"I didn't think a suspense story could get any more dark and twisted than Zeltserman's pulp masterpiece of last year, "Small Crimes." In that nasty little immorality tale, a crooked ex-cop bent on redemption gets released from prison and finds out that nobody -- not his ex-wife, not his young daughters, no…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on November 10, 2009 at 4:19am —
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1) "Pariah is all I know of bliss and lament. Bliss at reading a superb novel and lament at knowing that Dave Zeltserman has now raised the bar so high, we're screwed." Ken Bruen
2) "It's the kind of book that is going to spoil whatever I read next, as it's going to be found wanting compared to this. This is a book that anyone with even the slightest interest in the crime or thriller genres simply must get their hands on, as it's bound to have a huge impact on you." Bookbag (UK)
3) "PARIAH is…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on November 5, 2009 at 4:00am —
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The first book in my 'man out of prison' noir trilogy being published by Serpent's Tail, Small Crimes, was named one of the 5 best crime and mystery novels of 2008 by NPR and one of the best novels of 2008 by The Washington Post. The second book in the series, my South Boston mob crime novel, Pariah, is be…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on October 2, 2009 at 3:51am —
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Maureen Corrigan, book reviewer for Fresh Air, earlier this summer provided the following list to ProgressiveBookClub.com for her top summer reads:
The Way Home by George Pelecanos
If you don’t know of him, Pelecanos has been writing crime novels for years about the “other” Washington (i.e., not Capitol Hill or Northwest DC) He’s socially and racially conscious and a terrific writer. Also wrote for The Wire. The working class “hero” of this novel works for his family’s remodeling company.
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on August 18, 2009 at 3:11am —
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Thriller/horror writer Tom Piccirilli interrogates me over at
The Big Adios.
And while you're there check out some of Tom's other
interrogations with top crime writers like Ed Gorman, Charlie Huston, Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, and many others.
And while Pariah isn't out in the US until October, you can find an early review for it…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on August 3, 2009 at 1:30am —
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"There's a new name to add to the pantheon of the sons and daughters of Cain: Dave Zeltserman." NPR's Top 5 Crime and Mystery Novels of 2008
"A thing of beauty: spare but ingeniously twisted and imbued with a glossy coating of black humor." Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post's Best Books of 2008
"Zeltserman's breakthrough third crime novel deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy", Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"A Jim Thompson mentality on a Norman Rockwell setting... 'Small Crim…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on March 5, 2009 at 4:05am —
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From yesterday's UK Metro:
Pariah's a terrific blast
by Dave Zeltserman (Serpent’s Tail, £7.99)
by TINA JACKSON - Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Pariah
To describe mobster Kyle Nevin as a nasty piece of work is something of an understatement.
At the beginning of Dave Zeltserman 's white-knuckle ride of a second novel, Nevin is just out of jail after serving eight years for armed robbery and keeping his mouth shut.
Now he wants revenge, and as he heads back to his old haunts and his old cronies f…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on February 21, 2009 at 1:24am —
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This weekend Small Crimes received its second review from a South African newspaper--the first one was a good review from The Citizen. This one was from the Weekender section of Business Day, and what made this very cool--other than being reviewed in another country and continent--was that Small Crimes was reviewed with two Richard Stark books. Anyway, here's Business Day's review for Small Crimes:
Noir fiction from the villains' perspective
William Saunderson-Meyer
Business Day (South Africa),…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on February 18, 2009 at 7:46am —
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"Pariah is one of the most crazed, hilarious, bitter, brutal novels this side of those composed on violent wards." Ed Gorman
"Pariah is all I know of bliss and lament. Bliss at reading a superb novel and lament at knowing that Dave Zeltserman has now raised the bar so high, we're screwed." Ken Bruen
"It's the kind of book that is going to spoil whatever I read next, as it's going to be found wanting compared to this. This is a book that anyone with even the slightest interest in the crime or t…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on February 1, 2009 at 10:57am —
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Pariah, my second "man just out of prison" novel being published by Serpent's Tail is now out in the UK, and all of the very early comments and reviews have just been great, from Ed Gorman, Ken Bruen, Crime Scene Scotland, and others, the reaction to this book is better than I co…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on January 19, 2009 at 7:41am —
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Small Crimes keeps rolling along...
