Sidney Williams's Blog - Posts Tagged "thriller"
Blood Hunter Sample
For #SampleSunday yesterday, I added a free sample of Blood Hunter to my Blogspot blog.
It includes the intro to the ebook edition plus a portion of the prologue.
Visit the book on Amazon as well to read Ryne Douglas Pearson's unsolicited review. :-)
It includes the intro to the ebook edition plus a portion of the prologue.
Visit the book on Amazon as well to read Ryne Douglas Pearson's unsolicited review. :-)
Midnight Eyes - Cover For My Thriller
Here's the cover art for my first new book in a while. It's propagating on the usual sites such as Amazon now, and it's on the Crossroad Press website. Crossroad will issue a paper edition as well in the future.It's the story of Wayland Hood, a former FBI behavioral science unit agent who's called back to his home town to help his father, the sheriff in a small Louisiana city, deal with a brutal series of murders. More
Big Thrill Interview
Author Gary Kriss did a nice interview with me about my first thriller Midnight Eyes.
It was for The Big Thrill Website and newsletter for The International Thriller Writers.
Check it out and pass it on if you get a chance. Interview
It was for The Big Thrill Website and newsletter for The International Thriller Writers.
Check it out and pass it on if you get a chance. Interview
New Novella Dark Hours
Dark Hours, my new novella which follows a student journalist on her own descent into a personal labyrinth to confront a twisted player of games, is rolling out on ebook platforms.
It should soon be available for most readers, so check the links below or do a search wherever you buy ebooks.
This book began as a short story years ago called "The Exclusive." It was published in Cemetery Dance, and it appears in Scars and Candy.
A couple of years ago, a producer optioned my book New Year's Evil with an eye toward turning it into a cable movie and pilot. That didn't happen. Money didn't come through etc. So it goes.
In the wake of that process, however, I did wind up talking to a Hollywood agent. Not the first time, but it looked more... Read on
It should soon be available for most readers, so check the links below or do a search wherever you buy ebooks.
This book began as a short story years ago called "The Exclusive." It was published in Cemetery Dance, and it appears in Scars and Candy.
A couple of years ago, a producer optioned my book New Year's Evil with an eye toward turning it into a cable movie and pilot. That didn't happen. Money didn't come through etc. So it goes.
In the wake of that process, however, I did wind up talking to a Hollywood agent. Not the first time, but it looked more... Read on
Interview about Dark Hours Novella
Mercedes Fox was kind enough to do an interview with me about my Dark Hours on her author site.
I thought it came together nicely.
Read it here.
I thought it came together nicely.
Read it here.
Paper and Delux Editions of Dark Hours now available
My book
Dark Hours,
a short thriller, is now available in trade paper and also a deluxe hardcover edition from Crossroad Press.
O'Neil DeNoux, author of the LaStanza detective series, had this to say about it: "...a tight, well-written book, I highly recommend.”
It should be available wherever you order books.
O'Neil DeNoux, author of the LaStanza detective series, had this to say about it: "...a tight, well-written book, I highly recommend.”
It should be available wherever you order books.
All new thriller Fool's Run up for pre-order
My new novel will be released November 24, 2020.
Pre-Order link is here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Happily we got a good review in Publisher's Weekly https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-...
Synopsis:
Si Reardon knows nobody wants to hire an ex-cop fresh out of prison unless it’s for a job nobody wants.
His only offer’s from Rose Cantor, an elegant and beautiful “special counsel” who just wants him to take a meeting.
Her clients Grace and Adam Holst are asking for extreme justice. A very bad man named Valentine Alexeeva, a criminal on the rise, once ordered the deaths of their young daughters over a business deal gone wrong. Alexeeva covered his tracks well. Now he’s still deadly but cultivating a classy façade and making friends in high places.
Si would like to say no, but he has a daughter of his own who’s in danger, and he needs money fast.
Dealing with Alexeeva means jeopardizing everything and drawing on contacts Si met in lockup plus The McCluskeys, a pair of weird, bayou-dwelling brothers with a few nefarious enterprises of their own.
And Si knows no job is ever as simple as it looks. He soon finds himself embroiled in a game with Alexeeva and his brutal minions, a game that could earn Si a bit of redemption or cost him his freedom or his life.
Pre-Order link is here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Happily we got a good review in Publisher's Weekly https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-...
Synopsis:
Si Reardon knows nobody wants to hire an ex-cop fresh out of prison unless it’s for a job nobody wants.
His only offer’s from Rose Cantor, an elegant and beautiful “special counsel” who just wants him to take a meeting.
