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A NEW NOIR MASTERPIECE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE CLASSIC 1953 BESTSELLER ANYONE’S MY NAME

Fifteen years ago, teenager Alan Benning jogged off a beach—and into a nightmare. Because what awaited him in the Cape Cod woods was an unspeakable temptation, a moment of panic, and a brutal memory that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Now a successful lawyer, Alan finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime, desperate to learn the truth about what happened on that long-ago summer day. But even as he grapples with his own dark secrets, he finds himself hounded by a shadowy adversary—and by the forces of justice, drawing their net around him tighter by the day...

• First publication anywhere
• Anyone's My Name has appeared in numerous editions worldwide and has been taught in college courses on literature and criminology.
• Shubin’s novel The Captain was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award, featured in the reference work 100 Great Detectives, and selected for a special citation by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
• The Chicago Tribune on WITNESS TO MYSELF: "A new example of classic noir."
• Booklist on WITNESS TO MYSELF: "Shubin...raises the stakes with such expert subtlety that sometimes we’ve read a whole chapter before we remember to breathe. A strong study of crime and character."
• The Washington Post on WITNESS TO MYSELF: "Narrated with...compassion, the account takes on a heart-pounding poignancy."
• Paperback Bazaar on WITNESS TO MYSELF: "Riveting and tragic...layered and complex...WITNESS TO MYSELF is one of the finest noir thrillers I have ever read."
• Bookgasm on WITNESS TO MYSELF: "Literally a pulse-pounder...demands to be read in a single sitting...the finest book Hard Case has issued so far, new or old."

Also available in an audiobook edition...

Witness to Myself
by Seymour Shubin
Narrator: John Michaels
Publisher: Hard Case Crime
Sample Chapter 1: Dowload mp3

"Blistering [and] expertly handled."

— Newsweek

"Shubin is one of those making art of the mystery...a master of prose, one of the very best."

— Tony Hillerman

"Grim and shocking...[Shubin] is a story-teller with a terrific punch."

— Philadelphia Inquirer