I Thought You Were Dead

The world is a better place now that Hard Case Crime is back in it. The small publisher, which offers a selection of salacious mystery reprints and smutty original crime thrillers, went on hiatus last year when Dorchester, the press that published and distributed its books, went e-books-only. While Hard Case does e-books, there's good reason for print editions (put out by new publisher Titan Books)—Hard Case novels work best when they're experienced as a squarish lump of reconstituted wood pulp tucked into your palm.