“A fabulous noir.”—Daniel Woodrell “Thoughtful, complex and compassionate.”—Dan Chaon “Mark Wisniewski is a damn good writer.”—Ben Fountain Winter’s Bone meets The Wire in this edgy, soulful meditation on the meaning of love, the injustices of hate, and the power of hope. Douglas “Deesh” Sharp has managed to stay out of trouble living in the Bronx, paying his rent by hauling junk for cash. But on the morning Deesh and two pals head upstate to dispose of a sealed oil drum whose contents smell and weigh enough to contain a human corpse, he becomes mixed up in a serious crime. When his plans for escape spiral terribly out of control, Deesh quickly finds himself a victim of betrayal—and the prime suspect in the murders of three white men. When Jan, a young jockey from the gritty underworld of the Finger Lakes racetrack breaks her silence about gambling and organized crime, Deesh learns how the story of her past might, against all odds, free him from a life behind bars.
Interweaving Deesh’s and Jan’s gripping narratives, Watch Me Go is a wonderfully insightful work that examines how we love, leave, lose, redeem, and strive for justice. At once compulsively readable, thought-provoking, and complex, it is a suspenseful, compassionate meditation on the power of love and the injustices of hate.

Watch Me Go

Literature & Fiction

Wisniewski, Mark

United States

G.P.Putnam's Sons

Douglas "Deesh" Sharp lives in the Bronx, paying his rent by hauling junk for cash. Then he and two pals head upstate to dispose of a sealed oil drum heavy enough to contain a body, things spiral out of control. Deesh becomes a victim of betrayal ― and the prime suspect in three murders. And when a young jockey breaks her silence about gambling and organized crime, Deesh learns how her story might, against all odds, free him from a life behind bars.

Watch Me Go (Thorndike Press Large Print Crime Scene)

Thorndike Press

All Weekend with the Lights On collects 14 of Mark Wisniewski's provocative and edgy stories. Each story explores its own sense of longing or loss, often related to the age-old battle between the sexes. Mark's deft narrative hand paints the vernacular voices of bookies and college students, of unpublishable authors and supernaturally proficient high school girl basketball players. The stories, while often focused on the vicissitudes of relationships, are crisp and incredibly funny.

All Weekend with the Lights On (Leaping Dog Press Book, # 2)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Leaping Dog Press

Denim, Diamonds and Death offers a fine collection from authors supporting the 50th Anniversary of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Dallas, Texas. Here are fifteen stories that run the gamut from heists to revenge, intricate plots to secrets uncovered, and more than a few tales that defy easy classification. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the 2019 Bouchercon’s official charity, Literary Instruction for Texas (LIFT). Edited by Rick Ollerman with stories by Carole Nelson Douglas, John M. Floyd, Dana Haynes, Thomas Luka, Michael Allan Mallory, Angela Crider Neary, Laura Oles, Josh Pachter, John Shepphird, Debra Luttanzi Shutika, Julie Tollefson, Tim P. Walker, Robb White, Kenneth Wishnia, and Mark Wisniewski.

Denim, Diamonds and Death: Bouchercon Anthology 2019

Douglas, Carole Nelson

Shepphird, John

Floyd, John M.

Haynes, Dana

Pachter, Josh

Ollerman, Rick

Wishnia, Kenneth

Neary, Angela Crider

Short Stories & Anthologies

Down & Out Books

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