There’s nothing quite like home field advantage...


Charlie Stella’s on-target dialog spotlights mob efficiency in “Ode to the O’s.” — Library Journal

Charlie Stella’s mob story, “Ode to the O’s,” is brutally direct — Publisher’s Weekly

Charlie Stella’s excellent “Ode to the O’s” may not evoke Baltimore particularly strongly, but it’s a fine piece of crime writing. — Chicago Sun Times

Ode to the O’s

Baltimore Noir


Waiting for Gallo

Hard Boiled Brooklyn

A guy’s gotta do what
a guy’s gotta do...


"In particular a couple of the standout for me were Charlie Stella’s Waiting for Gallo..." — Jon, CrimeSpree Magazine

Waiting for Gallo was listed as an "other distinguished mysteries" in Otto Penzler's anthology of Best Mystery stories


Tommy and Julio down
by the schoolyard...


"Young Tommy Burns," is a piece on one of the minor characters from his terrific upcoming book, Cheapskates. (I just finished the book last night and it's a winner.) — Dave Montgomery, Crime Fiction Dossier

Young Tommy Burns

Plots with Guns


Father Diodorus

Missing Detective

Bless me father...


Taking a kid to school...

The Cynical Breed

CynicalBreed


Tainted Goods

Dublin Noir

What goes around,
comes around...


Don’t mess with
Holocaust survivors...

Geezer Tricks

Damned Near Dead


The Bet

Out of the Gutter

A short sequel
to Mafiya...



Coming, Summer 2008

Tommy Burns is back!

The Milfinators