Wiley is a professional poker player in Portland who keeps vigil on the seedy streets of the city’s darker side. He’s no stranger to violence, but he’s got a good heart and a noble streak that his friends and family
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Richard Barre’s Christmas Stories: In the Tradition of Rod Serling
For the first time ever, three of Richard Barre’s magnificent Christmas stories are collected along with the forewords. Come along for a journey with a few of the best short stories written in the last 20 years. These stories were
Read more …Richard Barre’s 2nd Wil Hardesty novel, Bearing Secrets, is available as an eBook
The second book in the Wil Hardesty series by Shamus Award winner Richard Barre is available as an eBook. Everyone bears secrets. Some of them become the lies we live. Others become the lies that kill. Wil Hardesty knows about
Read more …Third Jake Diamond Mystery Available for Kindle and Nook
Down and Out Books proudly published the third Jake Diamond mystery called Counting to Infinity from J.L. Abramo. Here’s a brief synopsis: San Francisco private investigator Jake Diamond is known for his stained neckties and stash of sour-mash whiskey; but
Read more …WILEY’S SHUFFLE by Lono Waiwaiole Officially Released as eBook!
In Wiley’s world, violence runs deep and loyalty runs even deeper. So when a prostitute named Miriam gets attached to the wrong guy, Wiley leaves the poker table, grabs his best friend, Leon, and starts looking for a way to
Read more …Second Duncan Sloan Novel, SAW RED by Bob Truluck, is Now Available
Bob Truluck’s first novel, Street Level, won both the 1999 St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America prize for Best First Private Eye Novel and the 2000 Shamus Award for Best First Novel from the Private Eye Writers of America,
Read more …Psst…did you hear about the new Reed Farrel Coleman short story collection?
Down and Out Books is proud to announce it will be releasing a great short story collection by noir poet laureate Reed Farrel Coleman. The collection of 6 short stories is titled The Brooklyn Rules. The eBook collection will be
Read more …The Art of Redemption by Bob Truluck
When Dennis McMillan Publications originally released this in the summer of 2007, Booklist saw fit to give The Art of Redemption a *Starred Review*. Bill Ott said “Don’t be fooled into thinking that Truluck’s third novel is yet another nostalgic
Read more …Richard Barre – The Innocents
Richard Barre’s The Innocents won the 1996 Shamus Winner for Best First P.I. Novel and is now available as an eBook. Synopsis: There are seven of them. Children–innocents–whose long-buried remains are uncovered by a flash-flood. No one knows who could
Read more …Now available – J.L. Abramo’s Catching Water in a Net
Catching Water in a Net Meet Jake Diamond, a San Francisco PI who is more over-easy than hard-boiled, needs lots of help but is afraid to ask, has a very difficult time keeping his neckties stain free, guzzles bourbon and
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