Crippen & Landru books are first editions of mystery, detection, crookery, roguery, and espionage.

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"The specialty publisher with the most star-studded list is Crippen & Landru, which has produced short story collections by some of the biggest names in contemporary crime fiction." 
- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

"God Bless Crippen & Landru."  
- The Strand Magazine

"A monument in the making is appearing year by year from Crippen & Landru, a small press devoted exclusively to publishing the criminous short story."  
- Don Herron,
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

"This is the best edited, most attractively packaged line of mystery books introduced in this decade. The books are equally valuable to collectors and readers."
- Mystery Scene Magazine

Crippen & Landru Out of Print Books

The following titles are no longer in print and are not available from us, but you may click on them to see covers and descriptions.

1. Speak of the Devil
by John Dickson Carr

2. The Darings of the Red Rose
by Margery Allingham

3. One Night Stands
by Lawrence Block

4. The Man Who Hated Banks
by Michael Gilbert

5. Spadework
by Bill Pronzini

6. The Lost Cases of Ed London
by Lawrence Block

7. All Creatures Dark and Dangerous
by Doug Allyn

8. Jo Gar's Casebook
by Raoul Whitfield

9. Strangers in Town
by Ross Macdonald

10. Not Safe After Dark
by Peter Robinson

Very occasionally a distributor or bookstore returns books long after the book became officially out of print. The returned books sometimes have a small amount of rubbing on the jackets, but are otherwise new. We sell them for original list price. To order an out of print book, select the book title from our order form on our secure server and check off the specific edition available. General ordering information can be found here.

We currently have no out-of-print books in stock, but check back later. If we get any "returns," we shall post them.

If you do not see the book you are looking for, it may be in our "current books" section.