Dying Is My Business is ranked by Kindle as the number 15 book in crime/heist fiction!
Not bad, eh? Soon my sneaky little urban fantasy novel will invade all the other subgenres!
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 by Alan Moore
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Alan Moore is still a mad genius, even this far along in his ongoing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. The first in a three-part, decades-spanning adventure, 1910 is light on plot (it’s all setup, basically) but still jam-packed with all the literary references and characters you’ve come to expect. Read it with Google nearby so you can look up all the names, especially the cast of literary magicians and occult detectives who show up or get name-checked, there are some great surprises there. Unfortunately, as with The Black Dossier, Moore’s obsession with nudity and sex has become somewhat intrusive to the narrative, but not enough to diminish my enjoyment of the story. Looking forward to the next volume, 1969!
Mark your calendars, West Coast fans, because later this month you’ll have a rare chance to meet this East Coast author and get books signed!
On Saturday, January 25th at 2 p.m., I’ll be appearing at Dark Delicacies, Del Howison and Sue Duncan’s amazing horror-themed book and gift store in Burbank, California. Appearing with me will be New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden and his Dark Duets co-conspirators Amber Benson and Jonathan Maberry.
I’ll be signing copies of Dying is My Business, but I’ll also be happy to sign anything else of mine you bring along or, preferably, buy there — Chasing the Dragon, General Slocum’s Gold, anthologies like Dark Fusions and Zombies vs. Robots: This Means War!, whatever you’ve got, bring ’em all. If I sign more books than Chris does — which is a tall order — I’m told by reliable sources that he’ll do a sexy dance for everyone.
Once again, that’s Saturday, January 25th at 2 p.m. at Dark Delicacies in Burbank. Be there or you’ll miss Chris’s sexy dance!
The Urban Politico is a website normally devoted to discussing “politics and current events from the perspective of the urban community,” but recently they’ve started reviewing books as well. I’d say they’ve got good taste, too, because back on Saturday they reviewed books by me and Stephen King. I’ll let Mr. King blog about his own review, but here’s a snippet of what they had to say about Dying Is My Business:
Yippee! I’m really delighted by how well received the book has been by reviewers and readers alike. That’s all I could hope for. Well, that and a World Fantasy Award, but let’s not get greedy!
The reviewer goes on to say this at the end:
I think I’ve figured out who Trent really is. I’m curious to see if I’m correct.
Heh. All I can say is, whoever he thinks Trent really is…he’s wrong.
