Spring 2011
Happy spring, yay flowers and rain, boo allergies, and wherever you are, I hope you survived winter.
I wanted to tell you about a new project that J.A. Konrath and I just released...
Serial Killers Uncut....available now on Amazon, coming to Barnes & Noble and Smashwords in the next day or so, and coming in about a month in trade paper.
Here's the description:
A gigantic double novel featuring 21 different serial killers...
For everyone who thinks the bad guys are so much more fun to read than the good guys, this is a book just for you. The definitive volume containing every major villain from the
Crouch/Kilborn/Konrath Universe is here.
First, there was Serial, the collaborative smash-hit that has been downloaded 500,000 times and optioned for film.
Then came Serial Uncut, which expanded on that story.
Then Killers, the sequel to Serial.
Then Birds of Prey which introduced every major villain the writers had ever created into one cohesive novel. (Birds of Prey + Killers = Killers Uncut.)
And now, all that and more has been brought together for this definitive, omnibus monster, which at roughly 600 printed pages, is the length of two full novels...
Serial Killers Uncut
This epic work, over two years in the making, contains Serial Uncut, Killers, Birds of Prey, Crouch's Break You, an interview with the authors, and more.
Serial Uncut + Break You + Killers + Birds of Prey = Serial Killers Uncut
If you haven't read anything by Crouch, Kilborn, or Konrath, Serial Killers Uncut is the perfect introduction to the dark side of their universe. And if you enjoy a despicable bad guy (or bad girl), you're going to love this.
There are twenty-one serial killers featured in this book: Lucy and Donaldson from Serial, Orson and Luther from Desert Places, Locked Doors, and Break You, Mr. K from Shaken, Alex and Charles Kork from Whiskey Sour and Rusty Nail, Isaiah from Abandon, Taylor from Afraid, Javier from Snowbound, and many, many more.
There are some good guys too, including Andrew Z. Thomas (Desert Places, Locked Doors), Jack Daniels (Whiskey Sour, Shaken), Violet King (Locked Doors, Break You), Tequila (Shot of Tequila), and Clayton Theel (Draculas).
At $4.99, this ebook is a steal, as its contents retail separately for almost $10.00...
Serial Killers Uncut is an original 120,000 word double novel that stands alone without having read any of Konrath's, Kilborn's, or Crouch's work. As a bonus extra, it also includes an additional 30,000 words of the following novel excerpts:
AFRAID by Jack Kilborn
ENDURANCE by Jack Kilborn
TRAPPED by Jack Kilborn
SHAKEN by JA Konrath
DRACULAS by Blake Crouch, JA Konrath, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson
DESERT PLACES by Blake Crouch
LOCKED DOORS by Blake Crouch
FAMOUS by Blake Crouch
SNOWBOUND by Blake Crouch
ABANDON by Blake Crouch
RUN by Blake Crouch
If you're easily offended, easily scared, etc., don't even think about this one.
But if you loved Desert Places, Locked Doors, Serial, and J.A. Konrath's Jack Daniels series, you're going to get a huge kick out of this seriously dark, but seriously funny work of fiction.
Also, make sure to check out the new novel FLEE, by J.A. Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson....it drops tomorrow, but here's the pre-order page. This book is flat-out amazing, a first-class thrill-ride of a read...
CODENAME: CHANDLER
She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon.
FLEE
Then her cover is explosively blown, and she becomes a walking bullseye. Stalked by assassins who want the secrets she holds, and those who'd prefer she die before talking, Chandler has twenty-four hours to thwart a kidnapping, stop a psychopath, uncover the mystery of her past, retire five equally-trained contract killers, avoid a tenacious cop named Jack Daniels, and save the world from nuclear annihilation while dodging 10,000 bullets.
Buckle up. It's going to be one helluva ride.
Lots of fun and exciting stuff still to come this year. I'm working on a new novel (solo) at the moment, writing Stirred with J.A. Konrath (conclusion to my Andrew Thomas series and Konrath's Jack Daniels series) and much, much more. I'll keep you posted.
Finally, thanks to all who bought RUN (Amazon, B&N, Smashwords) and helped to make it my most successful novel to date....it's currently in the Amazon Top 50 bestsellers, at #44.
Happy spring to all!
Best,
Blake