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Joseph Mark Glazner
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MurderLand: A Crime Novel
“A black, comic, highly suspenseful literary thriller of the mob and conspiracy-theory myths that permeate American pop culture. MurderLand is a hugely entertaining look at the dark side of the American dream, particularly through the author's invention of MurderLand—a landmark tourist trap of murder-related memorabilia set in the center of the old, tacky, Coney Island-like entertainment district overlooking Niagara Falls. Definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. You'll never see the picturesque innocent honeymoon capital of the world again in the same way after reading this unique, gritty literary tour de force which is both wacky and profound.” - JAMES DUBRO, PAST PRESIDENT, CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA; AUTHOR OF MOB RULE: INSIDE THE CANADIAN MAFIA, DRAGONS OF CRIME, AND OTHER TRUE CRIME BESTSELLERS; DERRICK MURDOCH AWARD WINNER AND TWO-TIME ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD NOMINEE “…original, gripping, and funny as hell….” CHRISTOPHER G. MOORE, SHAMUS AND GERMAN CRITICS' AWARD WINNER, AUTHOR OF THE VINCENT CALVINO SERIES *** Joseph Mark Glazner's synopsis Have you ever thought about killing someone? What stopped you? Afraid you’d get caught? Your better self? Harry Holiday’s better self lies in ruins. His world is crumbling around him. Someone tried to murder Harry’s father six months ago and left him in a coma. Someone is trying to steal what’s left of the family fortune. Some people would like to see Harry dead, and they have no scruples about killing him. Harry, a young, likeable but out-of-control wheeler-dealer, is so desperate that pulling off the perfect murder seems like his only way out. Can his hairbrained scheme actually work? Will he go through with it? Will it save him and the once-famous, now-rundown family business—MurderLand—a museum of gangland and murder-related memorabilia? Harry’s beloved MurderLand is located in the heart of the old, tacky, casino and entertainment district in Niagara Falls. The three waterfalls at Niagara are the most popular natural wonder in North America. Twelve million people visit each year. The museum was once one of the must-see sideshows of this popular tourist mecca. Now, the iconic exhibition is close to folding, and Harry is at his wit’s end trying to figure out how to win back the sightseers. Fighting off loan sharks and forced to sell relics buried in the museum’s basement to keep the doors open and impress a quirky young woman he can’t live without, Harry’s hopes soar when he thinks he may have discovered the perfect dupe to help carry out a flawless murder. But Harry gets more than he bargained for in this fast-paced caper when he not only stumbles into the middle of another crime in progress but accidentally begins to uncover shocking new evidence in the basement of MurderLand that may tie together the building’s past, the plot to assassinate a president, and Harry’s own growing urge to kill. After a thirty year absence, Shamus and Arthur Ellis nominee Joseph Mark Glazner is back, writing about some of his favorite themes—revenge, greed, conspiracy theories, love, hate, and desperate characters willing to commit murder. Writing from inside the head of Harry Holiday, Glazner has created one of the most unusual, enjoyable, and irreverent antiheroes you’re ever likely to run across in fiction or real life.
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