A flash from the past this week: North Country Press, publisher of the first Jack McMorrow novel, DEADLINE, in 1993, is gearing up and selling the hardcover edition again.
And it’s such a deal, I felt I had to pass it on. Until Dec. 31, NCP is selling the book for $8.97, half the original price. You can click the link here, use Paypal or whatever. For people who have come late to the series, or weren’t old enough to read in 1993, this is your big chance.
I get a little nostalgic looking at the cover image here. (when the book was published there wasn’t such a thing as an image or a jpeg). Selling the first book was a rush I don’t think I’ve had in the writing trade since. The then-owners of this regional publisher took a chance on a first novel by a small-town reporter. It worked out for both of us.
So if you haven’t already, you might want to read about McMorrow and a murder in the paper-mill town of Androscoggin. Roxanne is in this one, but they hadn’t yet met Clair so McMorrow is on his own. And Androscoggin was a pretty rough place, especially for a reporter “from away.” I know, having spent six months in western Maine in McMorrow’s shoes.
In PORT CITY SHAKEDOWN, the first Brandon Blake novel, Brandon gets a full dose of bad guys. A brawl in a funeral home introduces him to Joel Fuller, a sociopathic hustler. Fuller is fresh out of jail and determined to take Brandon out—after Fuller and his sidekick Kelvin shake him down.
Rocky isn’t a tough guy. He’s a skinny little kid with crooked glasses, and he shouldn’t be homeless in Portland, Maine. When McMorrow and Roxanne pluck him from under the stomping feet of a gang of street kids, Rocky latches onto McMorrow–and drags him into a world of murder, both old and new. Why is McMorrow protecting Rocky? The cops want to know. Why is Rocky on the run? McMorrow wants to know. Why does death follow in Rocky’s wake? Jack and Roxanne need to find out before they’re added to the list. 
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