Writers! Blue Mesa Review has a terrific contest going on and recently dropped prices to entice you to send your best work! Contest prizes are still $500/genre!

Also, BMR got put in a corner at AWP. Don’t let that stop you from saying hi to our editors!

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It's Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. Here's a short essay I wrote a while back called 'Revenge is Best Served with Brick and Mortar,' wherein I talk about my love of Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado.' Thanks to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for publishing it on its blog.
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A few readers have asked about Rory Yates, the Texas Ranger. Will he be back in the saddle at any point? Andrew Bourelle and I are definitely thinking about it. We need a cool story. Meanwhile, consider reading “Holmes, Marple & Poe,” coming next week. And there’s never a bad…

Had a blast reading on Friday night at Albuquerque's Tortuga Gallery as part of the UNM Creative Writing program's Works in Progress series. Thanks to everyone who came out to listen.

The ebook of 48 Hours to Kill is on sale. One day only.
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Thanks to everyone who has purchased a copy—ebook, hardback, paperback, audio—of 48 Hours to Kill. I greatly appreciate it.

My friend and colleague Daniel Mueller has a new book out this week. If you like playful prose and compelling narratives, you’ll love Dan’s stories, I’m sure. (And if you live in Albuquerque, Dan will be giving a reading 7 pm Thursday at UNM that you won’t want to miss.)

I get asked a lot if there are going to be any more Texas Ranger books. Well, there's a 220-page Texas Ranger novella in the new James Patterson anthology 23-1/2 Lies, out this week. I had a blast working on this with James Patterson, and I hope fans of Rory Yates like it.

Woo-hoo! It's pub day for my new thriller MALIBU BURNING. I hope you enjoy it!
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Thanks to Meagan Lucas for posting a list of the 'Other Distinguished' stories from the forthcoming Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023. It was a fun surprise to see my name!

Thanks, of course, to editor Steph Cha for including the story on the list and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for publishing it.

My author copies of Anything You Recognize arrived last night. I've never been prouder of a book.

The paperback of 48 Hours to Kill is out today. Anyone want to guess what Beatles song has been in my head all day?

Thanks to everyone who made the ebook of 48 Hours to Kill a bestseller on Amazon yesterday. (The ebook is still on sale today on Barnes & Noble and Kobo.)

The ebook of 48 Hours to Kill is on sale for $1.99 right now. Seems worth $2 just to find out what happens in Chapter 57, doesn't it?

The ebook of 48 Hours to Kill is on sale!

--On 7/21, it will be a Kindle Daily Deal, priced at $1.99
--From  7/21 to 7/22, it will be featured in Nook Books under $2.99, priced at $1.99
--From 7/21 to 7/22, it will be on Kobo priced at $1.99

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My first novel, Heavy Metal (originally published six years ago), is available FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER as an audiobook. Thanks, Autumn House Press, for still supporting your backlist.

Sample here: audible.com/pd/Heavy-Metal…

Barnes & Noble is doing one of those 25-percent off pre-orders, which includes pre-orders of the paperback of 48 HOURS TO KILL, out in August.
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The paperback of 48 HOURS TO KILL, out Aug. 22, is now available for pre-order.
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48 Hours to Kill by Andrew Bourelle
One of the best crime and action books I’ve read in a while. ⁦Andrew Bourelle⁩ pulls you into this story and never lets go until the very end. goodreads.com/book/show/5772…

Happy publication week to James Markert/J.H. Markert!!!