West of Rome

West of Rome

John Fante

Literature & Fiction

West of Rome's two novellas, "My Dog Stupid" and "The Orgy," fulfill the promise of their rousing titles. The latter novella opens with virtuoso description: "His name was Frank Gagliano, and he did not believe in God. He was that most singular and startling craftsman of the building trade-a left-handed bricklayer. Like my father, Frank came from Torcella Peligna, a cliff-hugging town in the Abruzzi. Lean as a spider, he wore a leather cap and puttees the year around, and he was so bowlegged a dog could lope between his knees without touching them."
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Glitz

Glitz

Elmore Leonard

Mystery & Thrillers / Western

Having been shot by a junkie and had his medical leave cancelled, Miami cop Vincent Mora is sent to Atlantic City to track down Teddy Magyk, a vicious killer with a mommy fixation and a grudge. Can things get any worse?
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The Glass Hammer

The Glass Hammer

Jeter, K W

Jeter, K W

A Speed Death ProductionSchuyler races across the western US desert at night. He must outthink the government satellites' tracking systems and outrun their deadly pulse-phase particle beams. It's his job as a sprinter: he delivers computer chips for the European black market.The sprinters' race is televised to the world—as quick clean vectors and fussy curves of light. But Schuyler—unlike his fellow sprinters—is becoming a star: a religious cult considers him the father of the Godhead, his life and times are being broadcast to the world, and he's been the victim of a murder attempt. Now his personal computer is telling him: "All the sprinters are going to die except you."
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Almost Japanese

Almost Japanese

Sarah Sheard

Sarah Sheard

In Sarah Sheard's celebrated novel Almost Japanese, a young girl's obsession with a famous Japanese musician blossoms into personal transformation. In spare, lyrical prose, Sheard documents Emma's discovery of her new next door neighbour, a dazzling Japanese symphony conductor. Things Japanese soon begin to transform Emma's world. Several years later, she must journey to Japan on a private pilgrimage to connect to the source of her obsession.
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The Cobra

The Cobra

Richard Laymon

Horror / Splatter Punk

Blake Douglas was a smart undercover cop. He knew he had only one chance to bust this group of terrorists. He'd have to become the Cobra---their top assassin. But he couldn't have known how attracted he'd be to one of the terrorists. What was he going to do about Lana?
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One-Thousand Dollar Death (A Peacemaker Western #7)

One-Thousand Dollar Death (A Peacemaker Western #7)

William S. Brady

William S. Brady

The warriors of the Comanche nation ringed Garrison. Inside the town John T. McLain was sitting on $1,000 in stolen money and a vengeance-bent outlaw called Hondo John Montrose. Hondo John left the lawman with a bullet in him and ran with the money. But McLain wasn't the kind of man to let a bullet stop him. Or hostile Comanche. He went after the killer ... and nothing was going to stand in his way.
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Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary

B. W. Battin

B. W. Battin

Don't sleep, Mary. Satan's night is near. He will take you and drown you in blood-drenched sin. Mary Taylor is happy now, married to the man she loves. The years of the Christian Home for Children are behind her, buried in the dark, unspoken folds of memory. But still she awakens to terror, to the hideous acts that gentle Mary would never, ever commit. And someone is killing the girls she knew at the Christian Home. The past is gathering, hurtling her toward a nightmare tide of apocalyptic horror ... Walpurgis Night ... the great witches' sabbat, the night when the powers of Hell unleash the evil within, the night of the endless screams ...
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