring flood, and into the maelstrom are swept a murderer, a thief, and a rich man's daughter—not all will survive. "A tense, dramatic story of pursuit, raw hate and primitive love."—Atlanta Journal. Black Gat $55.
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Freakshow by Jacquin Sanders
979-8-88601-071-8
Freakshow occupies a unique niche in underground American literature, the story of a love affair between a troubled, lonely guy and Fish Girl, a beautiful but disfigured sideshow performer. Introduction by Jeff Vorzimmer. Black Gat #54.
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The Trailer Park Girls by Glen Canary
979-8-88601-068-8
"Not at all what you would expect … which is essentially the planning and execution of a robbery of a department store. A lot of psychological tension and action. An overall great read."—Jeff Vorzimmer, GoodReads. Black Gat #53.
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Death of a Punk by John P. Browner
979-8-88601-069-5
A middle-aged New York private eye meets the Punk world head‐on in this one‐of‐a‐kind mystery from 1980. Black Gat #52.
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Acapulco G.P.O. by Day Keene
979-8-88601-063-3
Sex, drugs and murder amidst a group of wealthy jet-setters. "Make no mistake about it, this is a lurid book… well worth reading."—James Reasoner. Black Gat #51.
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Any Man's Girl by Basil Heatter
979-8-88601-059-6
"…on par with the works of such recognized genre icons as Harry Whittington, Gil Brewer, or Bruno Fischer."—Paul Bishop, Bibliorati. Black Gat #50. September 2023.
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Off Duty by Andrew Coburn
979-8-88601-044-2
"Coburn's tough as Dashiell Hammett and plots and writes with the skill of Graham Greene."—Newsday. "He has a good eye and a great ear and his people ring true."—The Boston Globe. Black Gat #49. August 2023.
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The Fifth Grave: The Unexpurgated Text by Jonathan Latimer
979-8-88601-042-8
The definitive version of this classic hardboiled mystery, originally published in England as Solomon's Vineyard in 1941, now available under the author's preferred title. Black Gat #48
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Blonde Bait by Stephen Marlowe
979-8-88601-032-9
The ski instructor thinks he can handle the slopes until he meets the blonde with a suitcase full of stolen cash. Black Gat #47
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Take Me as I Am by Darwin Teilhet
978-1-951473-53-2
"…as tough and noirish as they come… The ending will please any fan of noir fiction, I guarantee it."—Mystery*File. Black Gat #46.
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Murders in Silk by Asa Bordages
979-8-88601-026-8
"Good‐natured cynicism, a clever plot well told, and a seventy‐year‐old chronic alcoholic make this book a feature of the mystery season."—Boston Transcript.Black Gat #45.
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Dr. Gatskill's Blue Shoes by Paul Conant
979-8-88601-004-6
Peter Hanley is a cop with a gap in his memory—did he really kill Narcissa as everyone thinks? "Charged with emotion."—Newark Star‐Ledger. Black Gat #44
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Object of Lust by Charles Runyon
979-8-88601-018-3
A strange young man saves Marian from drowning, then begins to follow her around, watching everything she does. "Charles Runyon wrote some of the most innovative and powerful paperback originals in the 1960s and 1970s."—Ed Gorman. Black Gat #43.
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Awake and Die by Robert Ames
979-8-88601-014-5
A war vet returns home only to fall into murder when one woman gets in the way of the other. "Tough and terrifying!"—Richard S. Prather, creator of Shell Scott. Black Gat #42.
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The Deadly Pay‐Off by William H. Duhart
979-8-88601-010-7
A gambler pits himself against the town boss when his private detective brother is killed. December 2022. Black Gat #41.
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The Girl in 304 by Harold R. Daniels
979-8-88601-001-5
"This author delves into each character with such a fine sense of who they are and what motivates them that you feel what they feel. You understand why they feel trapped no matter which way they turn. This is truly good stuff."—Dave Wilde. October 2022. Black Gat #40.
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Blood Alley by A. S. Fleishman
978-1-951473-84-6
Filmed in 1955 with John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, a classic Far East adventure. New introduction by David Laurence Wilson. Black Gat #39. August 2022.
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Make My Coffin Strong by William R. Cox
978-1-951473-78-5
His old friend is dead and it looks like murder, so Galloway is back in NYC to settle the score. Introduction by David Laurence Wilson. Black Gat #38. June 2022.
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Killer by Robert Silverberg
978-1-951473-68-6
Published as Passion Killer in 1965 under his Don Elliott pseudonym, Silverberg has authorized this reprint under its original title. The story of a hired killer who is lured into betrayal by a beautiful young temptress. April 2022. Black Gat #37.
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Back Country by William Fuller
978-1-951473-59-4
"Brad Dolan is believably tough, mentally as well as physically … literate hard paced violence remindful of James M. Cain."—Brett Halliday. Introduction by Bill Pronzini. February 2022. Black Gat #36.
