WHITE HEAT won the 2013 SHAMUS AWARD by the Private Eye Writers of America. Other winners in various categories included Robert Crais, Alison Gaylin, Michael Sears and John Shepphird.
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"Will Angels Flight bring back the glamour of the old days? Hollywood's lost its tinsel. Venice's lost its pier. And there are no angels in the City of Angels. What can Angels Flight do to bring that back?""Sometimes you need something for the soul."...
A collection of 5 stories from the Mean Streets of Los Angeles by Shamus Award-Winning author Paul D. Marks.
Four of the stories in this collection are and have been available on Amazon Kindle as single/individual stories. Only the title sto...
“Envelope-pushers! A truly WOW collection by the best mystery writers out there -- full of surprises only they can pull off.” -- Thomas B. Sawyer, best-selling author of Cross Purposes and No Place to Run, and head-writer of Murder, She WroteCoas...
Hardboiled. Softboiled. Noir. East Coast. West Coast. And all points in between.
Whatever you call them, gumshoe, shamus, Pinkerton, detective, private eye, P.I., shadow, tail, investigator, and wherever you need them, from East to West, Nort...
While the storm rages over California’s notorious anti-illegal alien Proposition 187, a young woman climbs to the top of the famous Hollywood Sign -- and jumps to her death. An undocumented day laborer is murdered. And a disbarred and desperate law...
Switchblade Issue Nine is all about gaslighting, the outfit, prostitution, and the priesthood. Issue nine takes a stab at insanity, revenge, and new beginnings . Unlike the bulky heavyweight issues of the past, this issue is lean and mean like Tommy ...
Los Angeles in the 1940s. World War II is raging. But people find escape in the upbeat swing music of the black nightclub scene on Central Avenue. Bobby Saxon is one of the few white faces in a sea of black at the famous Club Alabam on Central. He...