“Crime is really only business carried on by other means.” First edition USA 1976.

A detective’s job is brutalizing but none of it prepared Kevin Reedy for the “bigger twist, a sharper irony, a deeper terror.” First edition USA 1987.

Is it greed or love, New Age whimsy or darker forces? We are what we believe as the inhuman comedy continues. First edition France 2000.

Death is the class act in a Boston club and as irresistible as it was in the days of the Colisseum.  First edition France 1990.

The story of a politician’s secret: Nigel - precursor of Hannibal Lector - confined, clever, charming and deadly. First edition USA 1978.

THE BRIC-A-BRAC MAN

LA NUIT DE JUGEMENT (DOOMSNIGHT)

MAGIQUE MICMAC (GLAMOUR DOOM)

A CAN OF WORMS

KEEPERS

The details “grisly”, the people “lunatic”, the results, “magnetic”.

The novels of Russell H Greenan have been published in the USA and Europe. Click on More editions...to get to the Books Gallery where you can view over 40 examples of book cover art inspired by Greenan’s stories and browse in more detail.

This is the original 1968 version of this modern classic. The latest edition appears in Random House’s Modern Library as a 20th Century Rediscovery introduced by Jonathan Letham.

“One is going to look hard in contemporary mystery fiction before unearthing a figure of such concentrated evil.” First edition USA 1972.

“...a specimen of cheerful gothica...The reader slips into Algernon’s world… as comfortably as into an old straitjacket.” First edition USA 1973

“Greenan taps the wellsprings of our avarice, cynicism and our interest in committing the perfect crime.” First edition USA 1975.

This “contemporary tale of horror” was first published in 1970 in the USA, but did not appear with its original title of Nightmare in Colour until 1971 in the UK.

IT HAPPENED IN BOSTON?

HEART OF GOLD

THE SECRET LIFE OF ALGERNON PENDLETON

THE QUEEN OF AMERICA

NIGHTMARE

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All Cora Moran and Mick Schreiner want to do is steal $300,000 from a phenomenally lucky horseplayer, but soon they are caught up in shocking events way beyond their control. First edition England 2009.

DREAD OF NIGHT

Handsome serial lover Humphrey Flanagan is shocked to learn that dead uncle’s million-dollar legacy has disappeared. In great need of this money, he does his best to discover where it went. The trail leads to an occult society and a beautiful wealthy woman.  First edition England 2011.

GLAMOUR DOOM

 Chester Carruthers is eager to hear any news of his ex-girlfriend, Nola. In return for a small favor, private detective Stevie Intermezzo agrees to shadow the young woman, but himself falls victim to her charms. When she asks him for a small favor with big consequences he cannot refuse. First edition England 2012.

SEALED FATE

 This is the prequel to DREAD OF NIGHT, introducing the reluctant kidnapper, Vincent Bellamy and Axel Constantine’s subterranean entertainment establishment where hell comes to life and vice versa. First English language edition England 2013.

NETHER NETHERLAND