Bold Venture Press: 65 books

A new adventure novel starring The Curse of Capistrano -- Zorro -- the famous character created by Johnston McCulley! In the early 1800s, California was still under Spanish rule. Some military commanders plundered and won riches at the expense of the peace-loving settlers, until one man gave...

By the creator of "Jim Hatfield" and "Walt Slade": "Civil War" -- Engineer Boone Hatfield rises through Confederate ranks, transporting troops and artillery via the South Carolina Railroad. Soon, he’s tasked with keeping General Sherman’s marauding army at bay in...

In the early 1800s, California — with its warmth, its romance, its peaceful beauties — was still under Spanish rule. While the legend of Zorro grew, stirring the hearts of Californians, this sprawling state was a land of opportunity and adventure — and, oft-times, great danger. Señor...

by Gary Lovisi A Griff and Fats crime novel (Also available in softcover format) “First-rate hard-boiled fiction. Mike Hammer probably crossed paths with Griff and Fats, who live in the back alleys of Jim Thompson country.” — Booklist Bay City, 1962 — a time of...

A routine traffic stop escalates into a mob vendetta, putting a good cop and his wife on the run. When he turns to his friend Vic Powers for help, everything hits the proverbial fan. Powers has already been kicked off the force for “brutality.” Now he’s got an excuse to demonstrate real brutality...

Sometimes you do it for the money. Sometimes you do it for the thrill. But usually, you do it for the girl. What is “hardboiled” fiction? The girl you gave a ride to, without mentioning it to your wife … The “sure thing” at the race track … The payroll money “no one” will miss...

"Where Memory Hides" is a guided tour through the life and career of mystery and science fiction’s most versatile practitioner. Richard A. Lupoff has been a professional author for six decades, and a life-time fan of everything from pulp magazines to comic books, science fiction and mystery, and...

Three years have passed since BC Smith, Raysa, Steven Walker and members of the Truth rebelled against a corrupt Church regime in their headquarters, the Cathedral. The Truth members are now wanted by the Church with death warrants on their heads. Now a new threat emerges: the Pure Earth Movement...

Vampires in Baltimore? It hardly seems likely, but Detective Bianca Jones finds herself on the case anyway. Having vanquished monsters and demons, Bianca became the unofficial monster-hunter of the BPD, catching the assignments no one speaks about – not to other officers, not to the public and certainly...

In "Pretenders to the Throne," the sultry DOMINO LADY battles a supernatural menace threatening London. In her civilian identity, the lovely Ellen Patrick, on behalf of the Roberts Commission, appraises artworks stolen by the Nazis -- after-hours, as the DOMINO LADY she plays a cat-and-mouse...

Dan Goldberg’s marriage is already in jeopardy because of his aluminum mistress, a 30-year-old single-engine Cessna. He barely affords the plane by taking extra work teaching monthly statistics classes in Washington D.C. On this trip, everything takes a decidedly different turn when he meets Maria,...

Bond? James Bond? He couldn’t be James Bond, and probably wasn’t. Unfortunately for Police Sgt. Heather McConnell, the mystery man believes he is the legendary secret agent, and he can’t be dismissed with a shaken-not-stirred vodka martini and a pat on the head. He has information regarding...

Jazz music fused with pulp fiction. The result? Stories that croon like Nat "King" Cole, and strike like a lead pipe. Tales of Jazz artists, and other assorted characters, looking for that big break -- often getting broken. Charles Boeckman was a musician writing pulp fiction between gigs. He knew...

When ex-riveter Pat Cain accepted Emily Stoddard’s offer to finance his singing career, he found himself hob-nobbing with a clique of voice teachers, theatrical coaches, a numerologist and an Indian Chief. It never occurred to him that violence and death simmered beneath the emotional outbursts...