Lynn Kostoff, Author . Carroll & Graf $24 (225p) ISBN 978-0-7867-1165-9
This craftily written noir thriller by Kostoff (A Choice of Nightmares) stars Jimmy Coates, a downtrodden Phoenix ex-con whose primary goal in life is sidestepping his loan shark, Ray Harp ("the kind of guy who could make Darwin blush")....
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Lynn Kostoff, Tyrus (Consortium, dist.), $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-935562-13-9; $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-935562-12-2
Kostoff's disjointed noir thriller centers on the efforts of Ben Decovic, a former homicide detective in Ohio, to rebound from the death of his wife, gunned down in a shooting spree, by trying to solve a highprofile murder. Now a beat cop in...
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Lynn Kostoff. New Pulp (newpulppress.com), $15.95 trade paper (388p) ISBN 978-0-9899323-9-4
A food poisoning case plunges ace publicist Raymond Locke into a steep dive in this gritty noir from Kostoff (Late Fall). The action takes place in 1986 in fictitious St. Carlton, Ind., where Locke’s wealthy client, Lamar Dittell, of the poultry...
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Lynn Kostoff, Author, David Groff, Editor Crown Publishing Group (NY) $19 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-57466-9
Kostoff's debut novel takes a disturbing look at the drug trade and the destruction it wreaks, not only on users but on suppliers as well. Robert Staples is a Florida-based actor down on his luck. He's lost his wife and, despite numerous promotional
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