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Gang Rumble by Edward S. Aarons
978-1-951473-53-2
A teenage gangster plans a heist with a rumble as the perfect cover. A bold novel of the "shook up" generation from the author of the Sam Durell spy series. Black Gat #35. December 2021.
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The Girl With No Place to Hide by Marvin Albert
978-1-951473-49-5
A NYC private detective risks death when he tries to help a damsel in distress. One of six Jake Barrow mysteries Albert wrote as Nick Quarry. Black Gat #34. October 2021.
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Repeat Performance by William O'Farrell
978-1951473-14-3
"O'Farrell can write. He can put across a bitchy theatrical milieu and a seedy flophouse with equal aplomb…a well-crafted tale."—Dan Stumpf, Mystery*File. Black Gat #33. August 2021.
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Tears for Jessie Hewitt by Edna Sherry
978-1-951473-36-5
He was a slick holdup artist and a handsome extrovert who liked good food, flashy cars, and smart clothes. Love was the beginning of the end for Jessie Hewitt. Black Gat #32. June 2021.
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So Young, So Wicked by Jonathan Craig
978-1-951473-30-3
"Screams along like a 57 Plymouth with some nice twists and interesting characters, as a piano playing assassin plots a tough hit in a small upstate New York town. Top notch 50s Pulp Crime fiction."–GoodReads. Black Gat #31. April 2021.
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The Hoodlums by Geoerge Benet
978-1-951473-23-5
An early novel written by proletariat poet George Benet, this gritty noir novel tells the story of a young man from the wrong side of town who wants it all—the hard way. Black Gat #30. February 2021.
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Cut Me In by Jack Karney
978-1-951473-18-1
A corrupt cop finds himself in conflict with his conscience when he must sanction the death of an innocent man. "…the story of an unscrupulous cop, and an exciting tale." —St Albans Daily Messenger. Black Gat #29. December 2020.
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Satan Takes the Helm by Calvin Clements
978-1951473-14-3
"On this voyage of deceit, dreams, contempt and murder… you will feel the rust of the ship, smell the stink of the ports and sweat in your bunk."—August West, Vintage Hardboiled Reads. Black Gat #28. October 2020.
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Little Sister by Robert Martin
978-1-951473-07-5
"His most successful novel … It went through six U.S. printings."—Mystery*File. "His characters are all believable people; he had a nice, low-key style; his descriptions and sense-of-place are generally excellent."—Bill Pronzini, from his Introduction. Black Gat #27.
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Dead Wrong by Lorenz Heller
978-1-951473-03-7
Everyone thinks that Malone had something to do with Harry's death and his missing "gift" so it's up to him to find this gift before the real killer finds him. April 2020. June 2020. Black Gat #26.
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Two Names for Death by E. P. Fenwick
978-1-951473-01-3
"Simply and subtly written, with knowable characters and plausibly complex motivations."–Anthony Boucher. "Fenwick's novels are all beautifully plotted in human intimacy."– Carol Cleveland, Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Black Gat #25. April 2020.
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Tears are for Angels by Paul Connolly
978-1-944520-92-2
"This a great book written by an author with clear literary aspirations and an ability to craft a plot utilizing prose far exceeding most of the era's noir stories... a lost classic."—Paperback Warrior. February 2020. Black Gat #24.
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My Old Man's Badge by Ferguson Findley
978-1-944520-87-8
A fanatical killer vows to get even for an old grudge by killing another cop — the Manhattan police department sets out to get him first. "Tough stuff, rough stuff... Tense and terrific!" ‐Ernest Dudley. December 2019. Black Gat #23.
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Living End by Frank Kane
978-1-944520-84-7
"A story about the music business and how payola was a factor in the 1950's…blending history and taking an issue like this shows that Kane was more than a mystery writer." —Rick Holman, Pulp Fiction Review. October 2019. Black Gat #22.
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Stool Pigeon by Louis Malley
978-1-944520-81-6
A dark tale of New York gangsters in Little Italy and the revengeful cop who plans to bring down an old nemesis. "Every page of Stool Pigeon feels real and true."—Elgin Bleecker, The Dark Time. August 2019. Black Gat #21.
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Madball by Fredric Brown
978-1-944520-74-8
"A terrific pulp novel that is filled with energy and excitement from cover to cover [filled] with all manner of thieves, murderers, strippers, carnival barkers, knife throwers, drifters, fortune tellers, and others…all linked by greed."–GoodReads. June 2019. Black Gat #20.
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The Hoods Take Over by Ovid Demaris
978-1-944520-73-1
"A powerful novel of big-time rackets, of gang wars and their victims, of ice-picks and bombs." ‐Pensacola News Journal. "Whoever said crime doesn&apost pay has never spoken to Ovid Demaris."‐New York Times. April 2019. Black Gat #19.
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Frantic by Noël Calef
978-1-944520-66-3
A French crime thriller from 1956 filmed by Louis Malle as Elevator to the Gallows. "A truly noir crime book, perverse and scathing."—Agnieszka. February 2019. Black Gat #18.
