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Coming from Pegasus in November, 2008
Sam Reaves's new novel MEAN TOWN BLUES

Tommy McLain's a Kentucky boy just back from a rough tour in Iraq, trying to make a go of civilian life in Chicago. He's a good friend to have if you're a young woman being stalked by a creep with some heavy connections-- but Chicago may not be ready for the skills and reactions Tommy brought home from the war. Look for Sam Reaves's new suspense novel in the fall of 2008.

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HOMICIDE 69
published by Carroll and Graf

Barbara Fister has chosen Homicide 69 as one of her Crime Fiction Top Ten for 2007 Thanks to Barbara and check out her interesting blog, Barbara Fister's Place.

"Homicide 69 is broad-shouldered and ambitious, the big Chicago crime novel we've been waiting for.  A remarkable piece of work from Sam Reaves."

George Pelecanos

It's the summer of 1969, and veteran Chicago homicide detective Mike Dooley is investigating the brutal torture-murder of a young woman. The victim is a former Playboy bunny and mobster's girlfriend. Dooley suspects this is more than a sex killing, which leads him into the deep waters of mob intrigue and political corruption.

Homicide 69 is a gripping novel about a man, his family, and his times: As Dooley, whose own youth was sacrificed in the Pacific in World War II, scans the news for hopeful portents regarding his son Kevin, a Marine in the thick of the fighting in Vietnam, he sees the world changing before his eyes. The moon landing, Woodstock, the Manson murders, and riots in the streets provide a backdrop for the personal and professional crises precipitated by Dooley's stubborn refusal to give up on a crime nobody but him wants solved.

"This is the best journey into a cop's life I've read in  a long time.  Homicide 69 is so real you'll swear you've got a ringside seat inside the soul of the Chicago PD.  The pace is heart-pounding, the story is heart-rending.  Absolutely wonderful."

Ed Dee retired NYPD Lt, author of The Con Man's Daughter

DOOLEY'S BACK
In trade paperback from Carroll and Graf
NOW AVAILABLE

Yes, Dooley's back, Frank Dooley, that is, Mike's son and the hero of Sam Reaves's 2002 novel introducing the Dooley family. Dooley's Back has just been released in paperback by Carroll and Graf. Frank's back in town and he's got business to take care of...