FUN & GAMES The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski. Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner's entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he'll suffer the same fate. Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actress who rants about hit men who specialize in making deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it's the real deal. Hardie finds himself squared off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People. It's nothing personal-the girl just happens to be the next name on their list. For Hardie, though, it's intensely personal. He's not about to let more innocent people die. Not on his watch. Rights Information Publisher: Mulholland Books (2011) Territory: World English Rights Available: Translation via Baror International; Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co. Reviews: "Insanely entertaining." - Josh Bazell, author of the New York Times bestseller Beat the Reaper "So bloody satisfying." - Booklist "Swierczynski steps on the gas early in this pulse-pounding contemporary thriller and doesn't let up . . . an unforgettable climax . . . the sequel's appearance won't be too soon for many readers." - Publishers Weekly - starred review "More exciting than whatever you're reading right now, this is Duane's breakout novel." - Ed Brubaker, Harvey- and Eisner-Award-winning author of Criminal and Incognito "A white-hot nuclear explosion." (Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award-winning author of The Bottoms, Leather Maiden, and the Hap and Leonard series ) "Cool, suspenseful, tragic, and funny as hell, Fun and Games is Duane Swierczynski's best yet. I haven't had this much fun reading in a long time." - Sara Gran, author of Dope and Come Closer "An audacious, propulsive thrill ride that kidnapped me on page one and didn't look back." - Brian Azzarello, Harvey- and Eisner-Award-winning author of 100 Bullets and Loveless Blurbs: Purchase at Amazon.com

FUN & GAMES

The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski.

Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner's entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he'll suffer the same fate.

Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actress who rants about hit men who specialize in making deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it's the real deal. Hardie finds himself squared off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People.

It's nothing personal-the girl just happens to be the next name on their list. For Hardie, though, it's intensely personal. He's not about to let more innocent people die. Not on his watch.

Rights Information

Publisher: Mulholland Books (2011)

Territory: World English

Rights Available: Translation via Baror International; Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co.

Reviews: "Insanely entertaining." - Josh Bazell, author of the New York Times bestseller Beat the Reaper

"So bloody satisfying." - Booklist

"Swierczynski steps on the gas early in this pulse-pounding contemporary thriller and doesn't let up . . . an unforgettable climax . . . the sequel's appearance won't be too soon for many readers." - Publishers Weekly - starred review

"More exciting than whatever you're reading right now, this is Duane's breakout novel." - Ed Brubaker, Harvey- and Eisner-Award-winning author of Criminal and Incognito

"A white-hot nuclear explosion." (Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award-winning author of The Bottoms, Leather Maiden, and the Hap and Leonard series )
"Cool, suspenseful, tragic, and funny as hell, Fun and Games is Duane Swierczynski's best yet. I haven't had this much fun reading in a long time." - Sara Gran, author of Dope and Come Closer

"An audacious, propulsive thrill ride that kidnapped me on page one and didn't look back." - Brian Azzarello, Harvey- and Eisner-Award-winning author of 100 Bullets and Loveless

Blurbs:

Purchase at Amazon.com