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Yigal Zur: Death in Shangri-La
Dotan Naor has known Willy Mizrachi for many years. A ruthless Israeli arms dealer Mizrachi is a dangerous man. But his son Itiel is missing in the Himalayas and he needs Naor’s help. Naor, formerly an Israeli operative, is now a private investigator. With a bet that involves a bottle of fine spirits he agrees…
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Benedict J Jones: The Gingerbread Houses
With bonus Q&A below Not much is pretty about the Gingerbread Houses, an image that normally conjures beauty and charm. These Gingerbread Houses are vile places where degenerate behaviours are forced upon the young. PI Charlie ‘Bars’ Constantinople is hired to find a pedophile using the name Teddy Bear. A man who has left the…
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Matt Phillips – Countdown Q&A
San Diego > Toronto Communiqué A large part of my interest in noir crime fiction is the background story. Why these characters, why this place. So Matt and I did a little Q&A for you regarding Countdown. Here’s what went on in his head for this book. And can you equate that smile in his…
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Matt Phillips: Countdown
Bad to the Bone Grit Growing weed is legal in California, but banking the profits, it’s a whole other problem. Jessie grows weed in her apartment. She sells it at an off-license storefront along with LaDon whose presence is a deterrent to robbery. Senditch and Glanson, are two entrepreneurs who start a business warehousing cash…