Stuff and more stuff!

I've got a bunch of stuff to report on. The Caretaker of Lorne Field, which was short listed by the American Library Association for best horror novel of 2010, as well a Black Quill nominee for best dark genre book of 2010, has a new Kindle price--now only $9.99 (was $18.99). So if you want to read the book that Publisher's Weekly in a starred review calls superb, it's never been cheaper!

I'd like to thank Pulpetti for reviewing Bad Thoughts with Lawrence Block's Getting Off

I'd also like to thank Naomi Johnson at The Drowning Machine for her write up on The Hunted and The Dame.

Monster

What if everything a dying Victor Frankenstein told Captain Walton were lies to protect his reputation? What if he didn't create the monster out of a misguided youthful obsession, but had a far more sinister purpose? What if he was in league with the Marquis de Sade to bring hell to earth? What if the monster has finally decided to set the record straight?

Monster, coming August 2nd from Overlook Press.

Outsourced deeply discounted for Kindle

Amazon is deeply discounting the kindle version of Outsourced--only $5.72! So get this now while this price lasts, and read the book before the movie comes out!!

"a dark gem of a story...a macabre delight to read" NPR

"A small gem of crime fiction" Booklist

"A dark, lightening-paced read" Financial Times

"And here again, Zeltserman manages to tell a riveting story in the straightforward, personality-driven manner at which he’s so accomplished." Boston Globe

"a dryly witty take on the heist caper" London Times

"Zeltserman’s nifty bit of neo-noir is damned decent fun" DIG Boston

"a finely paced, witty and stylish take on the heist caper novel" The Australian

FAST LANE for one more day

I've extended my Amazon free kindle giveaway of Fast Lane to today also. Giveaway will be ending sometime after midnight tonight.

"In the last few years there have been a number of writers, such as Ken Bruen and Victor Gischler, who've taken the classic PI novel and tweaked the hell out of it, creating something fresh and unique. Add Dave Zeltserman to the list. Several pages into his debut, I knew that I was reading something special." Poisoned Pen's Book News, Hardboiled Crime Club Selection

"Johnny Lane—the protagonist from hell--to know him is not to love him. He’s that rare blend of greed, gluttony, lust, anger, and psychopathic rationalization that in real life would make you want to shoot first and never bother to ask questions. With tremendous skill, Zeltserman lures you to a wild ride on the shoulders of a grizzly. You can’t let go." Vicki Hendricks

"FAST LANE has everything I relish in a noir novel--an ingenious, twisting plot, characters I took to heart though I wouldn’t want to take some of them home, and a pace that kept me riveted to a book I couldn’t tear away from in one long, deep-into-the night reading. Dave Zeltserman, you’re a treasure!" Seymour Shubin, author of the classic noir novel Anyone's My Name

Johnny Lane was made for Friday the 13th

If ever there was a hard luck character made for a Friday 13th, it would be my noir anti-hero, Johnny Lane, from my first novel FAST LANE. And so, for this Friday 13th, FAST LANE is free as an Amazon kindle download.

"For those of us who believed Jim Thompson would never be equaled, great tidings, he's back in the form of Dave Zeltserman. Hilarious in the darkest fashion, violent, bitter, psychotic and unputdownable... FAST LANE left me bruised, battered and exhilarated ... Tough, violent amoral with that compelling first narrative that has you rooting for a lunatic and crazy he is, in the most entertaining debut since, well, Jim Thompson." KEN BRUEN

"David Zeltserman’s Fast Lane is fast all right, and in all the good ways ... Parts of this book reminded me of my favorite Orwell book, his memoir Down and Out in Paris and London, where Orwell, though sympathetic to the destitute people he meets also functions as a spy. If he hadn’t brought some distance to his travels the book would have turned into socialist mush. Zeltserman operates the same way. Johnny Lane doesn’t use the stand patter, think the standard p.i. thoughts, or even cry and bleed as we expect of all righteous private ops to. Zeltserman is too smart for that. There’s a distance, even an irony, on the hell he takes us through. Zeltserman’s is a new and different take on all the traditional tropes and set pieces. He's a unique and accomplished writer. I sure want to read more." Ed Gorman

"In the last few years there have been a number of writers, such as Ken Bruen and Victor Gischler, who've taken the classic PI novel and tweaked the hell out of it, creating something fresh and unique. Add Dave Zeltserman to the list. Several pages into his debut, I knew that I was reading something special." Poisoned Pen's Book News, Hardboiled Crime Club Selection

"FAST LANE has plenty of shocks, and as P.I. Johnny Lane's life begins to spin out of control, Zeltserman leads the reader on to the bleak conclusion with smooth prose and a sure hand. This one's a noir keeper." Bill Crider

New Julius Katz story and Thriller nom

Does Julius look angry in the drawing? Well, he is! And if you want to find out why, check out the latest issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (June, available now) and read 'One Angry Julius Katz and Eleven Befuddled Jurors'. Ellery Queen is even offering an extended preview on their website (just click on the story name to get to the preview).

I'd also like to thank the International Thriller Writers for nominating my story, 'A Hostage Situation' for their Thriller Awards, and congratulate the other nominees.

In four months...

Victor Frankenstein. Marquis de Sade. Witch burnings. Vampyres. Devil worshipers. Depraved London sex clubs. Street gangs. Vengeance. Obsession. Damnation.