James D F Hannah

Taking the revolver was their first mistake. Using it was their second.Marlin Hattenburg has no idea of the mayhem he's about to unleash when he discovers an ugly gun while at work. Holding the snub-nose revolver fills him with hope that his marital problems will soon melt away.He's dead wrong.The same pistol soon winds up in the hands of a junkie, followed by a mother, a spy, and even a failed clown. Each of them believes a found revolver to be good fortune or a solution to their problems. They, too, are wrong.How does one discarded revolver lead to so much trouble? Follow the gun through one Pacific Northwest summer and find out.Lost and Loaded: a Gun's Tale is a collection of fourteen stories from crime fiction's freshest voices. Get your copy today and experience a summer of broken dreams and murder.

Shotgun Honey Presents twenty stories of love, connection, and struggle from twenty authors celebrating the power of women.Including stories from Francelia Belton, Jason Butkowski, JamesHannah, Karen Harrington, Curtis Ippolito, Cate Moyle, Jonathan Newman, Lori Robbins, John Rohr, Jessica Slee, Rob Smith, Mary Thorson, Julie Tollefson, Ilyn Welch, Holly West, Michael Wiley, Maura Yzmore, Meagan Lucas, Bobby Mathews, and editor Ron Earl Phillips.This anthology will benefit Breast Cancer research.

Backed with campaign funds from the owner of the local strip club, ex-state trooper and recovering alcoholic Henry Malone's running for sheriff. But because he can't say no to a bad idea, he also agrees to look for a pregnant woman's missing ex-con boyfriend. With his well-armed AA sponsor Woody in tow, Henry's search for the boyfriend soon connects with a homicide investigation run by Lt. Jackie Hall-probably the last cop in West Virginia who still likes Henry. A violent confrontation leaves Jackie near-death and Henry determined to find justice. Except vengeance isn't simple for Henry, especially when an old enemy appears out of nowhere, more bodies stack up, and a series of betrayals and double crosses climax with a morning assault on a farm house that pits Henry and Woody against a deadly band of criminals with nothing to lose. Critical Acclaim for Because the Night "Henry Malone deserves to be up there with Matt Scudder and Harry Hole among our best, funniest, toughest detectives, and James D. F. Hannah is among our best chroniclers of America's sketchy underside." -Nick Kolakowski, author of Love & Bullets and Boise Longpig Hunting Club "James D.F. Hannah delivers another dose of heart, humor, and haymakers to the Henry Malone series with Because the Night, leaving us clawing at the pages, and proving why he's one of the best writers working today." -Eryk Pruitt, author of Something Bad Wrong "Private eye Henry Malone is a worthy descendant of both Robert B. Parker's Spenser and Elmore Leonard's Raylan Givens, and he carries on the family tradition in style in Because the Night. James D.F. Hannah delivers a backwoods barroom brawl of a novel that will leave you bloodied and ready for more." -Scott Von Doviak, author of Lowdown Road and Charlesgate Confidential "James D.F. Hannah solidified himself among the greats of mystery fiction long ago. With Because the Night he sets himself apart. It's a well written page turner reminiscent of Dave Robicheaux but has a smart-assery that will keep you laughing." -Mark Westmoreland, author of A Violent Gospel and A Mourning Song "Quick-witted and light on its feet. If Ace Atkins and Chris Offutt had a child it would be James D.F. Hannah." -Colin Campbell, acclaimed author of the Jim Grant thrillers Snake Slayer and The Uncle Dust Trilogy "Henry Malone's beat is the dark country roads, literally and metaphorically, of rural West Virginia. Hannah's plot is gripping and fast paced. His prose evokes Chandler and Parker. He honors the private eye genre by expanding its frontier and creating an unforgettable detective you will want to follow down the darkest of country roads." -Mark Troy, author of Splintered Loyalty, an Ava Rome mystery "In Because the Night, James Hannah has brewed the perfect pot of West Virginia action, humor, sarcasm, lust, violence, and rat-a-tat dialogue. His colorful characters pop off the page, so thank goodness Henry Malone is back, because someone's gotta protect and suffer for the sins of the rest of us." -Charles Salzberg, multiple Shamus Award-nominated author

It's the kind of offer only Henry Malone would get: Local strip club owner Wallace "Bada" Bingham wants Henry to run for sheriff of Parker County, West Virginia, and he's willing to back the candidacy. But while Henry considers the proposal, Bingham's got an additional job offer: Investigate the robbery of a money-counting room at a washed-up country musician's concert. Indecent proposals, semi-pro wrestlers, and a dead body soon follow, and Henry, along with his well-armed A.A. sponsor Woody, soon discover Bingham's not telling him everything. To find the answers, catch the killer, and retrieve the money, Henry and Woody must put everything at risk and confront the forces who want control of Parker County-no matter what the costs, or who has to die. Praise for Books in the Henry Malone Series: "James D.F. Hannah is the real deal... (He) shows with this book he has no trouble holding his own against Robert B. Parker and Lawrence Block." -Dave Zeltserman, author of Small Crimes and Pariah, for She Talks to Angels "Friend of the Devil is a blisteringly paced tour-de-force of the American underbelly, packed with crackling dialogue and pulse-pounding violence." -Nick Kolakowski, author of Boise Longpig Hunting Club and Absolute Unit

