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Bottom Feeders

A Novel

by John Shepphird ...

A page-turning whodunit set in the wilds of a remote movie ranch, Bottom Feeders describes the hapless Hollywood cast and crew that eke out a living working on low-budget fare.Their ambitious TV movie needs to be made fast and cheap, but a brutal murder grinds production to a halt. An approaching forest fire forces everyone to evacuate. In the confusion not everyone gets out. Eddie is the ... Read more

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A page-turning whodunit set in the wilds of a remote movie ranch, Bottom Feeders describes the hapless Hollywood cast and crew that eke out a living working on low-budget fare.Their ambitious TV movie needs to be made fast and cheap, but a brutal murder grinds production to a halt. An approaching forest fire forces everyone to evacuate. In the confusion not everyone gets out. Eddie is the
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Denim, Diamonds and Death

Bouchercon Anthology 2019

by Rick Ollerman, Carole Nelson Douglas, John M. Floyd, Dana Haynes, Thomas Luka, Michael Allan Mallory, Angela Crider Neary, Laura Oles, Josh Pachter, John Shepphird, Debra Luttanzi Shutika, Julie Tollefson, Tim P. Walker, Robb White, Kenneth Wishnia, Mark Wisniewski ...

Denim, Diamonds and Death offers a fine collection from authors supporting the 50th Anniversary of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Dallas, Texas.Here are fifteen stories that run the gamut from heists to revenge, intricate plots to secrets uncovered, and more than a few tales that defy easy classification.Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the 2019 Bouchercon’s official ... Read more

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Denim, Diamonds and Death offers a fine collection from authors supporting the 50th Anniversary of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Dallas, Texas.Here are fifteen stories that run the gamut from heists to revenge, intricate plots to secrets uncovered, and more than a few tales that defy easy classification.Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the 2019 Bouchercon’s official
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Deception Specialist: A Jack O’Shea Novel

Jack O'Shea Novel, #1

by John Shepphird ...

Series Book 1 - Jack O'Shea Novel
Rooting out deception is Jack O'Shea's stock-in-trade.On the road to redemption from his criminal past, reformed-swindler-turned-private-eye Jack O'Shea investigates a strange death at a shadowy Northern California mountain college—a "visa mill" with clandestine ties to Silicon Valley.Accompanied by his retired racing greyhound, Jack discovers the college is built on top of an abandoned gold mine. ... Read more

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Rooting out deception is Jack O'Shea's stock-in-trade.On the road to redemption from his criminal past, reformed-swindler-turned-private-eye Jack O'Shea investigates a strange death at a shadowy Northern California mountain college—a "visa mill" with clandestine ties to Silicon Valley.Accompanied by his retired racing greyhound, Jack discovers the college is built on top of an abandoned gold mine.
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Black Cat Weekly #164

by John Shepphird, N.M. Cedeño, Ed Teja, Harding McFadden, Eleanor Hawkins, Hal Charles, John S. Glasby, E.C. Tubb, Philip E. High, Nelson S. Bond ...

This is our third Halloween issue of the month, with ghoulishly fun (and seasonally appropriate) tales from John Shepphird (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), father-and-daughter writing team Harding McFadden & Eleanor Hawkins, and British master John S. Glasby.We also feature mysteries by N.M. Cedeño (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Ed Teja, plus a vintage 1908 Holmes short ... Read more

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This is our third Halloween issue of the month, with ghoulishly fun (and seasonally appropriate) tales from John Shepphird (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), father-and-daughter writing team Harding McFadden & Eleanor Hawkins, and British master John S. Glasby.We also feature mysteries by N.M. Cedeño (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Ed Teja, plus a vintage 1908 Holmes short
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The Shill Trilogy

by John Shepphird ...

The ShillStruggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome new arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He admits he's a con man and needs Jane to pose as a rich, carefree heiress to fulfill her part in his intricate scam.Would you agree? Or run the other way?All goes as planned until Jane's true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams.It all ... Read more

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The ShillStruggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome new arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He admits he's a con man and needs Jane to pose as a rich, carefree heiress to fulfill her part in his intricate scam.Would you agree? Or run the other way?All goes as planned until Jane's true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams.It all
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Coast to Coast Noir

by Andrew McAleer, Paul D. Marks, Colleen Collins, Brendan DuBois, Alison Gaylin, Tom MacDonald, Michael Mallory, Dennis Palumbo, Stephen D. Rogers, John Shepphird, Beth Terrell, Dave Zeltserman ...

It doesn’t have to be the dark of a rainy night for it to be noir. It doesn’t have to be shadowy rooms of Venetian blinds. It doesn’t even have to be a femme fatale. Noir is somebody tripping over their own faults, somebody who has an Achilles heel, some kind of greed, or want or desire that leads them down a dark path, from which there is sometimes no return.No one is safe. There’s no place to ... Read more

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It doesn’t have to be the dark of a rainy night for it to be noir. It doesn’t have to be shadowy rooms of Venetian blinds. It doesn’t even have to be a femme fatale. Noir is somebody tripping over their own faults, somebody who has an Achilles heel, some kind of greed, or want or desire that leads them down a dark path, from which there is sometimes no return.No one is safe. There’s no place to
... Read more
Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 4

by Rick Ollerman, Michael Stanley, Frederick C. Davis, Arthur Klepchukov, J. Kingston Pierce, Lissa Marie Redmond, John Shepphird, Brian Silverman, Robb T. White ...

