Books

Before noir had a name, it had a pulse.

It beat on cheap paper. It smelled of ink and sweat. And it told stories the world wasn’t supposed to hear.

The Pulps: Where Crime Noir Began traces the birth of hard-boiled crime fiction—from the pages of the pulp magazines to the dark moral universe that would become noir.

In the early decades of the...

The Hard-Boiled Era: The Architects of Crime Noir

Before the neon glow of neo-noir and the morally broken antiheroes of modern crime fiction, there were the hard-boiled writers who dragged murder fiction out of drawing rooms and into the streets. In The Hard-Boiled Era: The Architects of Crime Noir, USA Today bestselling author K.C. Sivils...

From the shadowed alleys of classic detective fiction to the neon-lit despair of modern neo-noir, noir has become one of the most enduring and influential storytelling traditions in modern culture.

In The Faces of Noir: A Concise History of Noir in Literature and Film, USA Today bestselling author K.C. Sivils explores the evolution of noir...

500 years in the future, the galaxy has changed. Humanity has not.

For a cynical, hardened cop like Inspector Thomas Sullivan, the assignment to the isolated mining colony on Antares III was heaven sent. A chance to start a new life with his young bride and partner, the enigmatic Sarah.

A single message changed everything.

New orders send Sully and...

A burned out, cynical cop.

A serial killer who loves the hunt as much as the kill.

Corrupt politicians in bed with a crooked Chief of Detectives.

At the center of it all is a beautiful young woman with a troubled past.

If you think its Los Angeles in the 1950’s you’re wrong.It’s the year 2454 and Capital City on the frozen planet of Beta Prime...

Life can be cheap on the planet Beta Prime. Especially if you’re a clone.

Assigned to investigate a murdered military policeman in a lonely rural mining town, Inspector Thomas Sullivan unearths an illegal cloning operation, just the first of the horrors his investigation will expose. Complicating the investigation, the murder victim’s commanding...

Ever been in prison? Taken a trip to a moon?

Both are dangerous places.

They are even more dangerous when someone wants you dead.

Inspector Sullivan and his team are assigned the task of solving the baffling murders of a Corrections Officer and an inmate. Crimes with no witnesses, no motive, and almost no evidence.

Sullivan knows danger waits on...

The mysterious proprietor. The peculiar sidekick. The good priest. Welcome to the lore…

Anthology: Close to 600 pages of crime noir and science fiction enjoyment with striking illustrations, fascinating character deep dives, and gratifying hard-boiled backstories.

Joe Maynard’s freedom tastes like opportunity. Released from prison, the gritty...

Fans of the Inspector Thomas Sullivan Sci-fi Crime Noir Series will love this inside look at the institutions, technology, and history of the universe Thomas Sullivan occupies.

Bursting with sarcastic wit, this encyclopedic compilation is perfect for both hardcore fans and curious newbies. Heavily illustrated and filled with intriguing Easter...

A homecoming should be a happy event.

Not an opportunity for betrayal.

For Inspector Thomas Sullivan, a man who trusts few people, returning home only to find those he calls friends have kept dark secrets from him, accused him of multiple murders, and are plotting against him is an act of betrayal.

Worst of all, one of those people is his partner...

Fueled by tenacity and a will to survive, will this German man stand strong against the Communist evil infiltrating his homeland?

Germany, 1945. Joseph Werner’s young life is one of struggle. Lurking among the wreckage of Berlin, the starving war orphan will do anything to fill his belly. But when he’s caught trying to steal from another boy his...

In the future, as humanity spreads throughout the galaxy, the ideals of justice for all, integrity, and honesty are nothing more than outdated concepts to many who have benefited as members of the wealthy, elitist ruling class.

To the incorruptible lawman, Thomas Sullivan, these ideals are all he has left to cling to. Betrayed by those he...

Was Johann Mueller’s death a tragic accident or was he a victim of murder?

Mueller, A German born physicist who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s to escape Hitler and the Nazis, was a scientist for the U.S. Department of War. Traveling on the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s famed San Juan Express, Mueller dies under mysterious...

The War in the Pacific rages in hot, steamy jungle, and on sweltering ships while a different kind of war is being waged at home in the icy cold of Alaska and the Yukon Territory.

Dead soldiers keep showing up on the border of Alaska and Canada, men assigned to build the desperately needed ALCAN Highway.

Once again, FBI Agent Nelson Paine is...

Two brutally murdered victims are found in an abandoned WW II Federal internment facility for Japanese Americans. One is a beautiful young Japanese housewife married to a local man. The other is a former POW from the Pacific Theater of war, a survivor of the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway.

FBI Agent Nelson Paine has been assigned to the...

In the years immediately following the Second World War, tensions between the East and West mounted with each passing day. No city experienced the pressure cooker that was the Cold War like the divided city of Berlin.

Few nations felt the ever-present iron grip of oppression like the citizens of East Germany. Their communist masters and the...

By 1944, the war has turned against Hitler’s Third Reich, and German cities lie in ruins from the constant bombing by the Allies. On every front, Allied forces are driving the Wehrmacht forces back.

Inspired by the success of his terror weapons, the V-1 and V-2 rockets, against cities in England, Hitler approved plans for a secret operation to...

Inspector Thomas Sullivan doesn’t like change when it comes to his personal life.

Things on Beta Prime are about to change drastically, whether the Inspector likes it or not.

500 years in the future, regardless of which planet you live on, crime still happens. A fact the Inspector, Sully to the few he calls friends, is all too aware of.

His partner...

Life had taught Heat many valuable lessons.

Things like have a code to live by, the simpler the better.

Simple rules a man could live by.

Rules like whoever killed a man’s partner had to pay for that sin.

Rules like never take the rap for something you didn’t do.

And most important of all, never let somebody else do your dirty work for you.

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Private Investigator James Benoit Heatley, “Heat” to those few he calls friends, has a reputation for being a bit rough around the edges.

Heat’s reputation for doing what he believes is just is well deserved, even if his brand of justice happens to be illegal.

His reputation for not taking women as clients is equally well deserved.

Some say there...