It's a Festivus Miracle!

[Dana King]

Festivus really was a holiday this year.

 

First, Sons of Spade, a web site dedicated to fictional PIs, named A Small Sacrifice runner-up for Best PI Novel of 2013.

 

Then, before turning in, I learned Woody Haut, writing in the LA Review of Books, has named Grind Joint among his fifteen favorite reads of 2013. Not in the Top Ten, but that was populated by the likes of Daniel Woodrell, James, Sallis, Max Allan Collins, and Sarah Weinman.

 

Haut said of Grind Joint: With crisp dialogue and sparse exposition reminiscent of Elmore Leonard and George V. Higgins, it’s an investigation of a town on the edge of a precipice.

 

Read the entire list. It’s not limited to 2013 books, so there may be a couple you’ve missed along the way.

[Jack Getze]

Oooooo, this means I have excellent taste like Woody Haut! Maybe he deserves to be a critic. Ha. That's exciting, Dana. Congrats.