Books by Tom Piccirilli
The Last Kind Words
From International Thriller Writers Award winner and Edgar Award nominee Tom Piccirilli comes a mesmerizing suspense novel that explores the bonds of family and the ways they're stretched by guilt, grief, and the chance for redemption. Raised in a clan of small-time thieves and grifters, Terrier Rand decided to cut free from them and go straight after his older brother, Collie, went on a senseless killing spree that left an entire family and several others dead. Five years later, and days before his scheduled execution, Collie contacts Terry and asks him to return home. He claims he wasn't responsible for one of the murders--and insists that the real killer is still on the loose. Uncertain whether his brother is telling the truth, and dogged by his own regrets, Terry is drawn back into the activities of his family: His father, Pinsch, who once made a living as a cat burglar but retired after the heartbreak caused by his two sons. His card sharp uncles, Mal and Grey, who
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Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying
by Tom Piccirilli, David Handler, Bill Crider, Dean James
Praise for the first Damn Near Dead anthology:
"Some [of the stories] are hilarious; many are sad; all are the kind of stuff that makes Miss Marple look like a Girl Scout."Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune
"The best anthology I've read this year."Jennifer Jordan, CrimeSpree Magazine
They're old . . . they're bold . . . they're uncontrolled. Senior citizens kick ass in this wildly original hard-boiled sequel to Busted Flush Press' first award-winning "geezer noir" anthology, Damn Near Dead.
Edited by Bill Crider (whose Damn Near Dead story "Cranked" earned him a Derringer Award and was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards), this anthology features original stories by some of today's top crime and suspense writers, including Patti Abbott, Ace Atkins, Neal Barrett Jr., C. J. Box, Declan Burke, Scott Cupp, Christa Faust, Ed Gorman, Carolyn Haines, David Handler, Gar Anthony Haywood, Cameron Hughes, Dean James, Jennifer Jordan, Toni Kelner, Joe R. Lansdale, Russel McLean, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Gary Phillips, Scott Phillips, Tom Piccirilli, Bill Pronzini, Cornelia Read, James Reasoner, Kat Richardson, S. J. Rozan, Anthony Neil Smith, and Don Winslow.
The first Damn Near Dead anthology earned one Derringer Award, two more Derringer nominations, two Anthony nominations, and one nomination for the Edgar Award.
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