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24 Hours to Kill / Blue Mascara Tears Paperback – August 1, 2023

by James McKimmey (Author), Nicholas Litchfield (Introduction)
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24 HOURS TO KILL

They were bringing in Jack Kelty. Though young, he had killed two men during a botched robbery. Thanks to reporter Martin Hillary, he is now something of a hero. Hillary is pursuing the caravan, followed by Kelty's young gang. But as the police caravan drives Kelty to justice, a savage storm floods the area, stranding them all in the small town of Blue Valley. Most of the men of Blue Valley are fighting the flood elsewhere. Only a handful are left in town to deal with Kelty's arrival. There's Steve Michaels, engaged to Mayor Ben Blake's daughter Sue; and Ben himself, who quickly appoints Steve sheriff as the flood cuts the town off from the rest of the country—and Ben's younger daughter Gretchen, who is very curious about this renegade in their midst....very curious indeed.

BLUE MASCARA TEARS

Jack Cummings is a San Francisco cop, an honest cop. Which is why he resents the way Knocko Cutter gets away with murder. Oh sure, nothing can be proved. But Cummings knows who killed the prostitute a few weeks ago, just like he knows who's behind the killing of a small time gambler in a downtown hotel. But Knocko has got the fix on his side. Cummings can't even trust his own partner. He doesn't even know if he should trust his captain. But one thing's for certain—he knows what he has to do. Cummings is an angry cop, a desperate cop, and he is going to get Knocko no matter what it takes.
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“He wrote several outright masterpieces … that were on the level of, or even better than, the works of better-known crime writers of his era, such as James M. Cain, David Goodis, and John D. MacDonald.” --Jason Starr, LA Review of Books

“The best to date of James McKimmey’s books is 24 Hours to Kill.” --Anthony Boucher, New York Times

“Blue Mascara Tears is a through-and-through success.” --Pulp International

About the Author

James McKimmey was born September 5, 1923, in Holdrege, Nebraska. He studied architecture at the University of Nebraska until World War II sidetracked him into the 102nd Infantry Division for three years. After that, he decided to focus on writing, eventually graduating from San Francisco University. McKimmey broke into the slicks in the mid-50s and then sold his first novel, The Perfect Victim, to Dell Books in 1957. Though known as a crime fiction writer, McKimmey also wrote science fiction, juvenile, western and adventure stories. He and his first wife, Marty, moved to South Lake Tahoe in the 1960s, where he continued to live and write for the next 50 years, passing away in Carson City on January 19, 2011.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C8XNDM54
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stark House Press (August 1, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8886010367
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.57 x 8.5 inches
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Nicholas Litchfield is the founder of the literary magazine Lowestoft Chronicle, author of the suspense novel Swampjack Virus, and editor of eleven literary anthologies. His stories, essays, and book reviews appear in many magazines and newspapers, including BULL, Colorado Review, Daily Press, Mobius Blvd, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Shotgun Honey, The Adroit Journal, The MacGuffin, and The Virginian-Pilot. He has also contributed introductions to numerous books, including twenty Stark House Press reprints of long-forgotten noir and mystery novels. Formerly a book critic for the Lancashire Post, syndicated to twenty-five newspapers across the U.K., he now writes for Publishers Weekly.

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