New hardcore hardboiled tales from eight of the best crime writers on the planet. So sit back, gird your loins, and tear into some THUGLIT, punk! WE AIN'T YO MAMA'S CRIME FICTION! HOUSTON by Eryk Pruitt WALK UP by Ben Nadler OUR LADY OF MERCY by Edward Hagelstein DEATH OF A ONE-PERCENTER by Mark Mellon NOTHING YOU CAN DO by Ed Kurtz FOR WHOM NO BELL TOLLS by Terrence McCauley THE RAT AND THE COBRA by S.A. Cosby TRACES OF A NAME by Aaron Fox-Lerner