TAKE-OUT AND OTHER STORIES OF CULINARY CRIME

Rob Hart has firmly established himself as one of the best crime writers of his generation with his acclaimed Ash McKenna series, and in TAKE-OUT Hart has collected 16 stories of culinary crime and noir that will have you savoring every deadly bite.

In the title story, a gambler falls into debt with the enigmatic owner of a Chinatown gambling parlor, and must run odd - and sometimes dangerous - deliveries to clear his ledger. In these stories, some never before published, Rob Hart explores the enticing and dangerous intersection where food and hospitality cross paths with crime and noir. Some stories are funny. Some of are dark. But each one will leaving you wanting another bite.

Rob Hart is the author of the forthcoming The Warehouse (Crown, August 2019), as well as New Yorked, nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First Novel, as well as City of Rose, South Village, and The Woman from Prague (All published by Polis). He also co-wrote Scott Free with James Patterson. Hart's short fiction has appeared in publications like Thuglit, Needle, and Joyland. Non-fiction has appeared at Slate, The Daily Beast, and Electric Literature. Rob is the publisher at MysteriousPress.com and the class director at LitReactor. Previously, he has been a political reporter, the communications director for a politician, and a commissioner for the city of New York.