Sam Millar

“Compelling. Hilarious. Poignant.”

“If you like your thrillers fast-paced, intelligent, tough and good to the last drop, The Deserter is right up your alley.

“Insightful and entertaining, Baldacci has captured the time and events perfectly with authenticity, beauty and flawless prose. . . .

“Metropolis is Kerr’s and Bernie’s swan song—a brilliant Berlin opera of Gothhe proportion with an intricate and riveting plot.

“the action never wanes, the story never dulls. An ageless tale of vengeance, violence, corruption and justice--or injustice—The Border is an epic conclusion to an epic series . .

“Keeper is a relentless, heart-stopping masterpiece, filled with nightmarish situations that will keep you awake long into the dark nights of winter.”

“Andrew Gross is in top form with this beautifully haunting novel that mixes history seamlessly with fiction. . . . an epic journey of struggle, hope, death and life.

“a nerve-shredding psychological thriller that will keep readers guessing to the very last page.”

“Harley McKenna is possibly the most powerful, original female character we’ve had in decades . . . Barbed Wire Heart is an evocative work of darkness and redemption . .

“Thriller of the year.”

“Atlanta Noir could well turn out to be Akashic’s best work to date.”

“a relentlessly driven page-turning thriller with outrageous twists and turns you never see coming. Terrific one-liners and a truly original antagonist in the form of the violent Quinn . .

“Three Drops of Blood and a Cloud of Cocaine is Quentin Mouron’s English-language debut, and what a debut it is.”

The 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan melting pot district where multicultural citizens live, love, and worship alongside one another, enjoying Kosher sushi and kebabs, and different s

Did you know that more drugs come into the U.S. every year over the Canadian border than the Mexican border?

“James Lee Burke’s finest literary work to date, cementing his reputation as one of America’s all-time masters.”

“A meticulously crafted portrait of modern-day South Africa, Icarus is a spellbinding tour de force.”

“A dark and wondrous slice of Appalachia noir.”

“John McAllister’s best book by far.”

“You won’t find better noir stories this year.”

“a terrifically entertaining ride with great atmosphere, zany and original characters.”

“A book you will not forget. A powerful, ingenious piece of crime noir.”

“The tension and breakneck pace begin on the first page and refuse to relent until the very last. Noir with originality and a unique twist.”

“The Rich and the Dead is a fine-tuned, fast-paced thriller by a new name in the game. . . . Totally absorbing.”

“Totally gripping.”

“Emotive. Sad. Beautiful. Funny. Echo Year is terrific.”

“Jon Land is in fine form in this riveting installment of the Caitlan Strong series.”

“. . . a terrific addition to a compelling series.”

“If You Were Here is a tense, psychological thriller full of Hitchcockian intrigue, twists, and suspense.”

“Compelling and deceptively written, it’s the perfect summer read.”

“Graham Masterton is a natural storyteller with a unique gift for turning the mundane into the terrifyingly real. . . . compulsive reading.”

“. . . a lean and mean, modern-day noir western filled with complex characters and situations . . . a candidate for best crime book of 2013.”

“If you haven’t read any of the Matt Royal series yet, you’re in for a treat.”

“Thrillers don’t get much better.”

“. . . rediscover why Dashiell Hammett was the peerless master of crime fiction in all its dark and bloody glory.”

“A powerful, hypnotic debut novel filled with the horror of conflict, treachery, and intrigue . . .”

“. . . [a] bold, bigger-than-life adventure. . .”

“Dead Dogs is a modern day gothic story powered by scenes of horror and comedy, masterfully created . . . Extraordinary.”

“Dark. Comic. Bleak. Menacing—it’s all between these pages.”

St. Petersburg Noir is the latest anthology of international crime stories from Akashic Books.

“Dennis Lehane is a natural and captivating storyteller . . . a modern day classic.”

“. . . a perfectly rendered murder mystery . . . executed with faultless page-turner pacing and panache.”

