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Brash News: All Kinds of Praise

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We have a bunch of hot new releases, scores of great reviews, and a lot of breaking news this month... so here we go. ALL KINDS OF PRAISE Our discovery and publication this month of Ralph Dennis' lost manuscript ALL KINDS OF UGLY is big news in the publishing industry, making headlines in this week's issue of Publishers Weekly, who reported that "the story behind the discovery of the manuscript by Brash copublisher Lee Goldberg could have been lifted from the pages of a detective novel...." You can read all about it here. The critics at Publishers Weekly also loved ALL KINDS OF UGLY, saying in their review that Ralph's "strong prose and well-paced storytelling place him alongside... more

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Super Crime Combos from Brash Books

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We've combined the first few books in some of our best series of crime novels into single, omnibus volumes...to make it much easier to sample and experience these award-winning, highly acclaimed tales...and at a big savings over buying the individual books. You don't want to miss these Super Crime Combos! Now Available for Pre-Order...and delivered on Thanksgiving Day BRAGG V1 - The first three, powerhouse novels in Jack Lynch’s Edgar Award-nominated and two-time Shamus Award-nominated Bragg series of PI thrillers...now together for the first time ever in one omnibus edition!Pre-Order the Ebook Pre-Order the Trade Paperback THE COMPLETE DEEMER - All three of Dallas... more

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Brash News & $2.99 Supersale

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We're pleased to announce that we'll be republishing Geoffrey Miller's Edgar-award nominated THE BLACK GLOVE... which the Houston Post hailed as equally the best of Hammett and Chandler. Hardboiled detective lovers have been looking for this rare books for years... but now you'll be able to find it in ebook and paperback editions from Brash in May. And don't forget to enter our contest for a free Kindle Voyage loaded with ALL of our Brash Books. All you have to do is review any Brash crime novel on Amazon, your blog, Facebook or Google+ page and send us the link at brashbooks@gmail.com. Winners will be announced Dec. 15th. For a limited time, we're offering the first four of... more

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Creating Delilah West: Can’t swim? Dive in Anyway

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Death is Forever by author Maxine O'Callaghan

When I began writing my first novel, I was blissfully ignorant of that sage piece of advice: Write what you know. I wasn't a cop, or a pathologist, or a special agent for the FBI. Besides a stint in the Marine Corp Reserve, I was, first, a secretary, then a stay-at-home housewife and mother who read. A lot. Mostly mysteries and suspense with an emphasis on private eye fiction. So it seemed perfectly natural to me that when one of my first short stories, A Change of Clients, appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine in 1974, it featured a private detective. My only concession to the write-what-you-know maxim was to make my detective a woman, because, well, I was one. It really... more

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Brash Words: Lots of Positive Buzz Leading Up to Our Sept 2 Launch

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Treasure Coast by author Tom Kakonis

We're only a few days from our Sept. 2nd launch and already we're getting a lot of positive buzz. We were thrilled by an interview with our co-founders, Lee Goldberg & Joel Goldman, in Kirkus Reviews. Here's an excerpt: The Brash editions I’ve seen so far are handsome, trade-size paperbacks, with bold cover imagery and elegant interior design. “Joel and I decided right off that we were either going to do this ‘first-class’ or not at all,” says Goldberg, “with high-quality covers that vividly and definitively establish a franchise for each author or series that we are publishing. We also decided that our covers would be contemporary, regardless of when the stories take... more

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Delilah West – Crime Fiction’s First Female Private Eye

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Death is Forever by author Maxine O'Callaghan

Bestselling author Marcia Muller, creator of the Sharon McCone mysteries, talks about her fondness for Maxine O’Callaghan’s groundbreaking private eye, Delilah West. Before dozens of fictional female private investigators took to the mean streets, Delilah West had already solved her first case, in the short story, “A Change of Clients.” Before dozens of women authors began to alter the face of a previously male-dominated subgenre, Maxine O’Callaghan introduced her engaging detective to wide audiences in the action-packed and emotionally charged novel Death is Forever. Now this impressive start to an excellent series has been re-issued by Brash Books. Readers who are already... more

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