Always a highlight when you have a new one out, pal. Absolutely primed for it.

Fuck yeah

Delacorte Press 1979 hardback first printing of Timothy Harris's novelization of Paul Schrader's script for his movie AMERICAN GIGOLO.

Even got a hardback release

One for the list - psychological horror as much as noir, but THE SEVENTH VICTIM has the same great style and photography as all the RKO crime films, and a pervading sense of existential menace. Also, the purest noir ending of any Golden Era studio picture. Amazing they got it past the code office.

Picked up a copy of this from Ortac. Gearing myself up, as it looks less like a book you read than one that happens to you.

Les dix immanquables romans et thrillers étrangers de l'année 2025 Dix romans noirs, dix histoires, pour dire le monde autrement, voici notre sélection de livres à (s')offrir à Noël.

Toujours un plaisir de voir @dominicnolan.bsky.social dans les listes de fin d’année. Les copains offrez (vous) Vine Street et White City.
Du très grand roman noir.

Thanks Nico, hadn't spotted that. 🤜🤛

And the photography is perfect. You're behind the screen, watching Graham watch the screen, and watching Crawford watching Graham, and the set design with the white and all the straight lines is 👌 Comparing that to how they shot the same scene in Red Dragon tells you everything about Mann vs Ratner.

Cinema's best figuring-it-out scene. "Haven't you, my man?"

A reader is worth more than the 17p I get from an Amazon deal, so not bad news. Hope you love it or hate it, but don't find it ordinary.

VINE STREET IS 99p ON KINDLE
One day only. Do it.

"A career-defining performance"
— THE TIMES Crime Novel of the Month

"Crime writing of the highest quality"
— DAILY MAIL

"Extraordinary"
— A TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES Book of the Year

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Weirdos will survive the dismal tide

I thought they missed an opportunity in Skyfall to cast a former Bond actor in the Raoul Silva role. Pierce Brosnan playing a psychotic former 00 agent would have raised some fun questions around identity.

Surely Bond is no different to Batman? Audiences would clearly accept a new Bond as being a different take, as they have done with every new Bond. The series has never been consistent on this - Lazenby's reference to "the other guy," versus Moore's terse response to mention of his late wife.

Oh, nice, lovely to hear 🙏

Going to apply this marketing lesson to all of my books. Henceforth, you can participate in a reading experience of each one for free, with only a small one-time possession fee*.

* one-time for each reading experience. T&Cs apply.

Me too. Went to his London event last week and had a chat with him and Joe Thomas over a pint afterwards. I remained cool at all times.

He's the only critic I know who does this. Older books are always new to someone, even critics. Good on him.

Congrats Marco, great to see

My goodness, sounds exciting.

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Twenty years after CONTROLLED BURN, his utterly essential American stories, there is finally another Scott Wolven collection. Each of his tales do more in a handful of pages than 99% of novels out there manage in hundreds. This is the real fuel.

White City by Dominic Nolan is 99p on Kindle right now.

This book's alright, and now it's incomprehensibly cheap to boot.

WHITE CITY for 99p. At that price, you might as well buy a copy even if you own a dead tree edition.

(Don't worry, authors don't require food or gas or leccy. We are fuelled by spite alone)

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Oh, Thatcher was way worse. I have something of a soft spot for Rachman as a character, and might return to him in some fuller way.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Elwyn!

Ha, well you wouldn't be the first person to find me unreadable... (there is a French translation coming in October, though, just in case)

Ah, superb. Good to hear, Nico. Hope it works for you 🤜🤛

🔪 CRIME FICTION EVENT! 🔪

We’ve a fantastic crime fiction event coming up for next week with two incredible authors! Guy Hale and @dominicnolan.bsky.social will be at our Stockport shop on Thursday 31st July discussing their brilliant new thrillers - PUT OUT THE LIGHT and WHITE CITY.

🎫👇🏻

Superb. Astonishing book. Congrats!

Je suis beach ⛱️

Cheers Laura, appreciate that very much 🤜🤛

I can recommend blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/home for international customers. The listed price of the book includes worldwide postage, and they're nothing to do with the Venetian groom.