Issue four closes our exciting first year with the very talented debut of Arthur Klepchukov. His intelligent “A Damn Fine Town” is followed by film director and writer John Shepphird and a prequel to his award-nominated “Shill” trilogy, a bit of a teaser for those of you who may not have discovered Jane Innes…yet.Brian Silverman is up next with a story set on his fictional Caribbean island of St. ... Read more

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Issue four closes our exciting first year with the very talented debut of Arthur Klepchukov. His intelligent “A Damn Fine Town” is followed by film director and writer John Shepphird and a prequel to his award-nominated “Shill” trilogy, a bit of a teaser for those of you who may not have discovered Jane Innes…yet.Brian Silverman is up next with a story set on his fictional Caribbean island of St.
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Tennis Noir

Crime Fiction Anthology

Edited by John Shepphird ...

Series Book 1 - Sports Noir
Love means nothing in tennis.This is a collection of hand-picked authors contributing unique and original crime stories. Noir features protagonists that are either victims, suspects, or perpetrators-often self-destructive. It's all here: murder, revenge, heists, betrayal, double fault, break, advantage, and the dreaded alley. It's a racket.Stories by Scott Adleberg, Richard Brewer, Colin Campbell, ... Read more

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Love means nothing in tennis.This is a collection of hand-picked authors contributing unique and original crime stories. Noir features protagonists that are either victims, suspects, or perpetrators-often self-destructive. It's all here: murder, revenge, heists, betrayal, double fault, break, advantage, and the dreaded alley. It's a racket.Stories by Scott Adleberg, Richard Brewer, Colin Campbell,
... Read more
Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2

by Rick Ollerman, James O. Born, John M. Floyd, Arthur Klepchukov, Kyle Stout, Ken Luer, Stephen Marlowe, Steven Nester, Josh Pachter, Walter Satterthwait, John Shepphird, Don Stoll, Jeff Vorzimmer ...

Series Book 6 - The Magazine
There are a number of noteworthy articles in this issue of The Magazine.We are fortunate to feature some of the correspondence between two legends of crime fiction, Walter Satterthwait and Bill Crider, both of whom recently passed away. For those who knew Walter and Bill, or were just fans of their work, there is a touch of their personalities that comes through in these exchanges and, at least ... Read more

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There are a number of noteworthy articles in this issue of The Magazine.We are fortunate to feature some of the correspondence between two legends of crime fiction, Walter Satterthwait and Bill Crider, both of whom recently passed away. For those who knew Walter and Bill, or were just fans of their work, there is a touch of their personalities that comes through in these exchanges and, at least
... Read more
STOP THE WORLD: Snapshots from a Pandemic

an anthology: all profits go to charity

by Lise McClendon, Kate Flora, Taffy Cannon, Gary Phillips, George Arion, Meredith Blevins, Jacqui Brown, Robin Burcell, Tim Cahill, Richard Cass, Sarah M. Chen, Matt Coyle, John Clark, Z.J. Czupor, J. Madison Davis, Eoghan Egan, Dan Fesperman, Tami Haaland, Naomi Hirahara, Wendy Hornsby, Jody Jaffe, Paul Jeffcutt, Allen Morris Jones, Tatjana Kruse, Craig Lancaster, Adriana Liciio, Sharan Newman, Mike Monson, Donna Moore, Jim Nisbet, John Rember, Travis Richardson, Merrilee Robson, Caitlin Rother, Wendy Salinger, John Shepphird, Keith Snyder, Gerald So, Marion Stanley, Piet Tiegeler ...

HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER THE PANDEMIC?40 authors from around the world set out to record their innermost feelings-- to offer inspiring, heartfelt, creative takes on the Covid-19 pandemic. Crime fiction, elegant and angry poetry, and gut-wrenching personal essays: all paint a picture of the year and help us make sense of the sacrifices we've made in 2020.Thank you for your generous support: all ... Read more

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HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER THE PANDEMIC?40 authors from around the world set out to record their innermost feelings-- to offer inspiring, heartfelt, creative takes on the Covid-19 pandemic. Crime fiction, elegant and angry poetry, and gut-wrenching personal essays: all paint a picture of the year and help us make sense of the sacrifices we've made in 2020.Thank you for your generous support: all
... Read more
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Bottom Feeders

A Novel

by John Shepphird ...

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

A page-turning whodunit set in the wilds of a remote movie ranch, Bottom Feeders describes the hapless Hollywood cast and crew that eke out a living working on low-budget fare.Their ambitious TV movie needs to be made fast and cheap, but a brutal murder grinds production to a halt. An approaching forest fire forces everyone to evacuate. In the confusion not everyone gets out. Eddie is the ... Read more

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A page-turning whodunit set in the wilds of a remote movie ranch, Bottom Feeders describes the hapless Hollywood cast and crew that eke out a living working on low-budget fare.Their ambitious TV movie needs to be made fast and cheap, but a brutal murder grinds production to a halt. An approaching forest fire forces everyone to evacuate. In the confusion not everyone gets out. Eddie is the
... Read more

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The Shill Trilogy

by John Shepphird ...

Narrated by Kera O’Bryon ...

Series Audiobook 1-3 - The Shill Trilogy
Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

The ShillStruggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome new arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He admits he’s a con man and needs Jane to pose as a rich, carefree heiress to fulfill her part in his intricate scam. All goes as planned until Jane’s true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams. It all leads to a tangled maze of deception, ... Read more

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The ShillStruggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome new arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He admits he’s a con man and needs Jane to pose as a rich, carefree heiress to fulfill her part in his intricate scam. All goes as planned until Jane’s true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams. It all leads to a tangled maze of deception,
... Read more

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