This week's paperback drop is THE SOUND OF BREAKING BONES by @ericbeetner.bsky.social! Get the novella in print or ebook (or in KU)! The series is 35 episodes, all standalone w/ the same 2 characters but different: cons/locations, each penned by a different author. www.amazon.com/Sound-Breaki...

New episode featuring my interview with author Brian Brady, who had a long career in law enforcement and security and has now written four crime ficiton novels! wrongplacewritecrime.com/2026/05/06/e...

Get a deep discount on the box set containing all three of my Sandy Banks thrillers! t.co/73GARDqTeD

The paperback version of Holly West's THE MONEY BLOCK is now out! Relive the con with a physical copy in your hands! www.amazon.com/Money-Block-...

Deep discount on my action thriller crime series over at Chirp Audiobooks! www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...

Get the paperback version of Author Asa Maria Bradley's entry in the series A GRIFTER'S SONG! A romance and a con story rolled into one! (Also available in ebook/Kindle Unlimited) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4XM8RDN

This is the revised and expanded 20th Anniversary Edition. It's a pretty big change, folks. Not only did I give it the same treatment as I would an in-progress WIP when it came to editing but I expanded and added scenes to flesh out characters. www.amazon.com/dp/B003XIJ01Q

We're slowly releasing paperback editions of all 35 installments of A GRIFTER'S SONG. With the release of @erykpruitt.bsky.social's GONE DEAD ON YOU, episodes 1-8 are all now available! www.amazon.com/Gone-Dead-Yo...

Here it is: the 20th Anniversary, revised and expanded edition I've been hinting at for months now! www.amazon.com/Under-Raging...

Happy to welcome Anthony Gedell to episode #203 of the podcast! wrongplacewritecrime.com/2026/04/15/e...

Thrilled to announce that I'm a finalist for the Derringer Award, given by the Short Mystery Fiction Society, in the novelette category for "Loose Change in a Mini Cooper." Was part of the Chop Shop series, pub'd by the now defunct Down & Out Books & scheduled to be re-issued by White City Press.

Just finished the 20th Anniversary edition! It runs an additional 20K words of revised, expanded, or additional scenes, not to mention some polishing. Exclusive sneak peek at chapter 1 and early access to the new version for newsletter subscribers: mailchi.mp/dfab1c274c36...

Coming this summer from Close to the Bone and edited by @seanolearybooks.bsky.social, this collection has my Stefan Kopriva short mystery, "Bent Around the Edges" in it.

A new revised and expanded version of Under a Raging Moon is coming! To get the backstory and access to the new, revised first chapter ahead of the retail release, subscribe to my newsletter! mailchi.mp/dfab1c274c36...

Happy to have Dan Bronson on this episode, with some tremendous Hollywood stories, insight on noir, and news of his new Jack Shannon mystery! wrongplacewritecrime.com/2026/03/03/e...

Retail release of the third Sandy Banks thriller (A HARD FAVORIED DEATH) is Mar 15, but it's already available on the Code 4 Press Bookstore (and for less). Same w/ audiobook, and the box set. Get all three, narrated by Daniel Dorse! code4press.com/b/hRytG

Today! The retail release of THE SPLIT LIST, the 4th installment in the Bricks & Cam Jobs series, written with @ericbeetner.bsky.social Eric Beetner, the outstanding California crime novelist (who you should be reading!). amazon.com/dp/B0G59GDFZ7 Dig in, Listers!

About halfway through the kickstarter for this bitchin' anthology. Check out all the names! (even includes me!). If you're a fan of A Grifter's Song, my story is essentially an origin story for Sam and Rachel, so there's that. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ali...

The cognitive dissonance of being an indie author...

THE SPLIT LIST, a pair of novellas @[email protected] and I wrote for our respective characters in this series, will be out on retail on Feb 15! Of course, you can get it NOW at the Code 4 Press Bookstore for a dollar less... so why wouldn'tcha? code4press.com/collection/b...

The True Romance Kickstarter campaign is live! This noir anthology has my short story "Ask Me Tomorrow" in it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ali...

Available today: INTO THE DYING SUN by Frank Zafiro, the final episode of A Grifter’s Song, as Sam & Rachel make one last play to outrun the mob, their enemies, and the life.