Her clients Grace and Adam Holst are asking for extreme justice. A very bad man named Valentine Alexeeva, a criminal on the rise, once ordered the deaths of their young daughters over a business deal gone wrong. Alexeeva covered his tracks well. Now he’s still deadly but cultivating a classy façade and making friends in high places.
Si would like to say no, but he has a daughter of his own who’s in danger, and he needs money fast.
Dealing with Alexeeva means jeopardizing everything and drawing on contacts Si met in lockup plus The McCluskeys, a pair of weird, bayou-dwelling brothers with a few nefarious enterprises of their own.
And Si knows no job is ever as simple as it looks. He soon finds himself embroiled in a game with Alexeeva and his brutal minions, a game that could earn Si a bit of redemption or cost him his freedom or his life.
The Fun Part
I'm in the fun moments in the lead-up to the release of my new novel, Fool's Run.
Fool's Run: A Si Reardon Novel
If the writing is the hard part, finalizing details before the book drops marks the exciting and exhilarating part.
Details include working with the audiobook narrator.
In this case, Josh Brogadir will be reading Fool's Run for the Audible release. If all goes well, it'll release with the print and ebook editions on Nov. 24.
He's an exciting choice for me because he has narrated other books for Crossroad Press including some by the late Charles L. Grant, whose work I admire.
When Crossroad Publisher David Niall Wilson connected us to communicate about the book, I boldly suggested Josh could just contact me about any French or Louisiana words in the Bayou State-set tale.
I grew up in Louisiana and lived there many years in adult life. I've also heard audiobooks where words like Lafayette or Pontchartrain don't get the local flourishes, even from readers from other southern states.
Piece of cake to help, I thought.
Josh sent a list of words the other night, many of them proper names which were easy to dash off phonetically.
But a couple of words cropped up that I realized I'd read but never heard, even being from Louisiana.
It's not a huge state, but the way things like the Calliope street name are said in New Orleans aren't traditional. It's Cali-ope and not the classical.
In central Louisiana there's an area called Rigolette that's pronounced ro-gulley. I'd sometimes say it wrong if I'd recently viewed it in print.
So, I have emails out to Louisiana friends at the moment in search of clarification.
Hopefully we'll get the last details nailed down shortly.
Fool's Run: A Si Reardon Novel
If the writing is the hard part, finalizing details before the book drops marks the exciting and exhilarating part.
Details include working with the audiobook narrator.
In this case, Josh Brogadir will be reading Fool's Run for the Audible release. If all goes well, it'll release with the print and ebook editions on Nov. 24.
He's an exciting choice for me because he has narrated other books for Crossroad Press including some by the late Charles L. Grant, whose work I admire.
When Crossroad Publisher David Niall Wilson connected us to communicate about the book, I boldly suggested Josh could just contact me about any French or Louisiana words in the Bayou State-set tale.
I grew up in Louisiana and lived there many years in adult life. I've also heard audiobooks where words like Lafayette or Pontchartrain don't get the local flourishes, even from readers from other southern states.
Piece of cake to help, I thought.
Josh sent a list of words the other night, many of them proper names which were easy to dash off phonetically.
But a couple of words cropped up that I realized I'd read but never heard, even being from Louisiana.
It's not a huge state, but the way things like the Calliope street name are said in New Orleans aren't traditional. It's Cali-ope and not the classical.
In central Louisiana there's an area called Rigolette that's pronounced ro-gulley. I'd sometimes say it wrong if I'd recently viewed it in print.
So, I have emails out to Louisiana friends at the moment in search of clarification.
Hopefully we'll get the last details nailed down shortly.
The Trade Paper Cover for Fool's Run
I don't think I've shared the trade paper cover art here for my upcoming book Fool's Run, which is planned as the first adventure for Si Reardon. A cop who is just out of prison and faced with a job nobody wants.
It'll drop in ebook and trade paper formats Nov. 24, 2020.
“This thriller-cum-caper will keep readers eagerly turning the pages.”
– Publisher’s Weekly
Here's a look at the nigh final version with a sense of the wrap-around effect.
There's one repeated line of copy that will get tweaked, but by and large, this is the look.
It's now up for pre-order on Amazon and other sites.
It'll drop in ebook and trade paper formats Nov. 24, 2020.
“This thriller-cum-caper will keep readers eagerly turning the pages.”
– Publisher’s Weekly
Here's a look at the nigh final version with a sense of the wrap-around effect.
There's one repeated line of copy that will get tweaked, but by and large, this is the look.
It's now up for pre-order on Amazon and other sites.