Chauncey Mabe at the Sun-Sentinel will be reviewing Small Crimes this Sunday, but the review is online now at
SunSentinel's Off the Page blog, and it's a terrific one. A short blurb from Chauncey's review:
"Small Crimes proves a deft entry in the tradition that goes back to Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me, James M. Cain’s The Postman…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on January 11, 2009 at 1:36am —
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"A Jim Thompson mentality on a Norman Rockwell setting... 'Small Crimes' is a strong piece of work, lean and spare, but muscular where a noir novel should be, with a strong central character whom we alternately admire and despise." Boston Globe
Read the whole review
here.
Small Crimes has gotten some great reviews so far from places like NPR, The Washington Post, PW, London Times, etc.,…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on December 27, 2008 at 4:09am —
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Want to win a free signed copy of Small Crimes? A book that NPR named one of the 5 best crime and mystery novels of 2008, and the Washington Post also naming it one of the best books of 2008? BookSpotCentral.com is giving away 3 free signed copies, and all you have to do to enter is go to
http://www.bookspotcentral.com/2008/12/contest-small-crimes-by-dave-zeltserman-3-copies-signed/
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on December 12, 2008 at 11:20am —
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A little over a week ago Small Crimes was mostly flying under the radar, and now all of a sudden a lot of good stuff has been happening . First it makes IMBA's bestseller's list for October, then last Sunday the Washington Post publishes a rave review for it, and now
this. All very surreal. There's so much luck involved in our business, so many great books and authors that never get the attention they deserve, so much ra…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on November 22, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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"The plot of Small Crimes is a thing of beauty: spare but ingeniously twisted and imbued with a glossy coating of black humor. Zeltserman takes up all the familiar tropes of the formula -- femmes fatales, frighteningly dysfunctional families, self-destructive drives and the death g…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on November 17, 2008 at 11:20am —
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There are so many great crime novels out there that I think newer authors need to make a case why readers should give their books a try. I was fooling around yesterday (or more accurately, goofing off from writing), and came up with my case for Small Crimes, so here's my 21 reasons why you might want to indulge in some Small Crimes:
1) From Publisher’s Weekly’s starred review: "Zeltserman's breakthrough third crime novel deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy"
2) Booklist also has g…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on October 31, 2008 at 2:37am —
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The US book launch party for Small Crimes is going to be held Oct. 21st at Redbones in Somerville, MA from 5:30-7. For anyone unfamiliar with Redbones it has probably the best barbecued food in the Boston area, and free appetizers will be on hand. I hope people in the area will be able to make it, and I'll look forward to seeing you all there.
More information about Redbones and the event can be found by clicking
here.
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on October 15, 2008 at 3:16am —
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Small Crimes is still several weeks away from being officially released in the US, although it's been showing up early in some bookstores, as well as being available now at online bookstores like amazon.com and bn.com, and some good stuff is showing up about it on the web. Thu…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on September 12, 2008 at 4:29am —
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In anticipation of the US release of my first Serpent's Tail novel, Small Crimes, I'm making available free a new anthology of my crime fiction. Seven contains stories that originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen, Hot Blood, Bullet and Futures, as well as one new original story. These are stories populated by con men, mobsters, and monsters, human or otherwise. To read more about Seven and to download the PDF file for it, click
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on September 3, 2008 at 12:27am —
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While Small Crimes is scheduled for an October 1st release, copies are now in stock and available for purchase at both
amazon.com and
bn.com.
A few reasons why you might want to consider getting an early copy of Small Crimes (other than it's being discoun…
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Added by Dave Zeltserman on August 26, 2008 at 1:08am —
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