Busted Flush Press, LLC

Busted Flush Press, LLC, was created in 2005 by myself: David Thompson of Houston’s Murder By The Book—one of the country’s oldest and largest mystery bookstores. The original intent of the press—named after Travis McGee’s houseboat in John D. MacDonald’s thrillers—was to reprint authors whose books sold well at Murder By The Book, but who had either been dropped by their original publishers or who had reclaimed their rights after the books went out of print; writers such as Edgar Award winner David Handler, two-time Edgar Award nominees and two-time Shamus Award winners Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman, and Edgar Award nominee Vicki Hendricks.

Almost immediately, I saw an opportunity to expand BFP’s mission to include original short story anthologies. Our first two forays into the newly revitalized anthology market, Damn Near Dead, edited by Duane Swierczynski, and A Hell of a Woman, edited by Edgar Award winner Megan Abbott, produced nominations for two Edgar, three Anthony, one Shamus, one Crimespree Magazine, and two Derringer awards. Stories by Bill Crider and Cornelia Read won a Derringer Award and a Shamus Award respectively. An impressive outcome by any measure. These results will continue to help BFP attract contributions by some of the biggest names in crime and mystery fiction.

With the release of our first full-length original novel, Tower, co-authored by Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman, in September 2009, Busted Flush Press will cross yet another threshold. Although the bulk of our publications will continue to be reprints and original anthologies, we will, when the right properties present themselves, publish full-length original works.











