Iris is watching Bronze. Bronze is following Carolyn. Carolyn is sleeping with Billy. Now Billy is dead and a killer is coming for them all.Washington, DC, 1997:A city stumbling toward recovery after a decade of violence, drugs, AIDS, and exodus. Bronze Goldberg—a soft-boiled private detective in a hard-boiled world—scrapes out a living stalking the steps of cheating spouses while bearing the trauma of the past like an open wound. But his latest assignment, surveilling the indiscretions of a stunning femme fatale, has entangled him in the murder of an up-and-coming congressman and made him the target of an unstoppable assassin. Meanwhile, the spiraling chaos of Bronze’s dangerous adventures has attracted the obsessive attention of his landlord, Iris Margaryan, a brilliant romance novelist who may hold the missing piece in the puzzle of Bronze’s fatal past. Can Bronze survive long enough to reach the ultimate truth?A gripping noir mystery—both intensely provocative and darkly thrilling—Blood and Mascara descends into the depths of the human soul before exploding in an ending too shocking to ever forget.

Edgar Award–Winning Author: A downhearted detective deals with missing persons and murder in the "psychologically acute and fast-moving crime series" (Booklist).Lew Fonesca is a guy just trying to get along. When his wife died in a senseless auto wreck, he got up and left his old life—and when his car gave out in sunny Sarasota, Florida, he stayed. He takes small process-serving gigs and various odd jobs helping people out, and he tries, although maybe not as hard as he should, to fix the gaping hole in his heart.But for a man who just wants to ease through life without any complications, Lew has a pretty full plate. The shrink he's been seeing for over a year wants him to finally dump all the grief he's carrying around so he can have more than a half-life. And Sally, the pretty single mom and social worker who's helped Lew in the past, wants to deepen their friendship. On top of that, a local minister asks him to find a town council member who's gone missing just before a crucial vote that could ruin a struggling community, and a distraught father comes to Lew to track down his wife and two kids, who Lew suspects ran off with the man's best friend.When people start showing up dead, Lew knows he's in way over his head—and this time he may not be able make it all come out okay. . . ."There are three things we've come to expect from a Kaminsky story: superb plotting, real-world dialogue and character development. He doesn't place a foot wrong in any of these departments in Midnight Pass." —Sarasota Herald-Tribune"Good dark fun." —Chicago Tribune

Other works by David Earth: By-Catch (A Shamus Pickford story #2); A Trip to the Myakka Cutoff (A Shamus Pickford story #3), and newly released Riviera Marina!A fast and funny Florida crime caper for fans of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, and Randy Wayne White.Meet Shamus Pickford — unlicensed fishing guide, part-time crime magnet.On his rare day off, he just wants beer, boats, and bad decisions with his hard-living buddy, Klinger Nowell. But their laid-back morning explodes when a low-flying plane dumps something into Charlotte Harbor… something illegal, valuable, and deadly enough to kill over.Klinger wants to check it out. Shamus wants to mind his own business.Klinger wins — and within hours, he’s kidnapped by two armed men aboard a shady boat called The Itinerant, leaving Shamus stranded with a broken fuel line and no plan.With help from Flip, his storm-soaked neighbor hiding in the mangroves, Shamus tracks the kidnappers to a derelict fish shack deep in Turtle Bay. But the tide’s rising, the thugs are desperate, and the cargo they’re guarding is worth more than either of them can imagine.To pull off a rescue, Shamus will need more than luck. He’ll need guts, grit, and every trick the backwaters ever taught him.Fast, funny, and fueled by Florida swagger, Turtle Bay launches the Shamus Pickford series — For fans of hard-edged coastal crime, blue-collar outlaws, and danger simmering in the shallows.About the author: David Earth is a passionate outdoorsman with a high fever for writing. Daily, on his skiff, he skims the shallow water of Charlotte Harbor brainstorming and researching his next story. When Earth’s not exploring his next plotline, you’ll find he’s quite the companion for adventure. You can contact David Earth here: earthtodavid101@gmail.com @earthtodavid101Perfect for readers of coastal noir crime thrillers and Florida crime fiction, TURTLE BAY blends small-town coastal mystery, organized crime suspense, and Southern backwater grit. Set against the mangroves and waterways of Southwest Florida, this crime adventure novel dives into kidnapping, danger, and the dark side of off-the-grid living. Fans of sea adventure mysteries and hard-boiled crime with rugged humor and high-stakes tension will feel right at home in this gritty, character-driven thriller.

There is no greater evil than man.After the body of a young woman is found washed up on the shore of the quaint New England town of Piscator Bay, Detective Meredith Greene is tasked with solving the grisly murder. She is joined by a mysterious Detective from Portland, whose own dark past may hold the clues to uncovering those responsible. Together they will delve into the seedy underbelly of what they believed was a pristine, and idyllic town.When it is over, will they still have hope for their futures, or will they witness such inhumanity that any goodness in their hearts is shattered forever?

HE’S GOT A TARGET ON HIS BACK...PITY THE WANNABE HIT MAN.Some dimwit in New York’s put out a contract on Lou Fleener, private detective and street fighter extraordinaire. A completely boneheaded move—these Big Apple goons have no idea who they’re dealing with.And a totally unjust one too—all Lou did was accidentally start a gang war in Chicago. Hardly worth mentioning.A few toughs try their luck at taking him out (and wish they hadn’t), but when an innocent citizen’s killed in a drive-by intended for Lou, he decides enough is enough. He figures he’ll just find out who’s footing the bill and ask them to cancel the contract.So Lou and Cassidy, his beautiful, fierce, and fiercely loyal sharp-shooter wife, head for New York, bringing Lou's unique brand of one-man gang warfare. He'd have been happy to talk it out. He asked nice, but they wanted a war. So they got Lou, who’s always way more trouble than anybody's ever expecting.Even with a bum ankle, Lou’s still the best street fighter in Chicago. And in New York, he’s also got a secret weapon—a smooth New York P.I. who knows his way around the local crime empires.As always, a good part of the fun is watching everyone underestimate a short, pudgy underdog, and the satisfaction of witnessing their thoroughgoing annihilation.New location and crime-fighting partner; same funny, quirky brand of noir, plus fast-moving action for hard-boiled fans and the latest episode in a one-of-a-kind, against-all-odds love story.Duane Lindsay’s genius for creating vibrant characters and brilliant plots is in top form here. He’s created a terrifying adversary who’ll keep readers on tenterhooks right up to the final stunning plot twist. Perfect for fans of the late Donald E. Westlake and Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr series.