Authors: Michael Kurland
“A smart, wide-eyed style that perfectly fits the time and place… constructs a thoroughly engaging showcase for a likable bunch of characters.”
Publishers Weekly
“Michael Kurland writes a brilliant period piece that fans of the classic thirties mystery will simply devour. The inclusion of famous people adds a humorous but authentic touch to a fabulous whodunit.”
Midwest Book Review
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2016
The Four-Year-Old, an extraordinary killer, has arrived in London, hell-bent on destruction… PI Joel Sorrell is approached by the mysterious Kara Geenan, who is desperate to find her missing brother. Joel takes on the case but almost immediately, an attempt his made on his life. The body count increases. And then Kara vanishes too… as those close to Joel are sucked into his nightmare, he realizes he must track down the killer if he is to halt a grisly masterplan – even if it means sacrificing his own life.
“A gritty and compelling story of the damned and the damaged; crackling with dark energy and razor-sharp dialogue. Conrad Williams is an exciting new voice in crime fiction, and Joel Sorrell is a character you will want to see plenty more of.”
Mark Billingham
It’s four months on from the events of Dust and Desire… Joel Sorrell has recovered from the injuries he sustained in his fight with The Four-Year-Old. A body has been found, sealed into the dead space behind a false wall in a flat in Muswell Hill. Beheaded and surrounded by bloodstained pages of typewritten text, it is the third such murder committed by a killer known as The Hack. And it may be linked to his daughter’s disappearance.
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
“Williams is so good at what he does that he probably shouldn’t be allowed to do it anymore, for the sake of everyone’s sanity.”
Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
“Conrad Williams writes dark and powerful prose balancing the poetic and elegant with needle-sharp incision.”
Guardian
AVAILABLE JULY 2016
It’s a dog-eat-dog world at the infamous tabloid the
New York Mail
, where brand new pet columnist F.X. Shepherd finds himself on the trail of The Hacker, a serial killer who is targeting unpleasant celebrities. Bodies and suspects accumulate as Shepherd runs afoul of cutthroat office politics and Ginny Mac, a sexy reporter for a competing newspaper. But when Shepherd is contacted by the Hacker, he realizes he may be next on the list.
“Hack is a witty and incisive mystery set in the raucous world of tabloid journalism. Laugh out loud funny and suspenseful—it’s like Jack Reacher meets Jack Black.”
Rebecca Cantrell,
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Blood Gospel
“A rollicking, sharp-witted crime novel.”
Kirkus Reviews
“The man is a legend, a master of his craft, and Hack is a seamlessly flowing, imaginative translation of these realms, blended together in exciting, suspenseful and oftentimes hilariously moving prose that reads like a conversation while serving as engrossing fiction, compelling insight and eye-opening commentary. It’s a joy to read and captures the imagination from the start.”
Long Island Press
F.X. Shepherd is juggling a new job as a PI, while keeping up with his strangely popular pet column. He is hired by a congressman who has received death threats, part of the escalating war between the Republican Party and Tea Party extremists. A series of murders of gun rights politicos at a presidential convention ratchets up the stakes, and Shepherd must fight off his liberal parents, do-anything-for-a-story reporter Jeannie Mac, and a gang of mysterious gunmen.
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
“An in-depth investigation… truly appalling all around: a story seemingly without goodness, except in the telling.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A fast-paced account of the sordid circumstances surrounding the brutal October 2001 bludgeon murder of multimillionaire Ted Ammon.”
Publishers Weekly
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2016