Win a free copy of The Woke and the Dead

The man’s T-shirt said, I’m proud of my— but the coagulated blood across his torso obliterated the rest of the slogan like the three bullets had obliterated him.

That’s the first line of my new murder mystery, The Woke and the Dead. It’s a sometimes gritty, occasionally funny mystery/suspense novel with political flavor, the kind of taste you can feel at the back of your throat.

For Nostalgia City followers, here is your next installment of Lyle and Kate who work at the world’s most elaborate theme park.  If you haven’t read a Nostalgia City mystery yet, you can still dive into The Woke and the Dead.

This novel gives you the background you need to get to know the regular characters as you’re quickly drawn into a story of murder, hate groups, racism, homophobia, corruption, and political espionage. Lyle’s sense of humor and Kate’s stick-to-itiveness flow throughout.

The book review blog, On a Reading Bender, calls The Woke and the Dead, “Fast-paced. Suspenseful. Full of secrets and lies [and] interesting, complex, likable protagonists.”

Check out the description on the Amazon page where you can pre-order the ebook book at the intro price of $2.99 until March 13. Print copies will also be available from Amazon in the middle of the month.

If you want a chance to win a free copy of the book, check out the giveaway on Goodreads, here. The giveaway ends, March26.

I’ll be a guest on a political podcast later this month talking about the book and its ideological and literary influences.  Details will be posted here soon, at https://baconsmysteries.com.

In the weeks and months to come I’ll be reviewing mystery/noir books and movies, posting excerpts from The Woke and the Dead, hosting articles from other mystery writers and holding another book giveaway.

In the meantime, you can find me on Facebook and Twitter (x) and soon on Bluesky.