Accolades for Brad Smith's celebrated crime novels include a nomination for the coveted Dashiell Hammett Prize. In Smith's novel Red Means Run, prominent attorney Mickey Dupree is found dead at Burr Oak Golf and Country Club. On record as hating Mickey, small-time rancher Virgil Cain quickly becomes the prime suspect. Virgil knows the fix is in-so he sets out to find the real killer.
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“Smith eschews pyrotechnics in favor of character in this assured crime novel, the first in a new series set in upstate New York … Smith develops the romance between fugitive and lawwoman as smoothly as he drops in clues to the mystery.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Smith has marvelous control of his material, effortlessly mixing laugh-out-loud comedy with streaks of country noir that call to mind Daniel Woodrell.”
— Booklist“Smith makes the developing relationship between mutually wary Virgil and Claire well worth the price of admission.”
— Kirkus Reviews“Brad Smith has got the goods: he's funny, poignant, evocative, and he tells a blistering tale.”
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Brad Smith is the author of numerous novels, including The Return of Kid Cooper, which won the Western Writers of America 2019 Spur Award for Best Traditional Novel. One-Eyed Jacks was nominated for the Dashiell Hammett Prize, and All Hat became a 2007 major motion picture staring Keith Carradine. He has worked as a farmer, signalman, insulator, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher, maintenance mechanic, roofer, and carpenter.
Graham Winton is a television, film, and voice actor who has won the Audie Award for Best Narration. He has appeared on such television shows as Blue Bloods, Law & Order, All My Children, and As the World Turns.