Christa Faust

When Sam and Dean investigate a truck full of slaughtered illegal Mexican immigrants, Xochi Cazadora guides them into Mexico City and a terrifying world of Aztec gods and monsters.

Coyote's Kiss

Supernatural

Times Square, 1986: the home of New York's red light district, where strip clubs, porno theatres, and petty crime prevails. When a chance encounter for peepbooth worker Roxy Bell leads to the brutal murder of a public-access pornographer, the erotic performer and her punk rock ex-partner Nick Zero soon find themselves under fire from criminals, cops, and the city elite as they begin to untangle a complex web of corruption leading right to City Hall.

Peepland

Gary Phillips

Adapting what may be the most popular of graphic novels, by the edgy Hard Case Crime author, adding layers and exploring the nature of morality. A tragic, unnamed engineer-turned-criminal is immersed in chemicals that disfigure him bizarrely, driving him mad and thus giving birth to the Joker. While the insane criminal is imprisoned, Batman and Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) patrol Gotham City together, taking down perps such as the crime boss Maxie Zeus. Simultaneously Detective Harvey Bullock works with Commissioner James Gordon to take down a drug factory. Back in Arkham Asylum, Joker learns of a new technology he wants to acquire and escapes, setting out on a mission designed to break the Commissioner, forcing him to abandon his ideals as a police officer. In a violent home invasion he shoots and cripples Barbara, then takes Gordon hostage. Batman races to rescue Gordon, ultimately confronting his arch-foe in an amusement park fun house. This edgy adaptation by Hard Case Crime novelist Christa Faust expands upon the cast and adds intricate layers to the events of the graphic novel, further examining the nature of morality. Copyright © 2017 DC Comics. BATMAN, THE JOKER, THE KILLING JOKE and all related characters and elements © & TM DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

The Killing Joke

To clear her name of a murder charge, former porn star Angel Dare has to locate a briefcase full of stolen money and go up against an international sex slavery ring.

Money Shot

In 1982, Olivia Dunham was part of Walter Bishop's secret experiments into the effects of Cortexiphan. Though she didnt realize it then, the drug unlocked abilites that would take years to mature. When they did, the results would be explosive and deadly. As she grew, Oliva sought to escape a violent life but no matter where she ran, her past caught up to her. Until she couldn't run any more.

The Burning Man

Angel Dare went into Witness Protection to escape her past -- not as a porn star, but as a killer who took down the sex slavery ring that destroyed her life. But sometimes the past won't stay buried. When a former co-star is gunned down, it's up to Angel to get his son, a hotheaded MMA fighter, safely through the Arizona desert, shady Mexican bordertowns, and the neon mirage of Las Vegas...

Choke Hold

Adapting what may be the most popular of graphic novels, by the edgy Hard Case Crime author, adding layers and exploring the nature of morality. A tragic, unnamed engineer-turned-criminal is immersed in chemicals that disfigure him bizarrely, driving him mad and thus giving birth to the Joker. While the insane criminal is imprisoned, Batman and Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) patrol Gotham City together, taking down perps such as the crime boss Maxie Zeus. Simultaneously Detective Harvey Bullock works with Commissioner James Gordon to take down a drug factory. Back in Arkham Asylum, Joker learns of a new technology he wants to acquire and escapes, setting out on a mission designed to break the Commissioner, forcing him to abandon his ideals as a police officer. In a violent home invasion he shoots and cripples Barbara, then takes Gordon hostage. Batman races to rescue Gordon, ultimately confronting his arch-foe in an amusement park fun house. This edgy adaptation by Hard Case Crime novelist Christa Faust expands upon the cast and adds intricate layers to the events of the graphic novel, further examining the nature of morality.

