Crippen & Landru Publishers is a small publisher of mystery fiction collections, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1994 by husband and wife Sandi and Douglas G. Greene in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is named after murderers Dr. H. H. Crippen and Henri Landru. The Greenes' son Eric designed the logo. Jeffrey Marks succeeded Douglas G. Greene as publisher on January 1, 2018, while Dr. Greene remains active as Series Editor.
Crippen & Landru publishes two distinct series of single-author short story collections. The Regular Series, generally featuring current authors, is published in two editions: cloth bound, signed and numbered; and trade softcover. The Lost Classics Series features uncollected stories by great mystery and detective writers of the past. It is available in dust-jacketed cloth and trade softcover. Some titles are also available as e-books.
Among the authors published by Crippen & Landru are Lawrence Block, Max Allan Collins, Margaret Maron, Peter Lovesey, Bill Pronzini, Michael Gilbert, and Edward D. Hoch.
Books published YearAuthorTitle1994 Speak of the Devil19951996 Diagnosis: Impossible Who Killed Father Christmas? Spadework1997 In Kensington Gardens Once Shoveling Smoke My Mother the Detective1998 Renowned Be Thy Grave Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose Carpenter and Quincannon Not Safe After Dark1999 All Creatures Dark and Dangerous One Night Stands Famous Blue Raincoat2000Long Live the DeadFortune’s WorldStakeout on Page StreetChallenge the Widow-MakerMcCone and FriendsTales Out of School2001Adam and Eve on a RaftStrangers in Town2002 (“Lost Classics Series”) (“Lost Classics Series”) (“Lost Classics Series”)Nine SonsHildegarde Withers (“Lost Classics Series”) Murder, Mystery and Malone (“Lost Classics Series”) Jo Gar’s Casebook2003Kill the UmpireMarksman (“Lost Classics Series”) Come Into My ParlorLucky DipMurder – All Kinds (“Lost Classics Series”) Cuddy – Plus OneKarmesin (“Lost Classics Series”) (“Lost Classics Series”) (“Lost Classics Series”) and Barry N. MalzbergProblems Solved2004 (“Lost Classics Series”)Banner Deadlines (“Lost Classics Series”) Murders and Other Confusions (“Lost Classics Series”)Suitable for Hanging (“Lost Classics Series”)Byline: Mickey SpillaneDr. Poggioli: Criminologist2005Slot-Machine KellyMurder – Ancient and ModernSleuth’s AlchemyWho Was Guilty?2006Detection ClubMore Things ImpossibleMurder, ’Orrible Murder2007 (“Lost Classics Series”)Masquerade (“Lost Classics Series”) Dead Yesterday (“Lost Classics Series”) 2008 and Val Gielgud13 to the GallowsMurder on the Short ListQuintet (“Lost Classics Series”)2009 and Denis Green and Randall Garrett2010Appleby Talks About Crime (Lost Classics Series)Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments (Lost Classics Series)2011Valentino Shooting Hollywood2014Night Call (Lost Classics Series)Nothing Is Impossible2015Chain of Witnesses (Lost Classics Series) (Enlarged edition with one additional story)Swords, Sandals, and Sirens2016Motives for Murder, A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th BirthdayMy Mother, The Detective (Enlarged edition with one additional story)2017Sequel to Murder: The Cases of Arthur Crook and Other Mysteries (Lost Classics Series)All But Impossible: The Impossible Files of Dr. Sam Hawthorne2018Challenge the Impossible, The Last Casebook of Dr. Sam Hawthorne2019Hoch's LadiesSilver Bullets: An anthology celebrating Crippen & Landru's 25th Anniversary2020Hot Cash, Cold Clews: The Adventures of Lester Leith (Lost Classics Series)Funeral in the Fog: The Strange Mysteries of Simon Ark2021 (Lost Classics Series)Never Trust a Partner, The Con Games of Robert Edward Eckels and Richard LevinsonShooting Script and Other MysteriesHildegarde Withers: Final Riddles? (Lost Classics Series)Hunt in the Dark and Other Fatal Pursuits (Lost Classics Series)2022 (Lost Classics Series)Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories (Lost Classics Series)Constant Hearses and Other Revolutionary Mysteries and Josh Pachter2023 The Killer Everyone Knew and Other Captain Leopold Stories and Greg Herren and Art Taylor 2024 2025 and Greg Herren and Art Taylor 2026 and Tom Mead
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