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James Aylott

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James Aylott is a former sharp-elbowed Hollywood paparazzo and ruthless supermarket tabloid photo editor. His award-winning debut novel, Tales from The Beach House, was both critically acclaimed and a hit. His follow-up work of fiction, Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers is set in St. Louis, Missouri, one of America’s most dangerous cities. The author took inspiration not only from the colorful characters he met while embedding himself in the real estate business but also from the mayhem of everyday life on the wild streets of St. Louis. James Aylott is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and King’s College, London. He is happy to call a leafy suburb of St. Louis, Missouri his home.

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	Tales from the Beach House 3.95 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers: A Novel 3.85 avg rating — 54 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers - Released Today

For my second novel ‘Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers’, I traded the sharp-elbowed world of tabloid journalism for the equally cutthroat business of Real Estate. Sunsoaked South Florida has been switched out for the beaten-up Rustbelt city of St. Louis. The premise, however, interwoven tales of quirky outlandish neighbors living in a rundown apartment building remains; as does the Chaucer Read more of this blog post »

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Ray Garton turned the twisted dial to 11 on this excellent novel. With a roster of strippers, hookers, junkies, pornographers, private detectives, and deviants, Trailer Park Noir is my kind of gritty tale. I can only hope the characters are a figment ...more
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