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Criminal Economics
Standing between Bo and Slick and $642,000 from the bank
Prison. A hurricane. A horny cop. A naked priest. An angry cab driver. Two wanna-be criminals. A speeding train. A hot soldering iron. A peeping tom. A fed-up girl. A gun dealer. A homeless lady. An empty shotgun. A girlfriend with other plans. One pissed-off mom. Two pissed-off drug dealers. A bitchy landlord. And 48 crazy hours.
When this is all over, they’ll either be rich, in prison or dead.
(Previously published as Run for the Money.)
Praise for CRIMINAL
“Balls out insanity!” —Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals and Kill Fee
“Proper noir. Definitely my kind of characters. Barely a moral scruple among the lot of them.” —Allan Guthrie, author of Hard Man, Savage Night and Two-Way Split
“Beetner writes with tension to spare and the story is marinated in his sick sense of humor, making this gleefully nasty noir fly by in just a few sittings.” —Nerd of Noir, Spinetingler Magazine
Prison. A hurricane. A horny cop. A naked priest. An angry cab driver. Two wanna-be criminals. A speeding train. A hot soldering iron. A peeping tom. A fed-up girl. A gun dealer. A homeless lady. An empty shotgun. A girlfriend with other plans. One pissed-off mom. Two pissed-off drug dealers. A bitchy landlord. And 48 crazy hours.
When this is all over, they’ll either be rich, in prison or dead.
(Previously published as Run for the Money.)
Praise for CRIMINAL
“Balls out insanity!” —Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals and Kill Fee
“Proper noir. Definitely my kind of characters. Barely a moral scruple among the lot of them.” —Allan Guthrie, author of Hard Man, Savage Night and Two-Way Split
“Beetner writes with tension to spare and the story is marinated in his sick sense of humor, making this gleefully nasty noir fly by in just a few sittings.” —Nerd of Noir, Spinetingler Magazine
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Published June 19, 2017
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Eric Beetner
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Eric Beetner has been hailed as “the new maestro of noir,” by Ken Bruen and “The 21st Century’s answer to Jim Thompson” by LitReactor.
He has written more than 2 dozen novels and his short stories has been featured in over 30 anthologies and along the way he’s been nominated for an ITW award, a Shamus, Derringer and three Anthony awards. He’s won none of them.
Novels include There and Back, All The Way Down, Two In The Head, Rumrunners, The Devil Doesn't Want Me and many more.
For more visit ericbeetner.com
Eric Beetner has been hailed as “the new maestro of noir,” by Ken Bruen and “The 21st Century’s answer to Jim Thompson” by LitReactor.
He has written more than 2 dozen novels and his short stories has been featured in over 30 anthologies and along the way he’s been nominated for an ITW award, a Shamus, Derringer and three Anthony awards. He’s won none of them.
Novels include There and Back, All The Way Down, Two In The Head, Rumrunners, The Devil Doesn't Want Me and many more.
For more visit ericbeetner.com
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July 23, 2017
Is there anything Eric Beetner can't write?! Criminal Economics is a blast- (if high-octane, hold your breath, WTF, did-that-just-happen, crime novels are your thing)- and I'd recommend it for any crime fiction fans who are looking for something that leaves the ordinary and predictable in the dust. And it is Must Read for Beetner fans, for which I believe there are beginning to be quite a few... Well done, as always!
June 10, 2017
Beetner writes like a man facing down a double barrel with only seconds left before the trigger's pulled.
That said, CRIMINAL ECONOMICS was a single session read - blistering, laugh out loud funny, and balls to wall hard-boiled. It's been a minute since I've had so much fun.
That said, CRIMINAL ECONOMICS was a single session read - blistering, laugh out loud funny, and balls to wall hard-boiled. It's been a minute since I've had so much fun.
September 3, 2017
Great, grim, fast paced crime noir. No hiding behind your hands for the squeamish or timid. The main characters are fascinating and the side stories, though almost too plenty, are chock-a-block full of fiery flavor all their own. Title says it all.
June 18, 2019
Absolutely needed to read this style of Crime novel right about now with all the lackluster shit I've started and stopped reading lately.
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