Sheriff Matt Simms' days are numbered. Diagnosed with liver cancer, and waiting for a transplant, Simms remains steadfast to the things that matter: his friends, his wife, and his duty to protect the citizens of Parker County. The series of home invasions on the elderly is sudden, savage, and seemingly without motive. Shaken to his core by the brutality, Simms delves deeper into the attacks, discovering a family's secrets and a connection to a decades-old crime. Then there's the missing teen-ager, and a mother unsure what's happened to her daughter. Meanwhile, Matt struggles to help his friend and former deputy in the wake of a life-changing injury that has driven the man to the brink of despair. As events escalate and turn explosive and deadly, Simms must put everything at risk-even his own life-to catch the killers. Praise for THE RIGHTEOUS PATH: "Mention noir and the typical mystery reader thinks of the mean streets of Los Angeles or New York, but The Righteous Path is anything but typical. It's the story of rural West Virginia Sheriff Matt Simms, who's battling a deadly illness while trying to keep peace and security in a noir-ish part of America that's been overlooked and forgotten by society. Exquisitely written and filled with crisp dialogue and observations, The Righteous Path is one not to be missed." -Brendan DuBois, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author "Shamus winner James D.F. Hannah expertly delivers a mystery with more switchback twists than a mountain road, peppered with characters readers will enjoy taking this wild ride with. I dare you to try to put this book down." -LynDee Walker, Amazon Charts bestselling author of No Sin Unpunished "In The Righteous Path, James D.F. Hannah mixes ricochet banter and raw humanity to create a page-turning mystery. I have some catching up to do " -Award-winning author J.D. Allen

Homecoming queen. Cheerleader. Heroin addict. Meadow Charles had all the promise in the world-and secrets to hide. Someone else tried to hide Meadow's secrets when they murdered her and left her body at the Parker County landfill. Five years later, the murder still reverberates through the Appalachian community. But now the man who confessed to the murder says he didn't do it, and he wants Henry Malone to prove it. Henry and his well-armed A.A. sponsor Woody quickly find themselves drawn into a world of money and drugs, prostitutes and corruptions, and at the center, one family's dark past-full of secrets someone's killing to keep hidden. Praise for SHE TALKS TO ANGELS: "James D.F. Hannah is the real deal... (He) shows with this book he has no trouble holding his own against Robert B. Parker and Lawrence Block." -Dave Zeltserman, author of Small Crimes and Pariah "A wicked slice of pulpy, country noir " -Joe Clifford, author of The One That Got Away and the Jay Porter series "Atmospheric and genuine, James Hannah's She Talks to Angels packs a powerful punch." -J. Carson Black, bestselling author of The Shop and Spectre Black "The dry dark wit, the terrible secrets that need to be unlocked, the action... One of the best traditional PI series out there for fans of guys like Elvis Cole, Spenser, and even Dave Robicheaux." -Jochem van Der Steen, Sons of Spade

The request is simple: help an old friend with a missing persons case. But Henry Malone should have known nothing is ever as simple as it seems. When a friend and fellow ex-state trooper comes to Serenity to see Henry Malone, it's not just to reunite with a former colleague. Pete Calhoun-now retired and with a P.I. license-needs Henry's help to locate Isaac Martin, a computer expert who's vanished at the cusp of a business deal worth millions. Several lies and one dead body later, Henry is in the middle of a world of secrets, from Isaac Martin's real identity to Pete's motives to find the missing man. Henry and his well-armed friend and AA sponsor Woody are dragged into the realm of shadowy electronic currency, where the FBI, rival international criminal organizations, and a deadly family of marijuana farmers compete for the outcome, and Isaac is the ultimate prize.

A missing woman. A suitcase full of drug money. An ex-cop with nothing to lose. A roadside shooting ended both his career and his marriage and sent ex-state trooper Henry Malone back to his childhood home in Serenity, West Virginia. A request to look into the disappearance of a young mother becomes a second chance, an opportunity to redeem himself. But Malone finds the unexpected as he scratches beneath his hometown's surface: Crooked lawyers. Meth cooks. A hair-triggered sheriff. A beautiful legal secretary. And a seductive yet deadly white supremacist. It is a dangerous mix that leads Henry and his well-armed AA sponsor, Woody, down onto a wild and deadly road. A missing-persons case becomes the struggle for both men just to stay alive.