The author also participated in a Q&A with me --- “You know the trick to surviving? The one thing you got to do?” “What’s that?” Maxine asked. “You got to treat every day like an adventure. Like it’s fun, or a challenge, even when everything’s crappy. Especially when it’s crappy. Because otherw...
I'm going to be kicking off my involvement in #IndieCrimeCrawl with the latest from Nick Kolakowski. About a year ago, he emailed me to take a peek at his novel Boise Longpig Hunting Club, a fast, energetic, visceral read. Then came his Love & Bullets Hookup Trilogy -- which was as entertaining as y...
Yeah, weird day for me to post something like this, but it's what Kolakowski asked for -- and he wasn't a jerk about it like the last guy who wanted a Saturday post. I also did a quick Q&A with the author. --- Bill could tell you all about things going haywire. Like Fiona’s plan, for instance. ...
“What’d you put in there?” Don said, nodding at the soiled duffel bag in the backseat. “About twenty pounds of tobacco, but don’t worry, no leaves, just the little bits. I asked the sweepers to give me the scraps.” Don laughed. “A couple years back, we tried taking those scraps, making cigarette...
Bill is a con man, a hustler, a grifter with a gift -- one that has been put to good use by the Rockaway Mob until the day that Bill has had enough. He just can't keep going the way he's been going. So he leaves New York and heads off on his secret plan to leave the country. Of course, before he lef...