Scoundrel available for FREE

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Jun 122013
 
For just a few days SCOUNDREL (A Noah Milano novelette) is free!
Check it out here http://www.amazon.com/Scoundrel-Noah-Milano-Novelette-ebook/dp/B009L5Q8Q0/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1371034212&sr=1-3


THE STORY
A pregnant woman hires ex-mob fixer and security specialist Noah Milano to track down the man who got her pregnant. When it turns out this man is quite the scoundrel Noah gets involved with Russian gangsters and a murder case.

PRAISE
''The writing is fresh and vivid and lively, paying homage to the past while standing squarely in the present." -James W. Hall, author of Silencer.

''Great pop sensibility with a nod to the classic L.A. PIs.'' - David Levien, author 13 Million Dollar Pop

'Noah Milano walks in the footsteps of the great P.I,.'s, but leaves his own tracks." - Robert J. Randisi, founder of PWA and The Shamus Award

"J. Vandersteen takes us back to the glory days of pulp fiction. And I mean the genre, NOT the movie. His Noah Milano character rings completely true as a tough, lone-wolf private." - Jeremiah Healy, author of TURNABOUT and THE ONLY GOOD LAWYER


Free PI fiction from Nathan Gottlieb

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Apr 292013
 
One of my favorite new PI writers is Nathan Gottlieb, a boxing reporter who writes about ex-DEA legend-turned-PI Frank Boff. Both his novels were very positively reviewed by me.
Now, The Punishing Game, the second novel in the series can be yours for free this Monday and Tuesday! Pick it up here.

Guilt (A Noah Milano novella) for free!!!

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Apr 052013
 
Haven't read my fiction yet? The next four days offers a great opportunity for it. My newest novella, GUILT will be free for your Kindle.
Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Guilt-Noah-Milano-novella-ebook/dp/B00BC6F3Q2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360269851&sr=1-1
Don't be afraid to spread the word about it!

The story:
Years ago Noah Milano was the son and bodyguard of gangster boss Robert Milano. He was forced to shoot Lisa Waxman's father, turning her into an orphan, saddling him with a lifetime of guilt.
Now, Noah Milano has broken off all ties to his father and tries to make an honest living as a security specialist. He finds out Lisa's stepfather is accused of being one of the vilest, most sadistic serial killers of California. This is Noah's chance to find redemption. He swears to prove his innocence. It seems not everyone agrees with his quest, though. Soon not only Noah but his dearest friends are in mortal danger...
What makes this one extra cool is the short flashback in the first chapter to Noah's past and the fact this is the longest Noah Milano story since the novel White Knight Syndrome.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SHAMUS SAMPLER ARE OPEN

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Mar 202013
 

Hi All,

I decided to set the deadline a few months later so more people can contribute to the Shamus Sampler.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SHAMUS SAMPLER ARE OPEN

What am I looking for?
Stories (5000 words max) featuring unlicensed and / or licensed private investigators. Sent me the story and a one line summary of it, as well as a short bio. I will look at reprints but original stories are preferred.
You can email it to me as a word document at jvdsteen@hotmail.com. 

Deadline?
september the 1st, 2013

What am I paying?
Nothing, but your work is showcased in this sampler designed to bring more attention to PI writers. You will keep all rights, digital and print.

What will it be?
It will be a 99 cent priced anthology on Kindle. I will be making it free a lot of times to make sure a lot of people read it.

Let me know if you want to contribute. Since I am a fan of your work you're pretty sure to have your story published.

best
Jochem Vandersteen
http://sonsofspade.blogspot.com/

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SHAMUS SAMPLER ARE OPEN

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Feb 262013
 

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SHAMUS SAMPLER ARE OPEN
What am I looking for?
Stories (5000 words max) featuring unlicensed and / or licensed private investigators. Sent me the story and a one line summary of it, as well as a short bio. I will look at reprints but original stories are preferred.
You can email it to me as a word document at jvdsteen@hotmail.com. 
Deadline?
April the 1st, 2013
What am I paying?
Nothing, but your work is showcased in this sampler designed to bring more attention to PI writers. You will keep all rights, digital and print.
What will it be?
It will be a 99 cent priced anthology on Kindle. I will be making it free a lot of times to make sure a lot of people read it.



Fact and Fiction

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Feb 042013
 

What a great weekend for reading about crime writers and their real-life roles within the intelligence community. First there was this fascinating piece in The New York Times Magazine about Gérard de Villiers, who takes testimony from his spy friends and incorporates them wholesale into his novels, changing only the names (and in one gaffe, forgetting to do even that). Then I came across this article in The Guardian about the M15 investigating Agatha Christie’s contacts after one her characters in N or M came a little too close to imitating life.



Now I’m racing through the last 60 pages of Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo’s forthcoming SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Scorpion, and I was  surprised to find the plot revolving around accurate and extremely current information about post-Gaddafi Libya. We know that Don Mann is a former Navy SEAL, and Ralph Pezzullo has written a previous novel with a CIA operative. Could one or both of them have contacts “on the inside”? How much of Hunt the Scorpion will later be revealed as fact, as with de Villiers’s S.A.S. series? I may have to shoot the authors an email, because this inquiring mind wishes to know.

New Mike Dalmas story available!

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Jan 112013
 
Read about the action hero that makes Jack Reacher look like Tom Cruise... For free!


FOR FANS OF LEE CHILD'S JACK REACHER, MATT HILTON, STEPHEN LEATHER, ANDREW PETERSON AND DAVID BALDACCI

Husband, father, vigilante... Mike Dalmas left Special Forces to become a dedicated family man, but when his daughter gets molested he had his revenge, killing the pervert who committed the crime.
Now the Bay City cops keep him out of jail if he takes care of their dirty work. The things their badge won't allow them to do but for which Dalmas has the right skill set.

When the Bay City police is blackmailed with a tape showing police brutality Mike Dalmas has to destroy the tape before a riot destroys the city. But shouldn't the cops involved get punished?

PRAISE FOR THE MIKE DALMAS SERIES AND AUTHOR...

‘An action hero with a liking for justice rather than law – Mike Dalmas
is my kind of guy.’ Zoë Sharp, author of the Charlie Fox novels

''The writing is fresh and vivid and lively, paying homage to the past while standing squarely in the present." -James W. Hall, author of Silencer.

New Noah Milano novelette is out now!

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Oct 052012
 
Behind a great cover by Big Kiss Productions lurks another great Noah Milano story....

FOR FANS OF ROBERT B. PARKER AND ROBERT CRAIS

A pregnant woman hires ex-mob fixer and security specialist Noah Milano to track down the man who got her pregnant. When it turns out this man is quite the scoundrel Noah gets involved with Russian gangsters and a murder case.

Praise by other authors:
''The writing is fresh and vivid and lively, paying homage to the past while standing squarely in the present." -James W. Hall, author of Silencer.

''Great pop sensibility with a nod to the classic L.A. PIs.'' - David Levien, author 13 Million Dollar Pop

'Noah Milano walks in the footsteps of the great P.I,.'s, but leaves his own tracks." - Robert J. Randisi, founder of PWA and The Shamus Award

"J. Vandersteen takes us back to the glory days of pulp fiction. And I mean the genre, NOT the movie. His Noah Milano character rings completely true as a tough, lone-wolf private." - Jeremiah Healy, author of TURNABOUT and THE ONLY GOOD LAWYER
 
Buy it here.
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