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A Stark and Stormy Night
2016
First Published
3.41
Average Rating
116
Number of Pages
It's 1946 and in a city that doesn't even know its name, crime lurks amongst the rats in every rainy alley, and it's up to detective Stark Raving to rub it out. As he fights the forces of darkness through a haze of scotch and regret, Raving comes face to face with his demons and his own gruesome death at the hands of the nastiest, stabbiest crime lord in the country. "Dead dames, blonde bombshells, gumshoes, and roscoes-Brand and Hart deliver the goods in this hilarious satirical parody of the golden age of pulp fiction." - Dashiell Chandler Spillane "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. But not Brand and Hart. They are just broken." - Ernest P. Hemingway "If James Patterson went insane and wrote a manuscript in feces on the wall of his cell, this would be the book." - Effing Scott Fitzgerald
Avg Rating
3.41
Number of Ratings
29
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
28%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
10%
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Authors

Craig Hart
Craig Hart
Author · 30 books

Craig A. Hart is a writer of thrillers. In a past life, he was also director for Northern Illinois Radio Information Service, a broadcast outreach that brought daily news and information to the visually impaired. In 2015, Kindle Press published his literary novel BECOMING MOON. NPR affiliate Northern Public Radio featured BECOMING MOON in their Winter Book Series, and it won Best Novel of Summer 2015 from Pinnacle Awards. He is also the author of the historical mystery NIGHT AT KEY WEST, which is based on true events. In 2016, he publishing SERENITY, the first book in the popular Shelby Alexander Thriller Series. Serenity alone has been downloaded over 400,000 times by eager readers. In 2022, he launched the Maxwell Barnes Adventure Thriller Series, co-written with S.J. Varengo. The award-winning first book in that series, MAYAN SHADOWS, was published on May 11, 2022. Two more books follow in that series: MAYAN THUNDER and MAYAN TEMPEST. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Craig lives in Iowa City, Iowa with his wife, sons, insane dog, and anti-social cat.

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