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Finalist for the Edgar® Award and the Shamus Award!

Little Girl Lost

by RICHARD ALEAS

Miranda Sugarman was supposed to be in the Midwest, working as an eye doctor. So how did she wind up dead on the roof of New York’s seediest strip club?

Ten years earlier, Miranda had been P.I. John Blake’s girlfriend. Now he must uncover her secret life as a strip tease queen. But the deeper he digs, the deadlier the danger...until a shattering face-off in an East Village tenement changes his life forever.

LITTLE GIRL LOST is the stunning debut novel from Edgar Award-winning author RICHARD ALEAS. And the excitement continues in John Blake’s shocking second case, SONGS OF INNOCENCE, also available from Hard Case Crime.

ACCLAIM FOR LITTLE GIRL LOST:

“Excellent...[a] machinegun-paced debut [with] the style and spirit of the classic detective novel.”

— Chicago Sun-Times

“Combine[s] the noir sensibility with emotional depth and superior writing.”

— Baltimore Sun

“A wonderful novel, brilliantly plotted, beautifully written.”

— Richard S. Prather

“Little Girl Lost is classic pulp.”

— January Magazine

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Shamus Award Winner for Best Original Paperback Novel of the Year

SONGS of INNOCENCE

by RICHARD ALEAS

Three years ago, detective John Blake solved a mystery that changed his life forever—and left a woman he loved dead. Now Blake is back, to investigate the apparent suicide of Dorothy Louise Burke, a beautiful college student with a double life. The secrets Blake uncovers could blow the lid off New York City’s sex trade...if they don’t kill him first.

Richard Aleas’ first novel, LITTLE GIRL LOST, was among the most celebrated crime novels of the year, nominated for both the Edgar and Shamus Awards. But nothing in John Blake’s first case could prepare you for the shocking conclusion of his second...

RAVES FOR SONGS OF INNOCENCE:

“An instant classic.”

— The Washington Post

“The best thing Hard Case is publishing right now.”

— The San Francisco Chronicle

“His powerful conclusion will drop jaws.”

— Publishers Weekly

“So sharp [it’ll] slice your finger as you flip the pages.”

— Playboy

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The Final Crime Novel From THE KING OF PULP FICTION!

DEAD STREET

by MICKEY SPILLANE

PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS

For 20 years, former NYPD cop Jack Stang has lived with the memory of his girlfriend’s death in an attempted abduction. But what if she didn’t actually die? What if she somehow secretly survived, but lost her sight, her memory, and everything else she had...except her enemies?

Now Jack has a second chance to save the only woman he ever loved—or to lose her for good.

ACCLAIM FOR MICKEY SPILLANE:

“One of the world’s most popular mystery writers.”

— The Washington Post

“Spillane is a master in compelling you to always turn the next page.”

— The New York Times

“A rough-hewn charm that’s as refreshing as it is rare.”

— Entertainment Weekly

“One of the all-time greats.”

— Denver Rocky Mountain News

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The Peddler

by RICHARD S. PRATHER

OVER 40,000,000 BOOKS SOLD

In the cutthroat world of organized crime, Tony Romero was headed straight for the top. But his path was littered with bodies and broken dreams—some of them his.

Say It With Bullets

by RICHARD POWELL

AUTHOR OF ‘A SHOT IN THE DARK’

Bill Wayne’s bus tour through the West becomes more than he bargained for when bodies start turning up at every stop!

The Last Match

by DAVID DODGE

AUTHOR OF ‘TO CATCH A THIEF’

From the casinos of Monaco to the jungles of Brazil, from Tangier to Marrakech to Peru, the chase is on when a handsome swindler tries to escape the beautiful heiress out to reform him.

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Grifter’s Game

by LAWRENCE BLOCK

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Con man Joe Marlin accidentally steals a suitcase full of heroin, then plots to kill the man he stole it from— with help from the man’s wife!

Top of the Heap

by ERLE STANLEY GARDNER

CREATOR OF PERRY MASON

The client had a perfect alibi for the night Maureen Auburn disappeared—but nothing made P.I. Donald Lam

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