Available today: STEALING PARADISE by Curtis Ippolito @curtis_sd , back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel turning a Coronado “vacation” into a beachside score.

Available today: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT by Patrick H. Moore - Author @patrickhmoore1, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel ghostwriting a dangerous war story in L.A.

Here's a cool antho coming from editors Troy Lambert and @vincentzandri.bsky.social ! Includes a story from me ("Ask Me Tomorrow"), a Sam and Rachel origin story. The kickstarter for TRUE ROMANCE kicks off on Feb 1! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ali...

Available today: SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE SALVATION by James D.F. Hannah @jamesdfhannah, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel stranded at a West Virginia carnival grift.

Available today: OUTFOXED by Jeffery Hess @jefferyhesswriter, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel in Florida juggling land deals, baseball, and bad timing.

Available today: GOOD FOR IT by T G Wolff @tg_wolff, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel conning a luxury retirement community with a “news filter” scheme.

Available today: MADAM TOMAHAWK by @nickkolakowski Nick Kolakowski, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel in D.C. circling escort-fueled political scandal.

Available today: DANGEROUS TO KNOW by Hilary Davidson @hilarydavidsonbooks , back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel inside a cliffside British Columbia mansion full of secrets.

Available today: THE LOW WHITE PLAIN by Paul J. Garth @pauljgarth , back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel snowed into a fake kidnapping on the Nebraska plains.

Available today: GHOST IMAGE by Kat Richardson, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel posing as psychic scammers at a “haunted” mountain resort.

Available today: CONCRETE AND COCAINE by Vincent Zandri @vincentzandrinoirauthor, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel working a bloody Albany concrete-and-coke front.

Available today: DUSTY AND BENT by Trey R. Barker, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel in Denver facing old guilt, new danger, and a land scheme. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Available today: DIAMOND DOGS by Gabriel Valjan @gabrielvaljan , back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel learning the high-end diamond game from an aging master grifter.

Available today: DRACULA WINE by David Housewright, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel in Minneapolis amid billionaire tech feuds and stolen art.

You may have seen, @frankzafiro.bsky.social has relaunched his epic Grifter’s Song novella series. One episode dropping each day. Mine is the penultimate episode, so lands end of the month. Get ready for it and a few others with this convo @pauljgarth.bsky.social and I had about STEALING PARADISE.

Available today: THE ALPHA WHISPERER by Frank Zafiro, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel targeting a Seattle “success coach” who knows powerful secrets.

Available today: RIDE LIKE HELL by S.A. Cosby @[email protected] , back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel neck-deep in a Virginia horse-country revenge con.

Available today: OPEN UP YOUR HEART by Carmen Jaramillo, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel teaming up with a faux socialite in crooked Chicago real estate.

Available today: ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIE by Michael Pool, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel running a high-altitude cannabis con in Vail.

Available today: TRAVEL MONEY by Jonathan Brown, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel running an L.A. bachelor-party front and a risky coastal real estate con.

Available today: THE DOWN AND OUT by Larry Maddox, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, dropping Sam & Rachel into Hollywood’s streets where fame, ruin, and old ghosts collide.

Available today: THE RULE OF THIRDS by Matt Phillips, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel trapped in a Tijuana borderland con that won’t stay behind the camera.

Available today: THE RECKONER by Frank Zafiro, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, following a mob enforcer hunting Sam & Rachel through the wreckage of their past cons.

Available today: DOWN COMES THE NIGHT by Frank Zafiro, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, with Sam & Rachel chasing old honey pots and mob leverage to stay alive.

For episode #201, we go to Canada to talk to firefighter and author, Thomas Mark McKinnon about his book, IN SPITE OF THUNDER! wrongplacewritecrime.com/2026/01/12/e...

Available today: STILL LIFE WITH SUITCASE by Scott Eubanks, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, about grifters Sam & Rachel running an art-world con in Florida while the past waits in the wings. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4XPH7W5

Available today: THE SOUND OF BREAKING BONES by @[email protected], back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, about grifters Sam & Rachel hustling across the South while old cons and new enemies close in. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G526DM68

Available today: THE MONEY BLOCK by @hollywest.bsky.social, back in print as part of A Grifter’s Song, about grifters Sam & Rachel running long cons while the past closes in. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4XKD8N7