"I'd call it the anti-Twilight, and in my book that's a good thing." Bill Crider, author of Sheriff Dan Rhodes series
"The prolific and wildly talented Dave Zeltserman serves up a fast, furious, frightening and (yes) funny orgy of bloodletting. Makes "Grindhouse" look like "Little House on the Prairie." Roger Smith, author of Vile Blood and Dust Devils
"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, author of The Guards
"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
"What begins as rather
standard and Chandleresque masks a tale that spirals downward into a
pit of noir, lies, betrayal, murder... and worse! Private eye Johnny
Lane helps a woman find her birth parents but things soon get out of
hand. A likeable PI with a hidden Jim Thompson darkside that gets
out of control and seems to know no depths. It's there!"
Gary Lovisi, Hardboiled Magazine
"Dark, brutal, captivating -- this is one hell of a book, the kind of book that doesn't let go of you once you start it. Dave Zeltserman is clearly the real deal." Steve Hamilton, Edgar-award winner for The Lock Artist
"Dave
Zeltserman's Bad Thoughts is a fast moving occult thriller, with taut
dialogue and smart, likeable characters. Darkness pervades the Bay State
in the late 1990's and Detective Bill Shannon will be lucky to solve a
standard missing person's case in one piece. In fact as the story
unfolds we see that death and dismemberment could be the least of Bill's
worries. Pour yourself a fifth of Scotch, get an easy chair, grab a
protective talisman and enjoy." Adrian
McKinty, author of Dead I Well May Be and Hidden River
"A compellingly
clever wheels-within-wheels thriller. An ingenious plot, skillfully
executed"
Elliott Swanson,
Booklist
3 comments:
Good stuff. Just bought Fast Lane, bought the other two last year. Good on ya, sir.
RF, I hope you like it. Fast Lane is a pretty wild book, at least by my standards, and is a mix of psycho noir and deconstruction of the hardboiled PI genre.
--Dave
Dave- Finished OUTSOURCED. Good stuff! Put a review up on Amazon. Thanks for the entertainment and enjoy the holidays!
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