My Hollywood crime novel Chandler & West: A Story of Los Angeles is now stocked by the San Francisco Public Library. As a San Franciscan, I’m especially proud to know my work is on the shelf of my local library. And if you live here, it’s one more way to pick up the book.
You can request the book from its SFPL catalog page, or visit one of the branches listed to pick it up in person. My prior historical crime book A Man Named Baskerville is also in SFPL’s catalog as well.
A Goodreads giveaway for fifty Kindle editions of Chandler & West has started.
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The giveaway ends May 19th, when the winners are announced.
The day has arrived—my new novel Chandler & West: A Story of Los Angeles is now available.
As I’ve written previously, this is a passion project, a novel about two writers I’ve read and admired and studied for years now. My book centers on a fictional meeting of hard-boiled writer Raymond Chandler, banging out the manuscript to his debut The Big Sleep, and Nathanael West, himself working on his opus The Day of the Locust.
Chandler & West is also a love letter to Los Angeles, especially the L.A. during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Pre-release sales have been better than expected. They’re so good, yesterday I noticed the book sitting at #37 on Amazon’s U.S. Biographical Literary Fiction best sellers chart:
The Kindle edition is available at a special limited-time price of $2.99, which will go up later this month. A paperback edition is also available. And, Kindle Unlimited subscribers may read it for free.
You can learn more about the novel on Amazon, or by reading its page here on my web site. There’s a sample chapter available as well.
Exciting times—this book took quite a while to finish, and I’m relieved to finally have it out there.
It’s here—the Kindle and paperback editions of my latest novel, Chandler & West: A Story of Los Angeles, may now be reserved on Amazon.
The Kindle edition is available at a special limited-time price of $2.99, which will go up after the book has been released. If you order now, it will appear on your Kindle reader the day of its release (February 9th, 2026).
This is my latest passion project, a novel about two writers I’ve read and studied for many years now. It centers on a fictional meeting of hard-boiled writer Raymond Chandler, banging out the manuscript to his debut The Big Sleep, and Nathanael West, himself working on his own magnum opus The Day of the Locust. Together, they scour the landscape of Los Angeles, 1939, which was a rich and dynamic time in the history of the city.
You can learn more about the novel on Amazon, or by reading its page here on my web site. There’s a sample chapter available for reading as well.
Some exciting news—here’s the proof copy of the paperback for Chandler & West, my upcoming novel.
If you haven’t been following along, Chandler & West is a new novel about two of Los Angeles’ greatest writers—Raymond Chandler and Nathanael West—and set in 1939 Hollywood.
More details here, and a sample chapter to read.
Keep checking back, I’ll be announcing the final release date shortly.
I’m proud to announce my next upcoming book, Chandler & West: A Story of Los Angeles. It’s a new crime novel about two of Los Angeles’ greatest writers, set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
This book has been a true labor of love, in terms of research and preparation, but also in the writing. Getting this book over the goal line has meant dealing with numerous hurdles, but the moment has finally arrived.
I anticipate to release Kindle and paperback editions in the first quarter of 2026.
If you’re interested in learning more, I encourage you to sign up for my newsletter. (You’ll be able to download a free book in the process!) I’m sharing sneak previews and sample chapters with newsletter subscribers, as well as a chance to sign up for Advance Review Copies (ARCs) of the book prior to its release.
Keep watching this space for more information on my latest endeavor.
I’m exaggerating, of course.
I only learned of this review today: My interactive fiction According to Cain placed #1 on Winter is Coming‘s “The 10 scariest free interactive fiction games to enjoy this winter” (which, alas, was last winter).
The review in full:
A brilliant oddity, According to Cain puts you in the shoes of a detective who has to go back and solve humanity’s first murder. It prizes observation and forces you to turn your brain on, which is true of all the best interactive fiction. It’s sharp as a slayer’s knife and gorgeously rendered. Go ahead and play it first. Or last if you’re the kind of person who likes to save the best for that one final plunge into the darkness of a long winter’s night.
Published on December 28, 2024, this is like finding a nice unopened Christmas present overlooked until the end of the next summer. Thanks, Winter is Coming. Ho-ho-ho!
Follow this link for more information on Cain, including how to download it or play it in your browser, if you’ve not already.
