In 1969, when Jack Estes was only 19 years old, he returned home to Portland, Oregon, after serving in the Vietnam War. Before Estes was wounded and decorated, he saw the bloody horrors of war, which naturally left their mark.…
Among edgy, gritty characters, writer Joe Ricker finds his place From the captivating first chapter, Joe Rickercrime thriller What terrible cunning dives into a grueling world of double crosses, false identities and murder. Much of that is due to the…
Zasada’s mean characters ask big questions Marc Porter Zasada likes to say he grew up in the suburbs, but whether they were in the Bay Area or somewhere near Washington, DC, it doesn’t really matter which one. “My great ambition…
Writer has been writing for more than three decades Richard Snodgrass has fleshed out the world of his fictional town of Furnass, Pennsylvania. Over the course of eight Furnass books, Snodgrass has used the setting to explore topics such as…
A Mystery Series Betting on the changing world of sports betting When I grew up in West Chicago, Tom FarrelI was immersed in sports: he was a member of his high school golf, basketball, and soccer teams, and he worked…