A Killer Story
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Based in part on personal journals, A Killer Story is a vigorous 5-day crime noir thriller with a memoir undertone. A takeoff on vintage detective fiction updated to modern media-hacking times. It's the morally strangled tale of a regular Joe (Teddy) who is coerced to take photos for a gang of vigilante New Orleans ex-cops who dispense justice and pain for profit and pleasure. He tries to skip town, is tracked down, and commanded to kill someone or his daughter will disappear, never to be found. He concocts an outlandish scheme that goes wildly off the rails and then some. It's a rollicking ride to the end.
Tom Vandel
Tom Vandel's latest book is a novella & stories titled The Lost Carnival. He's also written a crime noir novel (A Killer Story), a book of short stories (The Broken World), and a collection of poems (Goodbye Yellowstone Road). The latter two were selected as finalists in the High Plains Book Awards (2022, 2023). He has also collaborated on two art books: Strange Days - A Pandemic Journey and Driving Strangers - Diary of an Uber Driver. His writing has appeared in Montana Quarterly, Bel Esprit, The Atlantic (City Lab), Design Observer, Print Magazine, and Explore Big Sky.
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