41 Results Returned for Busted Flush Press, LLC


  1. A Cool Breeze on the Underground
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Don Winslow
    Published: 12/01/2010
    978-1-935415-21-3 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  2. Crossroad Blues
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Ace Atkins
    Published: 01/01/2010
    978-1-935415-03-9 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  3. Damn Near Dead
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    An Anthology of Geezer Noir
    Duane Swierczynski (Editor), James Crumley (Introduction)
    Published: 06/01/2006
    978-0-9767157-5-7 | $18.00 | Trade Paper
  4. Damn Near Dead 2
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Live Noir or Die Trying
    Edited by Bill Crider; Introduction by Charlaine Harris
    Published: 12/01/2010
    978-1-935415-40-4 | $18.00 | Trade Paper
  5. Dark End of the Street
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Ace Atkins; Foreword by Robert Gordon
    Published: 11/01/2010
    978-1-935415-17-6 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  6. The Death of Sweet Mister
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Daniel Woodrell; Foreword by Dennis Lehane
    Published: 03/01/2011
    978-1-935415-08-4 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  7. Empty Ever After
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman; Foreword by S. J. Rozan
    Published: 11/01/2010
    978-1-935415-19-0 | $14.00 | Trade Paper
  8. Empty Ever After
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman; Foreword by S. J. Rozan
    Published: 10/01/2010
    978-1-935415-34-3 | $14.00 | Ebook All
  9. A Fifth of Bruen
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Early Fiction of Ken Bruen
    Ken Bruen, Allan Guthrie (Introduction)
    Published: 05/01/2006
    978-0-9767157-2-6 | $18.00 | Trade Paper
  10. The Frog and the Scorpion
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    A. E. Maxwell
    Published: 06/01/2009
    978-1-935415-00-8 | $14.00 | Trade Paper
  11. Gatsby's Vineyard
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    A. E. Maxwell
    Published: 11/01/2009
    978-1-935415-01-5 | $14.00 | Trade Paper
  12. Hard Knocks
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Zoë Sharp
    Published: 12/01/2010
    978-1-935415-10-7 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  13. A Hell of a Woman
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    An Anthology of Female Noir
    Megan Abbott (Editor), Val McDermid (Foreword)
    Published: 12/01/2007
    978-0-9767157-3-3 | $18.00 | Trade Paper
  14. A Hell of a Woman
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    An Anthology of Female Noir
    Megan Abbott (Editor), Val McDermid (Foreword)
    Published: 12/01/2007
    978-0-9792709-9-4 | $26.00 | Trade Cloth
  15. Impolite Society
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Cynthia Smith
    Published: 01/01/2009
    978-0-9792709-7-0 | $13.00 | Trade Paper
  16. The James Deans
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman, Michael Connelly (Foreword)
    Published: 12/01/2008
    978-0-9792709-8-7 | $14.00 | Trade Paper
  17. The James Deans
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman, Michael Connelly (Foreword)
    Published: 06/27/2010
    978-1-935415-11-4 | $14.00 | Ebook All
  18. Just Another Day in Paradise
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    A. E. Maxwell
    Published: 02/01/2009
    978-0-9792709-6-3 | $13.00 | Trade Paper
  19. Just Enough Light to Kill
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    A. E. Maxwell
    Published: 05/01/2010
    978-1-935415-02-2 | $14.00 | Trade Paper
  20. Killer Instinct
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Zoë Sharp, Lee Child (Introduction)
    Published: 06/01/2010
    978-1-935415-13-8 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  21. The Man Who Died Laughing / The Man Who Lived by Night
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    David Handler
    Published: 09/01/2006
    978-0-9767157-8-8 | $26.00 | Trade Cloth
  22. The Man Who Died Laughing / The Man Who Lived by Night
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    David Handler
    Published: 09/01/2006
    978-0-9767157-9-5 | $18.00 | Trade Paper
  23. The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald / The Woman Who Fell from Grace
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    David Handler, Dean James (Introduction)
    Published: 12/01/2007
    978-0-9792709-2-5 | $26.00 | Trade Cloth
  24. The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald / The Woman Who Fell from Grace
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    David Handler, Dean James (Introduction)
    Published: 12/01/2007
    978-0-9792709-1-8 | $18.00 | Trade Paper
  25. Miami Purity
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Vicki Hendricks, Ken Bruen (Foreword), Megan Abbott (Afterword)
    Published: 05/01/2007
    978-0-9792709-3-2 | $16.00 | Trade Paper
  26. Misleading Ladies
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Cynthia Smith
    Published: 06/01/2010
    978-1-935415-04-6 | $13.00 | Trade Paper
  27. Noblesse Oblige
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Cynthia Smith
    Published: 02/01/2008
    978-0-9792709-4-9 | $13.00 | Trade Paper
  28. Old Dogs
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Donna Moore
    Published: 10/01/2010
    978-1-935415-24-4 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  29. Old Dogs
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Donna Moore
    Published: 10/01/2010
    978-1-935415-29-9 | $15.00 | Ebook All
  30. Redemption Street
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Spiegelman (Foreword)
    Published: 01/01/2008
    978-0-9792709-0-1 | $13.00 | Trade Paper
  31. Redemption Street
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Spiegelman (Foreword)
    Published: 06/27/2010
    978-1-935415-14-5 | $13.00 | Ebook All
  32. Riot Act
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Zoë Sharp
    Published: 11/01/2010
    978-1-935415-15-2 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  33. Road Kill
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Zoë Sharp
    Published: 02/01/2011
    978-1-935415-41-1 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  34. Silver and Guilt
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Cynthia Smith
    Published: 01/01/2011
    978-1-935415-23-7 | $13.00 | Trade Paper
  35. Soul Patch
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman; Foreword by Craig Johnson
    Published: 10/01/2010
    978-1-935415-33-6 | $14.00 | Ebook All
  36. Soul Patch
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman; Foreword by Craig Johnson
    Published: 11/01/2010
    978-1-935415-09-1 | $14.00 | Trade Paper
  37. Tomato Red
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Daniel Woodrell; Foreword by Megan Abbott
    Published: 07/20/2010
    978-1-935415-68-8 | $15.00 | Ebook All
  38. Tomato Red
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Daniel Woodrell; Foreword by Megan Abbott
    Published: 09/01/2010
    978-1-935415-06-0 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  39. Tower
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman
    Published: 09/01/2009
    978-1-935415-07-7 | $15.00 | Trade Paper
  40. Walking the Perfect Square
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman, Megan Abbott (Foreword)
    Published: 06/27/2010
    978-1-935415-12-1 | $14.00 | Ebook All
  41. Walking the Perfect Square
    Busted Flush Press, LLC
    Reed Farrel Coleman, Megan Abbott (Foreword)
    Published: 06/01/2008
    978-0-9792709-5-6 | $13.00 | Trade Paper

Contact Information

Busted Flush Press, LLC
P.O. Box 540594
Houston, TX 77254

Phone: 713.924.9282
Fax: 713.942.9227
Email: bustedflushpress@yahoo.com
Web: www.bustedflushpress.com'