Lendle

The titillating diary of a housewife gone wild  Turning twenty-nine years old, Janet Giddings Kurland starts a journal and records her comfortable, if boring, suburban lifestyle. But when this square sneaks a screw with her friend’s husband… more

There’s more than one side to every story—especially in a threesome  Harry, Priss, and Rhoda have a brilliant idea. They’re going to write the best “bad” novel and they’ll each contribute one third of the story. But what to write about? How… more

The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s adventures, and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect. Back in the corrupt town… more

Writing lessons from the crown prince of suspense  For more than five decades, Lawrence Block has written novels. He has produced hard-boiled detective stories, taut suspense thrillers, literature, and erotica, and has succeeded in all thes… more

An aspiring gigolo takes to crime to better his position in lifeJohnny Wells is a boy with goals. Not noble ones, perhaps, but, still, he has ambition. He intends to be the best damn hustler New York has ever seen. He wants sharp suits, ric… more

A team of ex-commandos takes justice into their own hands, exacting vengeance on the criminals whom the government cannot stop  Albert Platt is a rotten man. Bred in the rough parts of Brooklyn, he made his name as a killer and has built a … more

Consumed by passion, a nice girl turned bad goes on a sexual tear that will threaten her reputation, her sanity, and ultimately, her life  Innocent high school student April North gave her virginity to Dan, her long-time steady, an expressi… more

A small town with some very big libidos comes to life in this quirky erotic novel  New Hope, Pennsylvania, offers a quaint country experience that tourists just adore. But what’s not in the postcards is the town’s web of liberated lovers, w… more

When a woman from the slums marries a rich man who can’t pleasure her, she is driven to hunt for love outside the homeCarla is a beautiful girl. She was plucked from the obscurity of a Polish slum to be the wife of a wealthy man—a man who s… more

When his leading lady winds up dead, a Broadway producer goes searching for a different kind of hitIn just a few hours, Johnny Lane’s newest Broadway creation begins previews, and he cannot find his leading lady. Elaine is a nobody, but his… more

One man’s letter-writing addiction will have some very funny consequences  Laurence Clarke is having a bad day. His boss realized that his editorial position was made redundant months ago, his wife’s discovered that she’s got more in common… more

This novella continues the story of Keller, after the wistful stamp-collecting hit man retired in New Orleans at the end of Hit & Run. A phone call and an economic downturn is all it takes to put him back in business.Keller in Dallas, a Kin… more

There’s no glass slipper in this fairytale—just a damsel in distress, a bag of cash, and a whole lot of dead bodies  Reporter Ted Lindsay is trying to forget his ex-wife, and New York City’s tough streets are just what the doctor ordered. T… more

After the publication of Butcher’s Moon in 1974, Donald Westlake said, “Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing. He was gone.” And readers waited.But nothing bad is truly gone forever, and Parker’s as… more

When you’ve already got blood on your hands, what’s a little more?  Turner needs to start a new life and that means he needs cash … fast. So the twenty thousand he’s offered for a job sounds pretty good, even if it means killing Cuban d… more

When a married businessman falls for a small-town minx, his obsessive love will spur him to give up anything to have herJeff Flanders has a nice little job, a nice little wife, and absolutely nothing to get excited about. All that goes down… more

When Lefty leaves prison, all he wants is to go back to his honest job, and keep out of trouble. Before long he is missing a chunk of his memory, his girlfriend, Gina, and his right arm. The bodies pile up as Lefty seeks Gina’s killer, but… more

Some cases just won’t die—even after you’ve dumped the body  Ed London is the type of private investigator that you call to clean up the mess when your mistress turns up dead. But after he dumps a body in Central Park, it appears this case … more

Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he’s excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and current lady love Lettice at the Cuttleford House, a remote upstate b&b. U… more

“The unlikely father of Miami crime fiction.” —Atlantic MonthlyThe question wasn’t what is the best place to pick up women in Miami. It wasn’t what was the easiest place either. The big question the three friends discussed was what was the… more