Stark House Press

09/05/2025

We want to thank everyone who took advantage of our August 25% Off Sale. We might just have to do this again next year.

09/05/2025

Our Black G*t book for September is a twisty tale in the James Cain vein called ROADSIDE NIGHT by Erwin N. Nistler and Gerry P. Broderick. Nicholas Litchfield reviewed it in the UK. We're going to share the link for everyone else: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/arts-and-culture/books/roadside-night-by-erwin-s-nistler-gerry-p-broderick-a-taut-character-driven-page-turner-book-review-5299050

Available any day now wherever books are being sold in both print and ebook editions.

08/28/2025

A few more overstock items have been added to the Sale list on our website. Check it out while the 25% Sale is still in effect, and pick up some Stark House books for $5.25!

08/25/2025

Our August Black G*t book is THE JOY WHEELL by Paul W. Fairman, an author better known for his science fiction than his crime novels. This is one of Fairman's early novels, originally published by Lion Books in 1954. Here's what Richard Krauss at Larque Press has to say about it:
https://larquepress.com/2025/07/21/bg73-the-joy-wheel-by-paul-w-fairman/

Take advantage of the Stark House 25% Sale during the month of August and get it for $9.74 if you order direct from the website.

07/31/2025

07/27/2025

Our lead title for August is Gil Brewer's THE SQUEEZE/—AND THE GIRL SCREAMED, two of his mid-50s thrillers with a new introduction by David Rachels.

Pick it up direct from Stark House next month at 25% off, when we put all print books in our warehouse on sale.

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07/23/2025

And while we're on the subject of July releases, our lead title offers two previously unpublished novels by W. R. Burnett: THE LOOP and MAN WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES. Burnett practically invented gangster fiction with LITTLE CAESAR back in 1929, and these two works only add to his reputation as "the single most successful writer on the notion of the criminal as the emblem of an era.” [20th Century Crime & Mystery Writers]

Connie Fletcher at "Booklist" had this to say about our new one: "The first of these never-before-published Burnett works, The
Loop, is, like the novel and movie Little Caesar, set in Chicago, specifically in 1928. We follow a clutch of gangsters led by a man named Dooley through Chicago speakeasies, distilleries, and cheap hotels, beginning with Dooley standing on a Chicago L platform at 3 a.m. before keeping an appointment with a man who turns up dead in a very complicated heist plot. The atmosphere is both menacing and entertaining. The second selection, “The Man with a Thousand Enemies,” is, as [David Laurence] Wilson states in his introduction, more of a film treatment than a full-fledged novel but still brimming with Burnett’s inimitable noir style."

If you enjoy classic crime fiction, we highly recommend you check this one out.

07/23/2025

Our 72nd Black G*t book is THE FACE OF EVIL by John McPartland. Here's what Nicholas Litchfield has to say about it in his "Lancaster Guardian" review: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/arts-and-culture/books/the-face-of-evil-by-john-mcpartland-full-of-tension-violent-fistfights-and-a-dose-of-dry-humour-book-review-5234714

Available wherever books are being sold in print and ebook editions. Check it out.

06/24/2025

This month we reprinted another mystery by Dorothy Cameron Disney (no relation to Walt, by the way) called CRIMSON FRIDAY, originally published in 1943. Nancy Oakes reviewed it on her "Crime Segments" blog, and we would be remiss if we didn't share the link:
http://www.crimesegments.com/2025/06/crimson-friday-by-dorothy-cameron-disney.html

If this sounds like your cup of tea, CRIMSON FRIDAY is available wherever books are being sold, and most specifically at starkhousepress.com--in print and ebook editions, of course.

06/17/2025

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June leads off with a new author, Frank M. Young, and an inventive crime novel about a young director who figures out how to make a great independent film. The book is Never Odd or Even, and Publishers Weekly is already calling it “a good bet for Elmore Leonard fans.”

06/11/2025

The reviews are starting to come in for our June Black G*t Book, MAKE WITH THE BRAINS, PIERRE by Dana Wilson. Here are two of them from Ben Boulden at "Gravetapping" and Richard Krauss at Larque Press...

https://gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/06/review-make-with-brains-pierre-by-dana.html

https://larquepress.com/2025/05/20/bg71-make-with-the-brains-pierre-by-dana-wilson/

Dana Wilson was an actress and writer who went on to marry Cubby Broccoli and produce the James Bond films. If this book sounds interesting to you, it's available wherever books are being sold.

06/10/2025

Coming in July from Stark House Press, THE LENGTH OF DAYS by Lynn Kostoff, whom Charlie Stella calls "one of the unsung heroes of modern crime fiction.”. Here's a preview from the East Coast Don at "Men Reading Books"... https://menreadingbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-length-of-days-by-lynn-kostoff.html