John Lutz

Ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn is still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career, but a new case presents a chance to salvage his reputation....

Alo Nudger, the St. Louis ex-cop whose office is just upstairs from Danny's Donuts, is both the most normal of all fictional private eyes and the most surprising....

Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found....

Ein Milliardär verschwindet spurlos aus einem Virtual-Reality-Abenteuer. Und quer durch virtuelle Welten nimmt ein bunter Trupp die Verfolgung auf....

Fred Carver, an Orlando cop until a gunman's bullet shattered his kneecap, acquires a cane and a new career, private investigating....

Private eye Fred Carver investigates the slaughter of an ex-cop, the murder of a man who was found stuffed to the gills with cocaine, and other crimes....

Listen to mystery stories by today's top writers and the masters who inspired them. The idea for this collection...

Intrigue, crime, and murder create suspense in this edge-of-your-seat collection of cat mystery stories whose plots are all centered on a beloved feline, written by some of the finest, best-selling mystery writers of all time....

A serial killer is on the loose, a maniac wielding a homemade flame thrower fashioned. He has murdered three people - and one of them is Carver's eight-year-old son....

He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women....

Six dead women in a hotel room. Five of them students, still in their teens. Tied up. Tortured. The NYPD recognizes the suspect’s signature - three bloody initials....

There’s a twisted serial killer stalking the streets of New York City, dealing his own perverse version of justice. He kills swiftly and silently, leaving his calling card - a red "J" - on the bodies of his prey. His victims have one thing in common....

Someone is killing wealthy Manhattanites....

From master mystery author John Lutz comes this collection featuring a gripping man-on-the-run novel and four of his best pieces of short fiction. In The Truth of the Matter, Lou Roebuck is a successful advertising man with all the trappings....

A case of mistaken identity gives St. Louis PI Nudger lumps and bruises. A female doctor about the size of an average linebacker leads him to a crooked alcohol rehabilitation clinic....

Wilson Capp is an honorable man in a dishonorable profession....

A local woman, Marla Cloy, has accused Joel Brandt of harassing her - but, Joel swears they've never et. He turns to Fred Carver to clear his name....

What was once New York's proudest skyscraper is now a heap of ruins, littered with the bodies of the dead and the dying....

Thirty-five short stories by Edgar-winning novelist Lutz are included here, following a perceptive introduction by Nevins....

John Lutz is fascinated by the nighttime dangers that await women alone....