June Pre-Orders – Don’t Miss Out!

June 1, 2015 sees the launch of 4 new books from Down & Out Books.  They are 1) LADIES NIGHT: Sisters In Crime/LA 2015 Anthology edited by Naomi Hirahara, Kate Thornton and Jeri Westerson, 2) OVER THEIR HEADS by JB Kohl & Eric Beetner, 3) RULES OF HONOR by Matt Hilton and 4) TALES FROM THE BLUE LINE by Rob Riley.


 

Sistersx750LADIES NIGHT: Sisters in Crime/LA 2015 Anthology

From Valley Girls to Valley of the Dolls, the L.A. Woman has captured our imagination and redefined the fairer sex. CJ Parker is our lifeguard, Lucy Arnaz, our studio executive, Angelyne, our reality star, and the Black Dahlia, our murder victim. L.A. neighborhoods have spawned the Beverly Hills housewife, the Hollywood starlet, the Van Nuys dominatrix, the Santa Monica Surf Betty and the Manson girls, to name a few.

LADIES’ NIGHT, an anthology by Sisters in Crime Los Angeles, includes stories by Julie G. Beers, Julie Brayton, Sarah M. Chen, Arthur Coburn, L.H. Dillman, Bengte Evenson, Cyndra Gernet, Andrew Jetarski, Micheal Kelly, Susan Kosar-Beery, Jude McGee, Gigi Pandian and Wendall Thomas.

The anthology is edited by Naomi Hirahara, Kate Thornton and Jeri Westerson.  Award winning L.A. crime novelist Denise Hamilton wrote the introduction.

Pre-Order for $2.99 on the Kindle | Nook and Trade Paperback available after June 1


 

OTHx750OVER THEIR HEADS by JB Kohl and Eric Beetner

The drugs are missing and four lives are about to collide.

Clyde just wanted to make a little extra cash on the side to raise his new baby. Now his life and the lives of his wife and newborn daughter are in jeopardy.

Brent just wanted to do his job and be left alone. Now he’s in a race against time for his life.

Sean just wanted to escape the crime he committed in Detroit. Now he’s stumbled into another. The money he embezzled is nothing compared the load of narcotics that fell into his lap.

And Skeeter? Well, Skeeter wants the drugs back, and he’ll use any means necessary to get them.

When these four are let loose on a mad scramble to locate the drugs, they cut a path of mayhem and bloodshed across Virginia. Inept would-be criminals clash with ruthless drug dealers in a violent weekend where no one is safe.

The only certainty: Everyone is in over their heads.

Pre-Order for $1.49 on the Kindle | Trade Paperback available after June 1


 

ROHx1500RULES OF HONOR by Matt Hilton

When Rink’s father is murdered, Joe Hunter vows to help his friend avenge his brutal death. Rink’s mother Yukiko isn’t talking, her silence governed by the Bushido tradition of giri, or moral obligation. But other people known to Yukiko are also dying, all due to a shameful secret from their past that Hunter must uncover if he hopes to end the murders. To do that rules must be broken, and Hunter doesn’t care what he must break to stop the killer.

Pre-Order for $2.99 on the Kindle | Trade Paperback available after June 1

 

 


 

BLUELINEx750TALES FROM THE BLUE LINE by Rob Riley

Tales from the Blue Line by Rob Riley is the first in a new series of “Crimespree Magazine Presents.” This is a compilation of twenty-nine separate police investigations conducted by Rob Riley and his partners, while they were Milwaukee Police officers. Riley was sworn in as a police officer in 1971 and retired as a detective in 2001. His career was unique even from the beginning, when with only a few months on the job he was recruited to be an undercover narcotics officer. After seven extremely intense years undercover and one year in uniform, Riley was promoted to the rank of detective where he spent the rest of his career.

From purchasing illegal drugs from people on the streets to executing nearly a hundred search warrants, his time in the Narcotics Squad seemed like more than a lifetime of police experiences. Twenty-two years as a major crimes detective, Riley connected with high ranking officials in the District Attorney’s office, as well as some of the most highly regarded defense attorney’s in the country. He was a private investigator for two years after his retirement.

Pre-Order for $1.49 on the Kindle | Trade Paperback available after June 1