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Hell Chose Me by Angel Luis Colón

This comes with every kill. Guilt, I could live with, but no, they need to hitch a ride. Stick by my side for a while.

Bryan Walsh is a hit man with a unique problem. No matter how quickly and efficiently he does his job, it’s not over when the body hits the floor. You see, ghosts of the recently departed who’ve died at his hand follow him around. Sometimes it’s only for a few hours, other times it can be days before those he’s dispatched make their final final departure.

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The Double-A Western Detective Agency by Steve Hockensmith

Brothers Gustav “Old Red” and Otto “Big Red” Amlingmeyer, cowboys/amateur detectives in the 1890s Old West, were first introduced to readers in Holmes on the Range in 2007. The Double-A Western Detective Agency, the long-awaited sixth entry in the series, finds Sherlock Holmes disciple Gustav and Watson-esque brother/story narrator Otto finally realizing their dream come true—working as bona fide detectives under the banner of the Double-A Western Detective Agency.
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The Pig Story by Angel Luis Colón

It’s a pleasure to welcome Derringer and Anthony Award shortlisted author Angel Luis Colón (Blacky Jaguar and Fantine Park novella series) back to the site. With dozens of story credits in publications such as Thuglit, Literary Orphans, and Great Jones Street, Colón is a familiar name to readers of crime fiction. He’s here today in conjunction with the release of his first full-length novel, Hell Chose Me (Feb. 4th/Down&Out). I’ve been looking forward to this one, in part because of the intriguing cover, so I was thrilled when Angel offered to share an excerpt from the book that explains “the pig story,” the story behind the book’s cover.
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Pay Attention by Dana King

It’s an honor to welcome two time Shamus Award-nominated author Dana King to the site. In addition to his Nick Forte private investigator series, King is also author of the acclaimed Penns River series set in Western Pennsylvania. The fourth book in that series, Ten-Seven, is out now from Down & Out Books, and today King has stopped by to talk about how important paying attention to detail is if you want to get the nuts and bolts of police procedure correct in your fiction.
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Until Proven Innocent

It was a pleasure to work with Laura Stewart Schmidt on her YA novel Until Proven Innocent, which finds fifteen-year-old Alison investigating a fifty-year-old death in effort to clear her grandmother’s name. Unfortunately, her best piece of evidence, the house where the deadly fire occurred, is scheduled for demolition, setting Alison up for a race against the clock…and landing her in the crosshairs of a killer who’d rather the past stay buried.

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Hard Hearts

“I’ve worked with Elizabeth on both self-published and traditionally published books. Each time I found her to be extremely professional, timely and she provided a great knowledge of the genre of crime fiction, as well as fixed my grammatical travesties. I could go with any number of people to correct my spelling, but Elizabeth gave my writing a bit more that I feel really helped push it to its final stage.” — Mike McCrary

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New Year’s Circumlocutions by Steve Hockensmith

I’d be happy to welcome Steve Hockensmith back to the blog under any circumstances, but I am overjoyed to be doing so in conjunction with the release of his latest book, The Double-A Western Detective Agency. Steve is an accomplished author who has written middle grade, comedy, short stories, and two different mystery series, but I freely admit to having a special place in my heart for his Holmes on the Range series. So to be gifted a new adventure with Big Red and Old Red in time for the holidays was cause for much rejoicing in this White House.
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An Excerpt from High Crimes by Libby Fischer Hellmann

It’s a pleasure to welcome renowned author Libby Fischer Hellmann to the site in conjunction with her release High Crimes, the latest in her series featuring Chicago PI Georgia Davis. In this timely political thriller, Davis tries to find the source behind the plot that resulted in the assassination of a political leader in front of a crowd during a rally. Today, Hellmann shares an excerpt from High Crimes.

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Being Real in Crime Fiction by J.J. Hensley

It’s a pleasure to welcome J.J. Hensley back to the site, this time in conjunction with his latest release, Record Scratch (October 22nd from Down & Out Books), the follow-up to Bolt Action Remedy, both of which feature former Pittsburgh narcotics detective Trevor Galloway. Hensley previously shared some of his specific pet peeves about law enforcement inaccuracies in crime fiction, and today he expands on that by talking about how “to make crime fiction as realistic as possible without it becoming boring.”