SMOKE KINGS by Jahmal Mayfield

SMOKE KINGS Jahmal Mayfield (jahmalmayfield.com) Melville House (mhpbooks.com) £16.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Following the racially-motivated murder of one of their number, a small group of New Jersey friends decide to take the law into their own hands. But rather than seek revenge on the boys who killed their friend, they […]

INFLUENCES: The Sum of our Experiences by JASON STARR

Name: JASON STARR Author of: SAVAGE LANE (2015) On the web: http://www.jasonstarr.com On Twitter: @JasonStarrBooks "Who are your influences?" This is a question all writers get, and I think I’ve given a different answer each time I’ve been asked. To some degree, it depends on my mood. If I’m feeling a little haughty and literary, […]

THE POINT by Gerard Brennan

THE POINT Gerard Brennan (www.gerardbrennan.co.uk) Pulp Press (www.pulppress.co.uk) £7.99 Coming, as I do, from the wilds of West Belfast, I have an aversion to the Norn Irish accent on film and television; for me, there’s something distinctly cringe-worthy about it, a fact that is probably best exemplified every time Liam Neeson opens his mouth (who […]