Skin In Darkness

Skin in Darkness contains three scorching tales of naked noir, of lust and larceny. In It's You That I Want to Kiss—Jacob and Anne meet and fall in lust on Miami Beach. But their tryst takes a dangerous turn when Anne accepts a courier job to Caracas and ends up with a fortune of diamonds belonging to a dangerous psychopath. The second story follows Joe. He falls hard for Caitleen, his boss' wife, and the two scheme to kill her clueless husband in the perfect crime. But Joe doesn't count on Caitleen's bizarre sexual appetites. On Tenderness Express, hard-bitten detective Martin Jackson and Cornelia, his beautiful stripper and hit-woman client, pose as a pair of dominant-submissives in order to crack a case. But the caper turns kinky when they uncover a runaway sex slave.the eastern United States or the Caribbean Islands.

Maxim Jakubowski is a former publisher and owner of the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London’s Charing Cross Road. As well as being a writer and editor of various past cult publishing imprints, he is acknowledged as a disturbing and controversial voice in contemporary fiction. His collections have sold massively. He is a regular on television and radio where he is an expert on crime, erotica, and film. As a columnist for the Guardian he also writes on the arts for The Times. Maxim is literary director of the prestigious Crime Scene festival held at London’s National Film Theatre. He is the author of many titles including Skin In Darkness, but also the editor for Past Poisons (An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime) and Murder Through the Ages.

Maxim Jakubowski is a former publisher and owner of the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London’s Charing Cross Road. As well as being a writer and editor of various past cult publishing imprints, he is acknowledged as a disturbing and controversial voice in contemporary fiction. His collections have sold massively. He is a regular on television and radio where he is an expert on crime, erotica, and film. As a columnist for the Guardian he also writes on the arts for The Times. Maxim is literary director of the prestigious Crime Scene festival held at London’s National Film Theatre. He is the author of many titles including Skin In Darkness, but also the editor for Past Poisons (An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime) and Murder Through the Ages.