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Hi Everybody,

I'm giving away a signed copy of my book - that's right, giving it away! FREE!!! - The giveaway starts on the 13th January and ends on the 21st. You have tom enter between those dates. Just click on the link below for details. Make sure you click on the right one - it's the one that says: "See the giveaway details
at Goodreads."

This is an amazing review.

Sorry it isn't much of a blog post, but do please check out the review here:

http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2017/01/...

Today is your last chance to get my book free. It's highly rated - currently number 1 in comedy horror in the USA. It's received some great reviews and NO bad reviews.

Get it now while you still can.

'Confessions of an English Psychopath' - only on Amazon.

Sorry, I can't give you a link, but you'll find it easily enough.

Hope you enjoy it!!

Confessions of An English PsychopathHi everyone,

If you'd like a free copy of my novel Confessions of an English Psychopath in return for (as ever) an honest review, please get in touch.

You can contact me by DM on Goodreads, Facebook, or Twitter - @jackstrange11; or email me on jack-strange@outlook.com

Many thanks

Kind regards

Jack

A Case Of Noir by Paul D. Brazill

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


All Killer No Filler is the title of one of my favourite albums. It's also a fitting description for Paul Brazill's book A Case of Noir.

Mr Brazill doesn't write at length. As he says: "I slice off the gristle." (Interview with Toe Six Press).

This guarantees there isn't so much as one wasted word. The result: his books are eminently readable, and you finish them wanting more (which is rather better than wishing there had been less, as is the case with many authors).

He's above all a prose stylist. He works within a tradition which was probably started by Raymond Chandler.

Chandler himself once said: "The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time."

Paul Brazill seems to have taken this advice to heart, irrespective of whether or not he's familiar with the quote. His style is as beguiling as it is instantly recognisable. Like Chandler, he's a lover of unusual similes and outrageous wisecracks. But he is far from being yet another Chandler imitator. His voice is distinctly his own, as is the world he's created.

His world, by the way, isn't the world of the rich or of the master criminal, it's a world of low-lifes, drunks and ne'er do wells. They're all memorable, even those with walk-on parts. Sometimes you feel his secondary characters are so good they're wasted on the minor roles he gives them, and they should have books of their own.

A Case of Noir follows this pattern, and is similar to a Chandler novel in that it's told in the first person by the wisecracking protagonist Luke Case. But unlike Chandler's lead character Phillip Marlowe, Case is not a Private Eye. He's a journalist with a shady past which, over the course of the novella, gradually but inexorably catches up with him. And where Marlowe follows a moral compass, Case follows only the principle of doing whatever hedonistic deed suits him at the time - with hilarious results.

I suspect that Brazill didn't set out to write a novella. A Case of Noir seems to be stitched together from a number of short stories (a working method similar to that adopted by Chander when he wrote The Big Sleep).

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts - although the parts are so good you’ll savour them individually, as you work your way through them.

I forgot to mention: this book is a whole lot of fun!



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Hi Everybody,

My novel 'Confessions of an English Psychopath' is free on Amazon from today (23 July 2018 2018) to the 27th Juy 2018 inclusive.

Get it while you can - this is a universal Amazon link to your Amazon marketplace:

http://mybook.to/ConfessionsE

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My cult hit Celebrity Chef Zombie Apocalypse is free on Amazon for a very limited time only.

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PPS Don’t keep this to yourself - share it with your friends!

Zombie rape? Really? – See below:

These are two contrasting statements - both written by women:

“Has got to be one of the funniest books I’ve ever read!
- Char’s Horror Corner

“If you want to read about zombies raping people, then this is the book for you. If you are looking for a humorous romp about zombie chefs, go somewhere else.”
- Amazon reviewer

They're bot talking about the book 'Celebrity Chef Zombie Apocalypse'.

If you want to decide for yourself which is the correct view, follow the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Chef...

It's that time of the year again when my publisher lets you get one of my books for FREE. (Can't say I approve but what do I know)
Here's the link:

http://mybook.to/ConfessionsE

Here's the latest on Amazon UK:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...