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Bill Crider, has posted a favorable review of my new thriller, Lake Charles, at his weblog, Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine. Bill is a top-notch writer in the western and crime fiction genres, including the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. His thumbs up means a lot to me. You can read all about it right here:

http://tiny.cc/jnngp

Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey

It's a wrap. This morning after getting up at 4 a.m., I worked away and finished the last author edits for my next Private Investigator Frank Johnson title, After the Big Noise. So, it's now in the hands of the publisher.

That's a relief to me.

Take a breath, dude.

I justed counted up the Frank Johnson series titles on Goodreads. The tally is seven books, including the ebook of short stories and two to-be-pubbed. Who da thunk it?

Like Frank, the series has had its ups and down. But both are no worse from the wear. The goal has been to tell a good story and deliver entertainment. That's it.

A few folks have even actually read the entire hardboiled series, and tell me they like it. Hey, thanks again from the bottom of my heart, guys.

Each time I finish a Frank Johnson book, I have to pause and wonder if I'll go on to the next one. Do I still get a kick out of writing about him? We'll see.

Until then, the next book is called The Zinc Zoo due out later this year, I hope.

Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles and Quiet Anchorage

Harriet Klausner reviews LAKE CHARLES, saying it's "fast-paced" and "entertaining." Thx Harriet. http://tiny.cc/1444h

I swear I'd starve if I ever tried to make it working as a paparazzi. It's only possible to count on one hand the number of celebrities, or even famous people, I've caught a glimpse of while out in public.

Maybe I don't frequent the right hot spots to see them. Or maybe they hide in plain view or else don a disguise, and I don't recognize them. Whatever. Back before cell phones became as commonplace as navels, I saw Jesse Jackson chatting on an airport pay phone. He looked tired and harried.

There was the once when I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young arrive before doing a stage show if that counts. Long ago, I met James Dickey (of Deliverance fame) at the Library of Congress. That was pretty cool.

Other times weren't as cool. Nixon waved from a dark limo during his second inaugural parade. He also looked tired despite the double victory signs and smiles, no teeth, he flashed in passing. As a kid, I actually felt sorry for him.

Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey

Author of Lake Charles and Quiet Anchorage

Brendan Fishback in my new suspense thriller Lake Charles is a nineteen-year-old pressman living in Umpire, Tennessee. The big landmark there is the Great Smoky Mountains. If you've ever been there, then you'll know how breathtaking the views from the outlooks are.

All is not well in Brendan's neck of the woods. He's on the hook for a murder he didn't commit. His twin sister Edna soon disappears while they're fishing and boating on Lake Charles. Cobb, Brendan's best pal, suggests they camp over night at Lake Charles. Daybreak will find them searching high and low in the boonies for Edna.

Brendan, just a regular guy like you and me, has to pick up his game and deal with a lot of bad stuff hitting him from all sides. Of course he has to call on his friends for a little help.

Enter Jeremiah Wheeler, Cobb's father who is an ex-CIA and Army vet. Reviewers have said Jeremiah kicks some major ass and gives no quarter throughout the second half of Lake Charles. He gets Brendan's back when they run into a drug cartel operating in the area.

I like stories where a friend lends a helping hand to a character up to his eyeballs in trouble. Brendan is just that way. And my setting of the vivid Great Smoky Mountains is icing on the cake.

Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey

Author of Lake Charles

We go to our public library at least once a week. Anyway, the following library systems have kindly ordered my new Appalachian noir Lake Charles. If one is in your area, please consider placing a hold on it if you are about Lake Charles.

1. Ramsey County, MN
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Seattle, WA
4. Phoenix, AZ
5. Portland, OR
6. Hennepin County, MN
7. Spokane, WA
8. Boise, ID
9. Jacksonville, FL
10. Greensboro, NC

Thank you for your interest.

Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles

Check this out. Ten things can bought for less than a fin ($5):

1. A dozen eggs (at least I think)

2. Early bird matinée ticket

3. Ticket to a minor league baseball game

4. Gallon of gasoline (but stay tuned)

5. Glass of iced tea on a hot afternoon

6. Antique mason jar to keep spare change

7. Deck of playing cards (including the joker)

8. Lotto scratch-off ticket

9. Packet of vegetable seeds

10. Nook or Kindle edition of my new suspense novel, Lake Charles, with change coming back!

I wrote this blog a few weeks ago. Now is the right time to post it. Every writer reaches that point when they take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and wish their latest book a safe passsage.

That time is soon coming for me and Lake Charles when the trade paperback is released. I've heard writers compare their books to their children. I don't that far. It's just a book. But I have invested a lot of sweat and blood to create Lake Charles.

Of course, I wish for it to make great successes. That's natural. I don't know how I'll look back on Lake Charles, if it'll be a yet another book I wrote, published, and sold. Or if I'll keep a special fondness for it.

If readers like it, that's supremely gratifying. It's a stand alone, so I won't be hanging out with any of the characters again. So, right now is both a sad but also hopeful moment for me.

By Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Satisfying."
The Rap Sheet/Kirkus Reviews

My new Appalachian noir, Lake Charles, is sold as a Kindle book if you've got Kindle going on in your reader world. Here's the link for all the pertinent dope.

http://tiny.cc/y4ayh

A number of years ago, I went on two business trips to Turkey. One weekend I left Ankara for a sightseeing jaunt to visit the underground cities located in Cappadocia. It has to stand as one of the most unusual if not striking places I've ever visited.

You might google "Cappadocia" to view the pictures if you're intrigued enough. My words sure can't do it enough justice. It's like a Marscape. The place left enough of an impression on me to set one of my PI Frank Johnson titles, Troglodytes there.

I'm a bit claustrophobic so being stooped over to scrabble down the tunnels and corridors chiseled into the underground stone left me a little queasy. (Frank doesn't enjoy the experience either.) That said, I loved Cappadocia. It has a marvelous beauty leaving you speechless and breathless. It has to qualify as one of Turkey's--no, make that the world's--jewels.

Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles