BUSTED FLUSH PRESS was created in 2005 by David Thompson, an employee of Houston's Murder By The Book, one of the nation's oldest and largest mystery bookstores. The intent of the press is to reprint fine thrillers and hard-boiled crime fiction. You can order these books from Murder By The Book or a wonderful mystery bookstore near you. Check out the links on the right to find out all the information you want to know about BFP and the books we produce. We do reprints and anthologies as well as limited editions. There is also information for booksellers, a list of places to buy the books, a list of author events in Houston and a way to contact us. And last but not least, please join our Mailing List to keep up with what's new with BFP.   NEW!  Cornelia Read's story, "Hungry Enough," in A Hell of a Woman, won the Shamus Award for Best Short Story! Zoë Sharp's story, "Served Cold"—originally from A Hell of a Woman—was nominated for the CWA Short Story Dagger!   NPR's Maureen Corrigan profiled Reed Farrel Coleman on Fresh Air, May 15th. Read the transcript or hear the story here.   David now has a blog!   Read Bill Crider's "Cranked," the 2007 Edgar Award-nominated short story from DAMN NEAR DEAD here (PDF format). It was also nominated for the Anthony Award and was the winner of the Derringer Award!   Daniel Woodrell's story, "Uncle," in A Hell of a Woman was nominated for an Anthony Award and a 2008 Edgar® for Best Short Story!   NOW AVAILABLE!! Tower, by Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman First time in print. BFP's first original novel! "It's a story as old as hard-boiled fiction, but Bruen, the prolific and gifted Irishman, and Coleman, his new partner in crime, have given it new life... Bruen's prose is some of the leanest, meanest writing crime fans will find, and Coleman's more discursive style amplifies and explicates the story, in the same way that John Coltrane's lyrical saxophone built on the clipped trumpet ideas of Miles Davis. The result is more than the sum of its parts, and it brings to mind Dennis Lehane's brilliant Mystic River. Readers who like their streets mean, and their criminals and cops meaner, will love Tower."    —Booklist   Walking The Perfect Square, by Reed Farrel Coleman As heard recently on NPR's Fresh Air! Maureen Corrigan called Coleman "a terrific writer... a hard-boiled poet... If life were fair, Coleman would be as celebrated as [George] Pelecanos and [Michael] Connelly." Discover Coleman's Moe Prager private eye series for yourself. Start with the series debut, WALKING THE PERFECT SQUARE.   The Frog and the Scorpion, by A.E. Maxwell "Maxwell is good, really good, able to create believable, engaging, and original characters and set them plausibly into a story of nonstop suspense"    —Chicago Sun-Times Gatsby's Vineyard, by A. E. Maxwell "Maxwell manages a slam-bang climax . . . and the California wine business background is unusual and entertaining."    —Publishers Weekly "Evokes with grace, elegance and love the colors, smells and sounds of Napa Valley wine-making."    —Vanity Fair     COMING SOON! Crossroad Blues, by Ace Atkins "Ace Atkins brings to mystery what Muddy Waters brought to music--the totally unexpected and the absolute sublime."    —Ken Bruen "Reading Ace Atkins's wonderful first novel, Crossroad Blues, you feel like a lonesome traveler, navigating backroads, half-forgotten juke joints, the creaking front porches of the Mississippi Delta. With a pitch-perfect ear for character, voice, mood, Ace Atkins harmonizes the classic hardboiled detective tale with the rich lore and legend of the Blues. The result feels both fresh and vital and beautifully, effortlessly timeworn."    —Megan Abbott     AWARD NOMINATIONS Bill Crider's "Cranked" (from Damn Near Dead) was nominated for a 2007 Edgar® Award nomination for Best Short Story! PLUS... Bill Crider's "Cranked" and Stuart MacBride's "Daphne McAndrews & the Smack-Head Junkies", from Damn Near Dead, was nominated for 2007 Derringer Awards PLUS... Damn Near Dead was nominated for two 2007 Anthony Awards for Best Short Story: Bill Crider's "Cranked" and Megan Abbott's "Policy"!

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