Friday, May 31, 2013

Paperback Confidential from the great Stark House

Paperback Confidential cover


Summer Reading Sale!
How's that for an attention grabber? Not only did we complete the work on Brian Ritt's fabulous new Paperback Confidential: Crime Writers of the Paperback Era we moved up the release date in order to debut the book at the Pulpfest 2013 in Columbus on July 25th through 28th.

Paperback Confidential cover

344 pages of classic crime reference, here you can read about groundbreaking writers of all stripes, from Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler to a one-woman fiction factory like Peggy Gaddis, pulp crossovers like Kendell Foster Crossen (creator of the Green Lama and the alter-ego of hardboiled crime writer M. E. Chaber), and legends still working today (Lawrence Block, Elmore Leonard).

PRE-ORDER FOR THE SAME TERMS OUR CRIME CLUB MEMBERS ENJOY FROM NOW UNTIL THE BOOK'S RELEASE IN JULY!

Simply reply to this newsletter with your order and we'll ship you Paperback Confidential as soon as it's in from the printer and cover the freight for FREE. Crime Club members need do nothing, they'll get the book shipped as per usual. Bill Crider calls the book an essential reference for anyone  interested in the writers who make reading the old paperbacks so much fun." Gary Lovisi says it's "a must for any fan or collector of crime fiction," and James Reasoner says not only is PC "an essential reference" but "highly entertaining reading in its own right."

By the way, books shipped from Stark House will now come in cardboard wrappers to ensure your books will arrive in the best possible condition. So that's a good thing.

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