I’m sure I’ve said it before, but books are like buses. Nothing new for ages and then two come along at once!
Today it’s the turn of this tasty collection of noir stories from Shotgun Honey, entitled ‘Recoil’. It’s packed with good stuff from a grand total of 23 authors, many of them well known on the crime and noir circuits. And alongside those is my own offering, a dark story called ‘Jericho’.
In this, the Bible story of Joshua blowing down the walls of Jericho takes on an all-too personal meaning for a demolition expert working on a tower block in Birmingham. You could say the moral of the tale is not to trust the local crime boss – or an aggrieved youngster looking to make their mark on the world. As usual with my stories it doesn’t necessarily end well!
‘Recoil’ has been released today and you can find it as paperback and e-book on Amazon. I’ll post a few more details about the story in the coming days, but in the meantime why not check it out – before you get run over by the proverbial bus!
Sounds like a great read, Tess!! There is variety, but at the same time, there are themes that tie the stories together, that what makes it a good collection, I think.
Shotgun Honey usually seem to stuff their anthologies with great stories. 🙂