What a free-King book deal!
Dana King is pleased to announce that his four novels will be available free on Kindle from June 25 – 29.
He is also an eloquent speaker about P.I. fiction and the importance of the Chandlerian hero; his talk on that subject was an unexpected highlight of Bouchercon 2013 in Albany. Here's a bit from a scene with a detective and a Russian mobster in Grind Joint.
"`I talk when I want. Who knows? In five minutes, maybe not want to. Better ask quick before I change my mind, police man. Someone tell me once I am volatile. I like that word. I am volatile."
"You are peckerhead, Doc thought, kept it to himself."Make this a Shamus Award-nominated Dana King summer!
© Peter Rozovsky 2014
Labels: Bouchercon 2013, Dana King, P.I. novels
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 5:56 PM
11 Comments:
Cool. I will definitely be rounding out my collection.
I was just thinking about Grind Joint yesterday, in fact when I was reading about the effect of slot machine gambling making inroads in small communities--to the detriment of the poor.
Procrastination pays off for you. King is not just good on the effects of casino gambling, but nuanced. He doesn't just say it's bad; rather he says the good has not trickled down. Nice touch, too, that he works a downmarket casino into the book.
By the way, the television at the P&P was showing "Pulp Fiction" last night. I had not seen it before, so I was surprised to see Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta being hosed off after a violent series of confrontations, and Quentin Tarantino tosses one of them a UC Santa Cruz T-shirt as a replacement for his bloodied shirt.
Yes, I kind of remember the Santa Cruz reference when the movie played, but I have never seen it and probably won't. I don't think it's my kind of thing.
I actually only will have to pick up one when they have their free offering, as I have the other three, two of which I've read.
I double-checked to make sure it wasn't "Reservoir Dogs" I was watching, and I found from a search that the author Eddie Bunker had a bit part in "Reservoir Dogs." Tarantino has also blurbed Christa Faust so, as much of a show-off and a punk he might be, he seems to like crime fiction.
What a provocative concept: an author gives away books as a strategy for marketing and promotion. Color me puzzled.
It's not actually that unusual. A promotion for a few days seems a cheap way to get the word out. And in fact in the bookstore world, there were always tons of galleys that any of the staff could take if they wanted. It's not easy getting people to read a book and then spread the word, even for free if my bookstore experience is any indication. A handful of books would be eagerly sought out and fought over, while the rest would go begging.
Seana, I am so envious. If I worked in a bookstore it would be like a starving dog in a butcher shop.
Seana is right. That's what Dana is up to here.
The gambit suggests a new book is on the horizon soon.
Not as far as I know.
But I recommend reading the old ones.
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