BACK ALLEY BOOKS is our exciting mystery imprint, featuring exclusively hardboiled private investigator/amateur sleuth and noir caper novels. We are very excited about our offerings from 2003 and 2004 Shamus Award Nominee Richard Helms, including JOKER POKER, VOODOO THAT YOU DO, JUICY WATUSI, and WET DEBT.
You can read excerpts from each of these thrilling novels by clicking on the links provided below.
BACK ALLEY BOOKS is very interested in preserving the literary genre of the traditional hardboiled style as developed by classic mystery writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and continued in modern literature by authors such as Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, and Dennis Lehane.
Before submitting any material to Back Alley Books, we strongly suggest that you register your work with the Writers' Guild (for your protection), and we require that you email a request for our submissions guidelines.
At this time, we are not accepting submissions, but please keep an eye on this website for notification that we are again looking for new voices in this exciting genre!