The Last Laugh is currently 99p/ 99c! ‘From France, to Spain, to the northeast of England, hit men, gangsters, corrupt cops, drunks, punks, and petty thieves all tumble toward the abyss. The stories in The Last Laugh are vivid and violent slices of Brit Grit and international noir, full of gaudy characters and dialogue sharp…
Author: PaulDBrazill
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Last Year’s Man is currently only 99c/ 99p! Get it while it’s hot!
Grab the eBook of Last Year’s Man for 99p from Amazon.co.uk, 99c from Amazon.com, and cheaper than chips from any other Amazon. A troubled, ageing hit man leaves London and returns to his hometown in the north east of England hoping for peace. But the ghosts of his past return to haunt him. Last Year’s…
Gumshoe Blues Review Round Up
In the wake of the book blog tour organised by BLACKTHORN BOOK TOURS, Gumshoe Blues: The Peter Ord Yarns has garnered a hell of a lot of positive reviews – mostly 4 and 5 stars. A few more reviews have also have also popped up over at Goodreads and at Amazon. So, I thought…
Gumshoe Blues Book Tour
BLACKTHORN BOOK TOURS have organised a book tour for Gumshoe Blues, and what a bloody good job they’ve done. The tour has already kicked off with a great review from Elizabeth Blackthorn herself. Orlando Books and Lit Flits have also said some very nice things about Gumshoe Blues. I’ll add more links as they appear…
Out 17 April 2020: Man of the World by Paul D. Brazill
I’m very pleased to say that All Due Respect/ Down & Out Books will be publishing Man Of The World, the follow up to my novella Last Year’s Man, in April 2020. I’ll give you a bit more info about Man Of The World at a later date. In the meantime, here’s the SP on…
#Noirvember
Yes, it’s #Noirvember again, and since I have 3 books with the word noir in the title, it would be churlish of me not to encourage you to buy them. First up is 13 SHOTS OF NOIR. English writer Paul D Brazill’s 13 Shots Of Noir is a collection of short stories in the vein…
Recommended Read: Still Bleeding by Steve Mosby
‘Death has ripples’ ‘Death is contagious’ Sarah is only a young a child when her father talks to her about death and she is haunted by its spectre all her life. In fact, Sarah is not the only one of the characters in Steve Mosby’s brilliant Still Bleeding to have felt death’s ripples. Her close friend Alex Connor,…
HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEN!
It’s Halloween – or Samhain to you old timers – and accordingly there are a few bite-size Halloween tales over at PUNK NOIR MAGAZINE. K A LAITY givs us NUMBER 13: A NOIR GHOST STORY, SEBNEM E.SANDERS presents THE MUSE, and FRANK WESTWORTH gives us a PORK PIE HAT. Meanwhile, over at MURDER, MAYHEM &…
Recommended Read: White Rabbit by K A Laity
K A Laity’s White Rabbit is a marvelous and potent cocktail of crime fiction, screwball comedy and the supernatural. A cracking yarn choc full of brilliant lines that reminds you of Wodehouse, Preston Sturges and the Coen Brothers and yet is like nothing you’ve ever read before. Fantastic stuff. More please!
Recommended Read: Czech M8 by Frank Westworth
JJ Stoner is a guitar-playing, Harley Davidson-riding contract killer who works for the shadier side of the British secret service. When his boss asks him to head off to Russia on a mission, and a friend asks him to kill an African despot, Stoner’s world gets even murkier than usual. Frank Westworth’s Czech M8 is…
Dee Arr reviews Gumshoe Blues
Over at Amazon.com, broadcaster Dee Arr gives Gumshoe Blues a HELL of a good FIVE STAR review: ‘Dark, Humorous, Liquor-Drenched: Just a Stroll Through Seatown Welcome to a place where ethics and loyalty might rely on who bought the last round. Peter Ord is our detective/tour guide, and we are treated to an intimate peek…
Recommended Read: Very Nearly Dead AK Reynolds
Jasmine Black is a mess. She’s alcoholic lawyer with a low-rent law firm that specialises in getting low-life criminals off the hook, and the guilt she feels because of her job is eating away at her. And then there are the dark deeds buried deep in her past. When Jasmine accidently kills one of her…
Recommended Read: Frank Sidebottom-Out Of His Head by Mick Middles
The mind of Chris Sievey was clearly a treasure trove – indeed, a veritable Aladdin’s Cave – of bright and shiny ideas, many of which, thankfully, came to fruition. Most notably in the effervescent forms of The Freshies and Frank Sidebottom. The Freshies were a brilliantly eccentric power pop/ new wave band who cheekily surfed…
A Few More Top Reviews For Gumshoe Blues
Well, GUMSHOE BLUES: THE PETER ORD YARNS continues to garner some well tasty reviews. At THE HAUNTED PEN, David Burnham says: ‘Brazill’s descriptive work shines as he paints a written image of the colorful, memorable characters and places Ord encounters – pubs, bars, strip joints, cemeteries, and caravan sites to list just a few. I…
