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According to the book description of
Father's Day: A Mystery,
“Keith Gilman’s provocative debut is a
dark and atmospheric tale of an ex-cop
from Philadelphia who must face old
ghosts.
Louis Kline, PI, is asked to track down the
missing teenage daughter of an old
friend. In doing so, he uncovers
truths about the alleged suicide of
his friend, a fellow officer with the
Philadelphia Police Department. They
shared accusations that ended both
their careers, and a love for the same
woman. As Louis further investigates,
he comes to understand the tortured
life of the girl he’s trying to find,
and some truths about himself.
Keith Gilman knows how cops think and he
pulls back the curtain on a disturbing
vision of a decaying urban world,
haunted by shadows of deceit and
death. Father’s Day, a novel of great
psychological depth and stark visual
imagery, is a terrifying exploration
of what lies at the heart of our
deepest fears.”
According to the book description of My
Brother's Keeper, “Second in
the gripping, hard-hitting Lou Klein
detective series - Sins that ex-cop
Lou Klein thought he'd buried return
to haunt him when a woman from his
past reappears. Born into a family of
cops, Franny Patterson married into a
family of crime when she wed Brian
Haggerty, owner of one of
Philadelphia's hottest nightclubs. Now
she wants out - and she has approached
her former love, Lou Klein, for help.
While he can't ignore her plea, Klein
suspects that Franny is keeping
secrets from him, and when her
overprotective older brother is
killed, the stakes become even higher
. . .”
According to the book description of
Bad Habits it “is an anthology
of Keith Gilman's short stories. “The
best fiction has this feeling that
someone’s just leaned close to whisper
in our ear, ‘I’ve something important
to tell you.’ Keith Gilman’s debut
novel has and sustains that quality
from the first page. You know right
away that you’re in the hands of a
natural and very fine storyteller.
Authenticity, voice, the sense of
lives beyond the page, all those
things we crave as readers and for
which we work so hard as writers,
tossing the bones, hoping the magic
will work--all are solidly, soundly in
place.” —James Sallis, author of Drive
“Dark, gritty, and hauntingly lyrical,
Keith Gilman writes Noir with the
authenticity of a cop who has actually
worked the mean streets.” —Robin
Burcell, author of Face of a Killer
“…Grabbed me by the collar and
wouldn’t let go. Gilman’s voice is a
powerful new addition to the crime
fiction community.”
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