Twenty years after the appearance of his first published short story, One Hit Wonder, Shamus Award winner J. L. Abramo has assembled a collection of his previously published short crime fiction along with never before published stories and writings about writing in this anthology.
From the streets of Brooklyn and Denver; from Los Angeles to San Francisco; from private eyes and police detectives to con men and mob bosses; from mystery to thriller to noir; Abramo’s short stories display a vivid sense of location and a masterful understanding of the triumphs and tragedies of characters on both sides of the law.
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“Jake Diamond is back and it feels like the return of an old friend. One of my all-time favorite PI series.”
—Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of The Lock Artist
“Think it is impossible to find a new take on the wise-cracking San Fransisco PI?
Meet Jake Diamond and think again.”
—S.J. Rozan, Edgar Award-winning author of Absent Friends
“If grit, hard guys, and the rhythm of the mean streets is your thing, J.L. Abramo is your man.”
—Reed Farrel Coleman, Shamus Award-winning author of Where It Hurts
“J.L. Abramo writes noir the way God and Dashiell Hammett intended—tough, terse and sharp.”
—Michael Koryta, Award-winning author of Those Who Wish Me Dead
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