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My new urban mystery FAIL published
Fail
This week marked the Blank Slate Press launch of my new mystery FAIL, available in paperback and ebook via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. Here's some advance praise:
“St. Louis noir…The slick prose readily entertains…Well-executed.”
--Kirkus Reviews
“Fail succeeds, and does so with compassion.”
--Michael A. Kahn, award-winning author of Face Value and The Flinch Factor
“…a gritty knockout crime story you won’t soon forget.”
--Brian Wiprud, author of The Clause
“…a sheer success…rendered in crackling prose.”
--Michael Mewshaw, author of Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal
“…a riveting spellbinding tale with intricate characters…”
--John Baugh, author of Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice
“…as good as it gets in detective stories.”
--Michael Pearson, author of Reading Life—On Books, Memory, and Travel
“Skwiot's finest…a big, two-hearted yarn of political corruption and moral decay.”
--John Leslie, author of Border Crossing
“The twisting plot and fascinating characters will keep readers turning the pages...”
--Kelly Daniels, author of Cloudbreak, California
“This is detective fiction at its finest.”
--Ryan Stone, author of Best Road Yet
“Both crime fiction and a clarion call to rescue America's underserved schools…”
--Terry Baker Mulligan, author of Afterlife in Harlem
“…an intelligent read that refuses to pass the buck, earning a classy A.”
--Scott L. Miller, author of Counterfeit and Interrogation
“…rapid pace, seamless unfolding and well-crafted plot...”
--Peter H. Green, author of Crimes of Design
“…much more than a story about the haves and the have-nots;
it is a story about good triumphing over evil, greed, and corruption.”
--The Book Diva’s Reads
“…a page-turning mystery thriller.”
--Vic’s Media Room
This week marked the Blank Slate Press launch of my new mystery FAIL, available in paperback and ebook via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. Here's some advance praise:
“St. Louis noir…The slick prose readily entertains…Well-executed.”
--Kirkus Reviews
“Fail succeeds, and does so with compassion.”
--Michael A. Kahn, award-winning author of Face Value and The Flinch Factor
“…a gritty knockout crime story you won’t soon forget.”
--Brian Wiprud, author of The Clause
“…a sheer success…rendered in crackling prose.”
--Michael Mewshaw, author of Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal
“…a riveting spellbinding tale with intricate characters…”
--John Baugh, author of Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice
“…as good as it gets in detective stories.”
--Michael Pearson, author of Reading Life—On Books, Memory, and Travel
“Skwiot's finest…a big, two-hearted yarn of political corruption and moral decay.”
--John Leslie, author of Border Crossing
“The twisting plot and fascinating characters will keep readers turning the pages...”
--Kelly Daniels, author of Cloudbreak, California
“This is detective fiction at its finest.”
--Ryan Stone, author of Best Road Yet
“Both crime fiction and a clarion call to rescue America's underserved schools…”
--Terry Baker Mulligan, author of Afterlife in Harlem
“…an intelligent read that refuses to pass the buck, earning a classy A.”
--Scott L. Miller, author of Counterfeit and Interrogation
“…rapid pace, seamless unfolding and well-crafted plot...”
--Peter H. Green, author of Crimes of Design
“…much more than a story about the haves and the have-nots;
it is a story about good triumphing over evil, greed, and corruption.”
--The Book Diva’s Reads
“…a page-turning mystery thriller.”
--Vic’s Media Room
