It's book giveaway time, again! I'm happy to have a copy of Jerry Stahl's novel Pain Killers for one lucky winner to be drawn at random. Pain Killers follows ex-cop and not-quite-reformed addict Manny Rupert who accepts a job undercover to find out if an old man locked up in a California prison is who he claims to be: the despicable-and allegedly dead-Josef Mengele, a/k/a the Angel of Death from Auschwitz. What if, instead of drowning thirty years ago, the sadistic legend faked his own death and is now locked up in San Quentin, ranting and bitter about being denied the adulation he craves for his contribution to keeping the Master Race pure--if no longer masterful?
Jerry Stahl is author of the narcotic memoir classic Permanent Midnight, I, Fatty (film rights optioned by Johnny Depp), Perv--A Love Story; and Plainclothes Naked. He has written extensively for film and television, and his much-anthologized fiction and journalism have appeared in Esquire, Details, Playboy, Black Book, LA Weekly, and Tin House.
If you'd like to be entered in the drawing, just send a note to bvlawson.com by March 25th with the subject line PAIN KILLERS, and be sure and include your name and mailing address, in case you win.
For a YouTube interview with Stahl about the book, click below:
Thriller author Andrew Gross is a model of why you should steadfastly pursue your writing dreams, even after a slew of rejection slips. An editor with one of the publishers who had initially rejected his manuscript didn't just toss it in the trash but held on to it, passing it along to James Patterson with the words "This guy does women well!" After a meeting over breakfast, he was offered a job co-writing a book with Patterson. Several joint best-selling titles later, Gross decided to branch out on his own with his first solo work, The Blue Zone, which the Library Journal said "offers much that will please: an intriguing premise, shocking twists, a
gripping plot, and a sympathetic female lead who faces heartrending
dilemmas as she grapples with the truth. Highly recommended."
The book which followed, The Dark Tide, introduced the protagonist Ty Hauck, head of the Greenwich police's violent crime unit. Hauck returns in a new book coming out in early March, Don't Look Twice, in which a drive-by shooter nicks Hauck, kills David Sanger, a federal prosecutor, and wounds others. Was Hauck the target? Was it a hate crime directed at the Pakistani who owned the gas station? Or was Sanger the target? Hauck is pulled into a rising storm far greater than it first appeared—a storm wide enough to encompass corruption inside Greenwich's circle of wealthy and powerful citizens.
For a sneak peak at the first three chapters, check out this link. And you can also win a free copy by dropping an email, subject line "DON'T LOOK TWICE", and be sure to include your full mailing address. You can send an entry until Tuesday, March 3rd at 5 p.m. EST. The winner will be chosen by random drawing and notified via e-mail.
