Tag Archives: hard boiled

New Releases – March 2013

By Eric | Published March 22, 2013

Down & Out Books proudly releases two brand new books and two TP reissues. First up is Trey R. Barker’s EXIT BLOOD which is the second book in his Barefield series. Craig Johnson (yep, the author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries, the basis for A&E’s hit series Longmire) raves, “There’s enough guns, gore, and grit [...]

Posted in Bill Moody, J.L. Abramo, Trey R. Barker | Also tagged Barefield series, Bill Moody, Craig Johnson, Evan Horne, Gayle Lynds, J.L. Abramo, Jake Diamond, San Francisco PI, Spy Thriller, Texas road trip, The Americans, Trey R. Barker, Walt Longmire Comments Off

The Official Down & Out Books BOGO Offer – Entire Month of November and December!!!

By Eric | Published November 18, 2012

Yep, you heard it right! Buy one, get one…FREE Here’s the dealio: 1. Buy any book published by Down & Out Books during November and December 2. Read and enjoy it 3. Post a review 4. Send an email with your posted review, the name you posted the review as, which Down and Out title [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Moody, Black Friday, Crime fiction, Crime magazine, David Housewright, ebook BOGO, eBook publisher, Gary Phillips, Harry Pines, Holland Taylor, J.L. Abramo, Jake Diamond, Jon Jordan, Lono Waiwaiole, Milton T. Burton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Richard Barre, Ruth Jordan, Sam Wiley, Short story collection, Terry Holland, Travis McGee, Trey R. Barker, Wil Hardesty Comments Off

Richard Barre’s BURNING MOON

By Eric | Published June 25, 2012

Down & Out Books proudly releases BURNING MOON, the 5th Wil Hardesty novel by Richard Barre. The California Coast: Off San Miguel Island a fishing boat struggles in the battering-ram seas and blinding rain of a sudden squall… On the beach near his home, private investigator Wil Hardesty is approached by a Vietnamese fisherman. Vinh [...]

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Road Gig: A Novella by Trey R. Barker has just been released | Be A Character Contest

By Eric | Published April 24, 2012

Kinney Fahey has been on the job for six months. He’s not focusing his efforts on the paperwork and it’s gonna bite him…real bad. ROAD GIG is a tight, well-written 19,000 word novella by a great new voice in crime fiction. A short story called BLOOD EVIDENCE, which is a Barefield story, along with an [...]

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The 4th Wil Hardesty Mystery is now available as an eBook!

By Eric | Published April 11, 2012

Blackheart Highway By Richard Barre With The Innocents, Bearing Secrets and The Ghosts of Morning, Richard Barre has emerged as “one of the best hard-boiled detective novelists of the ‘90s” (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review). Now, with Blackheart Highway, he takes the genre for the ride of its life. Southern California P.I. Wil Hardesty is [...]

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Scoundrels…the trailer!

By Eric | Published March 8, 2012

Many thanks to Travis Richardson, Teresa Wong and Gary Phillips for putting together this awesome book trailer. If you enjoy it, you will enjoy the all 14 of the original stories we have on tap. Coming March 20, 2012 in eBook and trade paperback.

Posted in Gary Phillips | Also tagged Bob Truluck, Brendan DuBois, Crime fiction, Darrell James, David Corbett, Down and Out Books, Eric Stone, Gary Phillips, Kelli Stanley, Lono Waiwaiole, one-percenters, Pamela Samuels Young, Reed Farrel Coleman, Scott Phillips, Seth Harwood, Short story collection, SJ Rozan, Travis Richardson, Tyler Dilts Comments Off

February Special: Lono Waiwaiole titles on sale!

By Eric | Published February 6, 2012

That’s right: all 4 of Lono Waiwaiole’s books are on sale for the month of February. The best part is Wiley’s Lament will be FREE from Monday, February 6 through Friday, February 10. The books are: Wiley’s Lament: KINDLE | NOOK Wiley’s Shuffle: KINDLE | NOOK Wiley’s Refrain: KINDLE | NOOK Dark Paradise: KINDLE | [...]

Posted in Lono Waiwaiole | Also tagged Crime fiction, Down and Out Books, eBook publisher, Lono Waiwaiole, Sam Wiley Comments Off

Lono Waiwaiole’s Dark Paradise

By Eric | Published January 24, 2012

Buddy Kai and Dominic Rosario are enterprising native Hawaiian businessmen–competitors, actually–preparing to fight for control of the methamphetamine trade on the Big Island of Hawaii, where the population is small in relation to Oahu with it megapolis of Honolulu, but where the appetite for “ice”–as crystal meth is known in the local parlance–seems to both [...]

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The third Wil Hardesty mystery, The Ghosts of Morning, available as an eBook

By Eric | Published January 24, 2012

In his Shamus Award winning first novel, The Innocents, Richard Barre introduced audiences to Wil Hardesty, “a person trying hard to survive a few of life’s dirtier tricks” (Cleveland Plain Dealer). He’s a private eye with a deep, dark past–and an uncertain future. In The Ghosts of Morning, Barre plunges even further into Wil’s history, [...]

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Trey R. Barker’s bio has been added to the Authors menu

By Eric | Published December 17, 2011

Trey R. Barker has joined our gang of tough guys. Down and Out Books will be releasing titles from the Barefield series. Up first, 2,000 Miles to Open Road which will be followed by Exit Blood. You can read more about him here.

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