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End of the Line by Bert and Dolores Hitchens
978-1-944520-57-1
"Hitchens had a good ear and a dead-on eye for the various charades played by the human animals. She also wrote a series of railroad mysteries with her husband Bert."—Ed Gorman, Deadly Women. November 2018. Black Gat #17.
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You'll Get Yours by William Ard
978-1-944520-54-0
"Brooklyn-born Ard was one of the unjustly forgotten hard-boiled writers of the fifties. His career burned bright but fast … but in that time he managed to create several intriguing New York private eyes."—Thrilling Detective. August 2018. Black Gat #16.
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Frenzy of Evil by Henry Kane
978-1-944520-53-3
A twisted tale of male menopausal murder when a sadistic lawyer decides to get rid of his young wife's new lover. "Kane has an unnerving hyper-real way of writing dialogue … reminded me of David Mamet's terse, realistic dialogue in his early plays."—J. F. Norris, Pretty Sinister Books. May 2018. Black Gat #15.
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The Men From the Boys by Ed Lacy
978-1-944520-46-5
An ex-cop hits the skids when he takes a job as a seedy house dick. "It is a vivid, hard-hitting police story—with no punches pulled."—Will Ousler. February 2018. Black Gat #14.
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Never Say No to a Killer by Clifton Adams
978-1-944520-36-6
"A homicidal first-person thriller reminiscent of Horace McCoy's jailbreak classic, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye … relentlessly vicious." —Cullen Gallagher, "The Desert, The Prairie, and The Gutter." November 2017. Black Gat #13.
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The Last Notch by Arnold Hano
978-1-944520-31-1
A vintage noir western from the maverick editor of Lion Books, written as by "Matthew Gant," and published here for the first time under the author's name. Introduction by David Laurence Wilson, who calls Hano both "challenging and subversive." August 2017. Black Gat #12.
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The Affair of Lady Westcott's Lost Ruby / The Case of the Unseen Assassin by Gary Lovisi
978-1-944520-22-9
Two new thrilling Sherlock Holmes adventures featuring Inspector Alec MacDonald, affectionately nicknamed by Holmes as Mr. Mac. "Mr. Lovisi is one of the top 5 authors who write new Holmes stories."—David Chack. May 2017. Black Gat #11.
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Angel's Flight by Lou Cameron
978-1-944520-18-2
A crazy ruthless story of the music business told from the inside, from swing jazz to bebop to rock & roll. "Sings loud and true with terrific characters, real heart and is a joy to re … a noir masterpiece." —Gary Lovisi, Paperback Parade. February 2017. Black Gat #10.
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Woman on the Roof by Helen Nielsen
978-1-944520-13-7
"Best whodunit of the year."—Springfield News and Leader. "Among the best mysteries of the year."—Mystery Writers of America. November 2016. Black Gat #9.
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She Got What She Wanted by Orrie Hitt
978-1-944520-04-5
"This is a fine novel, sleaze paperback or literary, [on] how difficult it was for a woman not to have to resort to using her body and sexuality to get ahead in life." —Michael Hemmingson, Those Sexy Vintage Sleaze Books. August 2016. Black Gat #8.
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The Girl on the Bestseller List by Vin Packer
978-1-933586-98-4
They all had a reason to hate Gloria Whealdon after she exposed their lives in her bestselling novel—but only one had a reason to kill. "I've read a number of Vin Packer's books, and this one remains a favorite." —Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine. May 2016. Black Gat #7.
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Felony Tank by Malcolm Braly
978-1-933586-91-5
Seventeen-year-old Doug is in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up in jail. What happens next could only have been written by the author of It's Cold Out There. February 2016. Black Gat #6.
Only the Wicked by Gary Phillips
978-1-933586-93-9
The fourth Ivan Monk mystery, never before published in paperback. A tense Los Angeles thriller with roots in the Deep South. Author Sara Paretsky calls Phillips "my kind of crime writer and Ivan Monk is my kind of detective." November 2015. Black Gat #5. OUT OF PRINT
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The Persian Cat by John Flagg
978-1933586-90-8
A post-World War II thriller set in Teheran featuring cynical agent Gil Denby. His mission: bring a beautiful traitor to justice. His odds: slim. August 2015. Black Gat #4.
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Stranger at Home by Leigh Brackett
978-1-933586-78-6
Originally published as by the actor George Sanders, this domestic mystery by sf author Leigh Brackett is the story of a rich heel who comes back to get even with those who thought they had left him for dead. May 2015. Black Gat #3.
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Eddie's World by Charlie Stella
978-1-933586-76-2
Charlie Stella's first great crime novel, back in print and available in paperback for the first time! Eddie Senta is suffering a mid-life crisis and decides to get involved in a heist. Everything that can go wrong, does. May 2015. Black Gat #2.
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A Haven for the Damned by Harry Whittington
978-1-933586-75-5
A group of eight people all converge on a small ghost town on the outskirts of the Mexican border, each with their own demons and dilemmas. They all want something they've lost: freedom, a lost wife, their youth. Not all of them will leave alive. May 2015. Black Gat #1.
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