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Bad Mother Vol. 1

“A neon drenched, grimy gem!” – That’s Not Current Times Square, 1986: the home of New York’s red light district where strip clubs, porno theaters and petty crimes prevail. For peepshow worker Roxy Bell, it’s just another day at the office. But when a chance encounter with a public-access pornographer unearths a damning political conspiracy, the erotic performer and her punk rock ex-partner soon find themselves under fire from criminals, crooked cops and the city elite, as the two begin to untangle a complex web of deception leading right to City Hall! From crime fiction stalwarts Christa Faust and Gary Phillips comes this gritty neo-noir tale of sex, crime and corruption in the Big Apple. Like the Naked city, there are eight million stories in The Deuce. This is one you’ll never forget. “Hardboiled in all the right ways!” – The Fandom Post

Peepland Complete Collection

Never-before-revealed secrets of the characters, leading to the creation of the government’s covert Fringe Division. In 2008, Peter Bishop is estranged from his father and running shady operations in Southeast Asia. His latest scam lands him in a life-or-death situation involving weird events beyond the ken of modern science. On the run, he finds himself pursued by strange specters of his past… and his future. The Fringe Division is summoned when the unimaginable occurs. Armed with experimental technology, special agent Olivia Dunham, “fringe” scientist Walter Bishop, and his son Peter Bishop investigate cases that lie beyond the realm of possibility.

Fringe - Sins of the Father (novel #3)

The Zodiac Paradox

Experiencing a terrifying vision of a disaster at an amusement park, Wendy Christensen escapes a thrill ride crash that kills her boyfriend and best friend, but she soon discovers that photographs that she took before the accident fortell the deaths of others who escaped the crash. Original. (A New Line Cinema film, directed by James Wong, releasing Winter 2006, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Ryan Merriman) (Horror)

Final Destination 3

A nerve-racking thriller from crime writer Christa Faust and blockbuster artist Mike Deodato Jr. (The Resistance, Infinity Wars). April Walters is a hit-and-run victim of life – a middle-aged soccer mom whose inner fire has been snuffed out by her dreary suburban existence. When her teenaged daughter goes missing under mysterious circumstances, April embarks on a harrowing mission to find her; a journey that takes her through the underbelly of her suburban community and sets her on a collision course with a massive crime syndicate and its lethal matriarch. Tested to her limits and beyond, April discovers that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.

Bad Mother #1

Dreamspawn

A Nightmare On Elm Street #2

Garfield Reeves-Stevens

A grisly murder in New York City's downtown meat packing district leads hardboiled crime writer Caitlin McCullough into the depths of a secret sadomasochistic underground. Here, Caitlin must risk everything to find not only the truth surrounding the murder, but the dark truth hidden inside herself.

Control Freak

Tim Waggoner

David Bishop

Wes Craven

In 'Suffer the Children' Freddy Krueger terrorizes the dreams of teenagers testing an anti-insomnia drug. In 'Dreamspawn', he takes revenge on behalf of a previous victim. In 'Protege', Freddy gains a deadly apprentice - but will they settle for second best?"

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Ripped from a Dream

In 1971, university students Walter Bishop and William Bell use an exotic chemical compound to link their subconscious minds. Unexpectedly, they open a rip in space through which comes a menace unlike any our world has ever seen - the zodiac killer. His singular goal is death, and it falls to Bishop, Bell, and Nina Sharp to stop him--P. [4] of cover.

Fringe - the Zodiac Paradox (Novel #1)

It's mayhem, murder and masks in the acclaimed genre-bending novel from the "First Lady of Hard Case Crime" Christa Faust (Money Shot, Choke Hold).Hoodtown, ghetto of masked wrestlers, inner-city sanctuary of hooded culture. Evolved from lucha libre, the family gimmick is sacred, and the mask is the sole expression of one's identity.Now, Hood prostitutes are turning-up murdered and worse, unmasked, and the 'Skin' establishment is as much help as a paid-off ref. Enter X, former luchadora with a bruised past, a bum knee and no time to play Santo. She's no hero, but there's nobody else to tag-in, as her hunt for a killer uncovers a conspiracy that could take down all of maskedkind.Like Casablanca with wrestling masks, Hoodtown is vintage pulp noir with a lucha libre pop culture twist.This expanded second print edition of the long-sold out HOODTOWN includes introductory texts by Latina filmmakers Ivy Agregan and Gigi Saul Guerrero, a 12 page "Art of Hoodtown" gallery featuring unused roughs and originals by illustrator Rafael Navarro, and a sample chapter of Matt Wallace's lucha libre novella RENCOR: Life in Grudge City.

Expanded Second Edition

Hoodtown

Redemption

Gary Philips

With the evidence in hand, Nick and Roxy begin piece together movements of the Central Park slayer, but the NYC police department have another suspect in mind. Meanwhile, the real killer steps up the search for the missing videotape.

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