“. . . masterfully complex plot laced with gripping suspense . . . [a] captivating and intelligent crime thriller that will keep you guessing . . .”

“a captivating voice . . . acute observations . . . bullet-speed pace . . . masterfully created . . .”

“A delightful book for summer reading.”

“. . . Utterly enthralling.”

“. . . a tour de force début novel that is both creepily disturbing and beautifully rendered.”

“An authentic yet unique voice, Tony Black shows why he is leading the pack in British crime fiction today.

“This book could easily be labeled crime noir, but it is more of a coming of age story peopled with original and fascinating blood-and-bones characters.

“Highly entertaining and perfect reading for winter nights, Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess will keep you sweetly engrossed from start to finish.”

“Powerfully told, and atmospherically driven, this is one of the most bona fide and intelligent Arthurian sagas to grace a book in a very long time.”

“Morgue Drawer Four, a finalist for Germany’s 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize for best crime novel, is a real find for aficionados of black humor and the macabre.

“Delightfully entertaining with a killing sense of humor, Practical Jean: A Novel is worthy contender for Book of The Year. You’ll love it to death.”

“Wyatt is a fast-paced thriller with more action than a Bruce Willis’ movie, and a bigger knockout punch than Rocky.

“Taut, atmospherically gritty and cleverly constructed, Truth Dare Kill is a fascinating depiction of a post-war London, capturing accurately the ambiance of that terrible and mora

“As addictive as blood to a vampire, the Eerie and Creepy reprints are fast becoming the must-have compilation for any serious collector of the classic genre in both horro

“An accomplished, complex, and absolutely compelling psychological crime novel, The End of the Wasp Season is expertly paced with just the right amount of grisliness to make it dis

“Uncut and uncensored, the artwork on display in this volume is an eye-fest rendering of nostalgia and beauty with industrial levels of malevolence in crisp black-and-white, including full-

The Harrow School is a 400-year-old boarding school for boys in London, home to privileged adolescents known as much for their distinctive dress and traditions as for their arrogance and schoolboy

In western Baghdad, a suicide bomber blows up a fortified house, killing everyone inside. In Norfolk, England, a runaway Libyan banker is assassinated.

Gina Falcone is the last “bone cleaner.” Her job is to prepare the bones of the dead for the second burial, an ancient practice traced back to the glorious days of the Egyptians.

A young woman, Annette Botha, arriving home one night, gets out of her car to unlock a malfunctioning automatic gate outside her home.

On a winter day in 2008, Håkan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm.

Ever wonder what crime writers other crime writers read when not murdering and leaving corpses all over the place themselves?

Harlan Coben has over 47 millions books in print worldwide. His last three consecutive novels, Caught, Long Lost, and Hold Tight all debuted at #1.

Jefferson Bass is the pseudonym for writing team Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.

Plenty of great Scottish crime writers have entertained us for years with their special blend of deadly Celtic noir. Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Allan Guthrie, Stuart MacBride—to name but a few.

Crime fiction has been dominated for the last couple of years, it would seem, by a host of excellent Scandinavian writers from Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø and the American in-exile, Ja

Erin Kelly’s impressive debut novel, The Poison Tree, tells the tale of seemingly prim and straight-A language student Karen Clarke who has just finished her final year at university in Lo

In years gone by, many a teenager/adult has had the pants scared clean off him/her by publisher Jim Warren’s magazine-sized horror comics, Creepy and Eerie.

Dublin’s private investigator, Ed Loy, is back and in top form in Declan Hughes’ new crime mystery, City of Lost Girls.

Isn’t it always nice when you find someone willing to offer a sympathetic and open ear to your daily tribulations, especially on the train or bus going home at night after a hard day’s work?

In Dublin, a well-known newspaper editor called Cartwright is found dead, suicide suspected.

". . . one of those great adventure/mystery stories we all yearn for . . ."