Blood Crimes: Book One

Blood Crimes is a genre-bending collision of dark urban fantasy and crime that rides shot-gun with Jim and Carol as they carve a homicidal path cross-country. Jim is infected with the vampire virus. Carol isn't. Yet. But they're united in their hunt for society’s most dangerous predators for Jim's dinner -- so he can feed without harming the innocent. What they don't know is that they're not alone. There are others on their trail, and the climax of Blood Crimes is a shocking jolt of pure mayhem and rock 'n roll violence.‘I've just read the manuscript of Dave Zeltserman's new novel, Blood Crimes. This is one of the few fresh takes on vampirism I've read in years. It's as if Charles Bukowski sat down and said, OK, Bram Stoker, how about this?’ -- Ed Gorman, author of Cage of Night and The Poker Club.'Blood Crimes is fast. It's visceral. It's definitely not your fourteen-year-old sister's dreamy vampire fantasy. This book grabs you by the guttiwuts, wrenches hard, and doesn't let go... But don't get me wrong, this isn't your run-of-the-mill shock literature. Zeltserman weaves a disturbing noir with a passionate craftsman's hand over his characters.' Mindy MacKayPraise for OUTSOURCED"A dark, lightening-paced read" Financial Times"A small gem of crime fiction" Booklist"Outsourced is a dryly witty take on the heist caper genre... fast-paced action romp" London Times"Bodies mount up as the double dealing and revenge gather apace. The blurb on the book describes it as a "fast-paced, edge-of-your seat crime novel," and it really does live up to the hype. Add this to your holiday reading list for a piece of escapism." Morning Star"A finely paced, witty and stylish take on the heist caper novel. More than most authors churning out mysteries, Zeltserman is fully steeped in the conventions of crime fiction. He remains absolutely his own hard man." The Australian"Dave Zeltserman's OUTSOURCED is a speedy, gritty, hardboiled bank robbery tale that bops and weaves along as a group of out-of-work computer programmers decide to get their hands dirty and find they like it a lot. As with Zeltserman's previous novels SMALL CRIMES, PARIAH, and KILLER, his greatest storytelling skill is in the small true, emotional details that every reader will understand. He will definitely keep you flipping pages as fast you can, and once you finish one book you'll be racing on to the next." Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow Season and The Cold SpotPraise for THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD"delicious horror-ish novel" Newsday"Superb mix of humor and horror" Publishers Weekly, starred review"superbly crafted horror story" Booklist"Harrowing. Zeltserman colors it black with the best of them." Kirkus Reviews"a very darkly funny dark fantasy" Locus Magazine"THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD succeeds as a horror novel, a psychological thriller and a haunting parable, even in some ways that Zeltserman may not have intended. There are dark levels to this work, some of which are immediately evident and others of which reveal themselves only upon later reflection. I don’t know if the book will come to be regarded as a classic, either now or at some point in the future, but it deserves to be." BookReporterDave Zeltserman won the 2010 Shamus Award for 'Julius Katz' and is the acclaimed author of the ‘man out of prison’ crime trilogy: Small Crimes, Pariah and Killer, where Small Crimes (2008) and Pariah (2009) were both picked by the Washington Post as best books of the year. His recent The Caretaker of Lorne Field received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly, calling it a 'superb mix of humor and horror', and was shortlisted by ALA for best horror novel of 2010. His upcoming book Outsourced (2011) has already been called 'a small gem of crime fiction' by Booklist and has been optioned by Impact Pictures and Constantin Film and is currently under development.

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CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR DAVE ZELTSERMAN "Zeltserman is the author of increasingly accomplished crime novels, distinguished by spare and crisp prose, believable dialogue,imaginative plot twists and tightly wound characters who don''t wear out their welcome." Newsday "deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy." Publishers Weekly, starred review"There's a new name to add to the pantheon of the sons and daughters of Cain:Dave Zeltserman. His new novel, Small Crimes, is ingeniously twisted and imbued with a glossy coating of black humor... The plot of Small Crimes ricochets out from [its] claustrophobic opening, and it's a thing of sordid beauty." Maureen Corrigan for NPR's Best Books of 2008"as nasty and clever as noir can get...a dark gem of a story...a macabre delight to read" NPR's Fresh Air"Harrowing. Zeltserman colors it black with the best of them." Kirkus Reviews "A strong piece of work, lean and spare, but muscular where a noir novel should be." The Boston Globe "If there's any other young writer out there who does crime noir better than Zeltserman, I don't even want to know...I'd say Zeltserman can't top Pariah for its sheer diabolical inventiveness, but he probably will." The Washington Post "Small Crimes proves a deft entry in the tradition that goes back to Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me,James M.Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice and Charles Willeford's High Priest of California -- small masterpieces celebrating the psychopath as a grinning archetype, as American as apple pie." Sun-Sentinel "Pariah is sure to catapult Zeltserman head and shoulders above other Boston authors. This is not only a great crime book, but a gripping read that will crossover to allow greater exposure for this rising talent." BOOKGASM"Dave Zeltserman is one of the new, highly original voices in crime fiction, his writing spare, disciplined and concrete. His plots are as original as anyone writing hard-boiled fiction with an attractive noir edge, and always grimly entertaining." The Australian "I've been crazy about Dave Zeltserman's books since the beginning; Fast Lane was an early Hardboiled Pick. His trilogy of Small Crimes,Pariah, and Killer should be indispensable to the reading list of any follower of modern noir fiction. This latest book [Outsource] simply kicks ass and is one of the most fun and twisted reads I've had in ages." Patrick Millikin, Poisoned Pen Bookstore "It's the kind of book that is going to spoil whatever I read next, as it's going to be found wanting compared to this. This is a book that anyone with even the slightest interest in the crime or thriller genres simply must get their hands on, as it's bound to have a huge impact on you." TheBookbag "Pariah is all I know of bliss and lament. Bliss at reading a superb novel, and lament at Knowing that Zeltserman has now raised the bar so high, we're screwed." Ken Bruen

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