One Last Hit

By Nathan Walpow

Back in ’68 they made killer music...now their music is killing them.

It’s been thirty years since Joe Portugal put his electric guitar away. Maybe that’s one reason he’s suffering a serious case of the mid-life doldrums. Then Joe stumbles upon a chance to put the band he was in as a teenager back together. And maybe his life too. All he has to do is find the lead guitarist, who hasn’t been seen since the 70s. But when he starts to look, it’s quickly clear that someone doesn’t want to see a reunion tour...someone who’s very handy with a gun.

Praise for the Joe Portugal mysteries:

“I love reading Nathan Walpow books...a solid, intelligent mystery...add Walpow’s marvelous sense of humor and you’ll see why he’s winning new fans ever day.” —Jan Burke, Edgar Award-winning author

“Snappy Chandleresque dialogue.” —Los Angeles Times

“Joe’s wry sense of humor will convert readers into loyal fans.” —Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine

“This guy is a hell of a writer.” —Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

• Language: English
• Publisher: Down & Out Books
• Release date: Jan 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370606771

Nathan Walpow

Nathan Walpow’s Joe Portugal mystery series includes four novels. His Logan series of novellas includes "Logan's Young Guns," which will soon be joined by "Logan Shoots First." His novella “Push,” set in the world of professional wrestling, is an expansion of “Push Comes to Shove,” selected for the Best American Mystery Stories series. Nathan's story "Johnny and the Warehouse Women" is in the new crime fiction / science fiction anthology "Occupied Earth"; his story “A Good Day’s Work,” originally in Orange County Noir, has been optioned for a movie. Nathan is a past president of the Southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America and a five-time Jeopardy! champion. Visit his website at www.walpow.com.

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