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Mr. Finn Returns in Scar Tissue

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51-nAutN4ML._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_Scar Tissue
Trace Conger
paper $12.95 ebook $4.99

A few months ago I reviewed the first volume in a new PI series, The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger. At the time it was a finalist for the Shamus Award for best independently published novel. Since then, it has won the award. So congratulations to Mr. Conger for the win. It was well deserved. I’d also like to say thank you to him for the review copy of Scar Tissue.

The story picks up about three months after the end of The Shadow Broker.  Finn has moved from his house boat into an apartment in Cincinatti that he shares with his father.  He still spends weekends with his daughter.  He also spends a considerable amount of time with his new girlfriend, who just happens to be the nurse at his daughter’s school.  His ex-wife is still living with the doctor she left him for, but that’s about to change.  It seems the doctor has a little secret. Continue reading →

Dealing with The Shadow Broker

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The Shadow BrokerThe Shadow Broker
Trace Conger
$12.95 paper
$4.99 ebook

So back in the middle of June or thereabouts, I received an email from Trace Conger.  Mr. Conger had seen my post about the Shamus Awards.  His novel The Shadow Broker had made the final ballot for best independently published novel, and would I be interested in reviewing it?  I said I would, but I didn’t think I could get to it before sometime in August as I had a pretty full slate.  He said that would be fine and sent me an electronic copy.  (Many thanks, sir.)

In fairness, I can’t say whether The Shadow Broker is deserving of the award simply because I haven’t read any of the other independently published titles on the ballot.  But I can say that it certainly deserves to be on the ballot and should be hard to beat.  Continue reading →