Andy Straka

Publisher’s Weekly has featured Andy Straka as one of a new crop of “rising stars in crime fiction.” His books include A Witness Above (Anthony, Agatha, and Shamus Award finalist), A Killing Sky (Anthony Award Finalist), Cold Quarry (Shamus Award Winner), Kitty Hitter (called a “great read” by Library Journal), and Record of Wrongs, hailed by Mystery Scene magazine as “a first-rate thriller.”

Visit Andy at: www.andystraka.com

Crashed by Timothy Hallinan

By Andy Straka on November 1, 2012

By Andy Straka Timothy Hallinan’s comedic PI novel CRASHED launches what may well be one of the most exciting new private eye series to come along in years. Already optioned for television and film, CRASHED introduces Junior Bender, “the favorite burglar-turned-private-investigator of Hollywood crooks.” Since he first started breaking into houses when he was fourteen [...]

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