Life During Wartime and Other Stories

A blackjack 21 of stories of people caught up in crime facing bleak horrors or spun in the whirlpool of human absurdity this collects the best stories of Thomas Pluck.Take a ride on the neuter scooter in The Big Snip selected as one of the best crime stories of 2016. Follow a mountain man whos not what he seems into a snowbound frontier town where evil has sunk its claws. Dine at the most exclusive restaurant in New York where Eat the Rich takes on a whole new meaning. And meet Denny the Dent a hulking 350 pounds of muscle who wouldnt harm a fly...but wholl glad crush a bullys skull. And read the Jay Desmarteaux yarn that takes off where Bad Boy Boogie ends. Read the stories readers call hard-hitting bombs full of gut punches and belly laughs...and be ready to get Plucked. Praise for Thomas Pluck: Thomas Pluck is a crime writer to watch. Steeped in the genres grand tradition but with heart and bravado all his own his writing is lean smart and irresistibly compelling. --Megan Abbott author of You Will Know Me and QueenpinHe writes those quick hard-hitting bombs as well or better than anybody on the scene today. Keep em coming. --Wayne Dundee author of the Joe Hannibal PI series and creator of Hardboiled MagazineIf you dont know who Thomas Pluck is you will soon enough. His short fiction is all over the internet and he combines jabs of clever humor with full-impact gut shots. --Johnny Shaw author of Dove Season and Big Maria