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Somebody's Trying to Kill Me: 17 Noir Tales (Tales from the Underside) Kindle Edition

by Nick Kolakowski (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
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A bounty hunter tears through the underworld in search of a pair of stolen assault rifles. Somewhere in the Southwestern desert, a college dropout trades textbooks and keggers for ripping off mob dealers. Up in Harlem, a liquor-store owner gambles with his life during a high-stakes robbery, while down in Brooklyn, a penniless novelist finds himself tangled in a mystery involving tattooed freaks, damaged supermodels, and hipsters who can’t shoot straight.

SOMEBODY’S TRYING TO KILL ME features seventeen adrenaline-charged noir thrillers, including the titular novella. Some of these dark tales have been published in Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Crime Syndicate, and other crime-fiction magazines; more are all new; and every single one of them is guaranteed to keep you turning pages until dawn.
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    Tales from the Underside
  2. Print length
    144 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    August 1, 2016
  6. File size
    1634 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01G4Q6B56
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Final Round Press; 1st edition (August 1, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1634 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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Nick Kolakowski

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Nick Kolakowski's work has appeared in The Washington Post, McSweeney's, Washington City Paper, Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, North American Review, The Evergreen Review, and Rust & Moth, among other venues. He lives in New York City.

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3.7 out of 5 stars
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John C. Rasmus
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, keeps you reading to the end
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023
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Novel is well paced from start to finish. Lots of action in a short novel. Reading this book will direct you to purchase more Nick Kolakowski noir books.
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Gary L. Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars Hardboiled Crime Fiction At Its Best
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020
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This book has got everything. It’s violent, gritty, fast paced with believable characters and dialogue. Noir crime fiction at its best. This author joins a growing list of my favorites.
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C. DeWildt
5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2016
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Great stories. Violent thugs, just how I like em. Dialogue is sharp as a blade. Recommended for an fan of crime fiction.
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beth.shuler76
4.0 out of 5 stars First read by author
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2021
This was my first read by this author. I actually found this book better then I expected, but at times confusing. But I must admit that was on me. This book is one that you should read all together or as I said it’s easy to lose focus! But I enjoyed how the authors wrote (if that makes sense). I did enjoy their writing and would def read more to give them a fair chance!
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D. S. Atkinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice stories
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019
These are some nicely done stories. Solid, vivid, and well-paced. Well worth a read.
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Laurel Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars Noir with humor
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021
A gritty, dark-humored, entertaining collection of stories.
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Dave Wilde
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Nasty, Gritty - just What the Doctor Ordered
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2017
Dark, twisted, gritty, and nasty. Just the way we like it. This is a book filled with wonderful hard-hitting crime fiction about shooters, repo men, betrayers, high school kids setting the principal's car on fire, mafioso versions of ice fishing with an accountant, babes worth hiding from crime bosses - maybe, gunfire in dusty liquor stores.... Every story begins with a great first line, including what may be the best opening line of all: ""While the shootout paused so everybody could reload, Miller wondered whether the clown was still alive." If you haven't yet had your dose of nasty crime fiction, don't look any further. You found it.
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Maxwell Fohrman
5.0 out of 5 stars I have been reading Kolakowski's hard boiled noir tales for ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016
I have been reading Kolakowski's hard boiled noir tales for years. And if you are a fan of the genre (as I am) then this quick read collection of short stories is right up your dark alley.
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