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Tess Makovesky

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Born

in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

September 22

Website

http://www.tessmakovesky.com

Genre

Crime, Noir, Brit Grit

Member Since

May 2014

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Liverpool lass Tess is now settled in the far north of England where she roams the fells with a brolly, dreaming up new stories and startling the occasional sheep.

Tess writes a distinctive brand of British comédie noir and her short stories have darkened the pages of various anthologies and magazines. Her latest book, comedy noir 'Embers of Bridges' is set in Birmingham and features the Live Hard Die Young gang, a series of robberies and a bizarre getaway on a canal boat. Darkly comic crime romp ‛Gravy Train’, published by All Due Respect, and dark psychological noir 'Raise the Blade' are also both available.

You can follow her ramblings (both literary and literal) at her blog: http://tessmakovesky.wordpress.com/ . ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 194 ratings · 44 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Dark Minds by Fred Freeman (Editor/Foreword), B.A. Morton (Goodreads Author), Emma Pullar (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Syndicate Magazine Issue One (Crime Syndicate Magazine #1) by Eric Beetner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Pool (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Art Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shotgun Honey Presents: Locked and Loaded: Volume 3 by Ron Earl Phillips (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erik Arneson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jen Conley (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Near To The Knuckle presents Rogue: The second anthology by Ryan Bracha (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Craig Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Darren Sant (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drag Noir by K.A. Laity (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Godwin (Goodreads Author), Tess Makovesky (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raise The Blade: A gripping psychological thriller laced with black humour 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Word by David Jaggers, Paul David Brazill, Steve Weddle 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gravy Train 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embers of Bridges 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raise the Blade 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ok, deep breath… time for some breaking news. I will almost certainly be “killing off” my Tess Makovesky pen name in a few weeks’ time.

It hasn’t been an easy decision, but it’s mostly down to sheer practicality. My Tess website hosting and domain registration are up for renewal in June and my ISP has put all its prices up so it would cost me over £100 per year – and the sales on the 2 books I have

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