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“Violent, hilarious, and touching.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Mixing comedy with the ugly side of human experience is never an easy trick, but Shaw is well on his way to becoming a master at this difficult craft.”
– Booklist
“Hits the right note. . . Readers who enjoy mysteries and suspense novels with plenty of action and humor will delight in this series.” – Library Journal
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About the Book
Johnny Shaw’s debut, Dove Season (2011), won the Spotted Owl Award for Debut Mystery, was nominated for a Spinetingler Award, and earned year-end “Best of” mentions from outlets including Booklist, Grift Magazine, Barnes & Noble’s Mystery Blog, LitReactor, Spinetingler Magazine, and Murder by the Book. His next book, Big Maria (2012), was awarded an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original.
In PLASTER CITY (Thomas & Mercer, May 1, 2014), Shaw returns to California’s Imperial Valley for another raucous caper featuring Dove Season’s Jimmy Veeder and his best friend Bobby Maves.
Two years after he returned home to the desert, Jimmy has settled into a steady life as a farmer and family man, with occasional breaks to act as wingman during Bobby’s booze-fueled misadventures. When Bobby’s estranged teenage daughter Julie goes missing, there’s no question that Jimmy will be along for the rescue mission. But what begins as merely a bad situation soon turns into something else entirely. Jimmy, Bobby, and their ragtag cavalry find themselves – and Julie – caught up in the middle of a violent turf war between a fierce motorcycle gang and a powerful local crime lord, fighting it out on a desolate strip of desert known as Plaster City.
A bruising, boisterous, big-hearted escapade through the dusty landscape of the California-Mexico borderland, PLASTER CITY is a joyride worth joining from rising star Johnny Shaw.
PLASTER CITY: A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco by Johnny Shaw
On-Sale Date: May 1, 2014 * Price: $14.95 * Format: Trade Paperback, Audio, and E-Book * Thomas & Mercer
About the Author
Johnny Shaw is the author of the novels Dove Season and Big Maria, which won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original Novel. He is also the editor of the online fiction quarterly Blood & Tacos. Johnny received his MFA in screenwriting from UCLA and over the course of his writing career has seen his screenplays optioned, sold, and produced. For the last dozen years, Johnny has taught screenwriting. He has lectured at both Santa Barbara City College and UC Santa Barbara. Johnny lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, artist Roxanne Patruznick.
At the end of the blog tour, a tour-wide winner will be selected to win a Kindle Fire HD and an e-copy of PLASTER CITY!
At the end of the blog tour, a tour-wide winner will be selected to win a Kindle Fire HD and an e-copy of PLASTER CITY!
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