Hola Fahrenhistas,
This week we’ve got some big Fahrenheit 13 news to break - we know a lot of you have been waiting a long time for this so we’re just gonna dive straight in.
We’re delighted to announce that the next book to be published by Chris Black over our Fahrenheit 13 imprint will be THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER by ANTHONY NEIL SMITH.
In a nod to the early days of F13 this much anticipated title will be published on 13th October 2021 and it’s AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW at a special pre-order price.
We’re making a little bit of history with this book - THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER will be the first FAHRENHEIT 13 book to be released in a HARDBACK EDITION - we’re only printing 50 of them so if you want one you better order yours quickly.
Any of you who have read SLOW BEAR (the last book we published by ANTHONY NEIL SMITH) will absolutely know what to expect from THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER but here’s what some of the best noir writer’s in the world have to say about it…
“The Butcher’s Prayer is wine-dark noir, with a hammering and bloody heart. This is Smith at his bleak and soulful best.” — Laura Benedict, Edgar-nominated author of The Stranger Inside
"Anthony Neil Smith is a massive talent. One of the very best crime writers I've ever read." — Allan Guthrie, author of Kiss Her Goodbye and Hard Man.
"Visceral, propulsive writing that cuts like a razor. Think Elmore Leonard with an injection of Southern Gothic. Heady stuff." — Dan Fesperman, author of Safe Houses.
"Crime-fiction veteran Anthony Neil Smith wields a smooth yet serrated style that's carved him two decades worth of fierce material, now being re-discovered by a younger upstart audience of modern noir enthusiasts. He possesses such an acute, vivid feel of time and place in his subjects, his stories immediately burrow into my memory and remain long, withstanding the static storms of our contemporary attention-deficits. It's challenging stuff, yet wholly accessible; with spiking dark humor that confirms sure you still have a pulse." — Gabriel Hart, author of Fallout From Our Asphalt Hell
And as a special treat - if you haven’t read SLOW BEAR yet (and frankly if you haven’t, what the hell have you been doing with yourself?) you can pick it up this weekend for a bargain price - just to get you in the mood…
And if you haven’t experimented with our slightly more experimental brethren over at FAHRENHEIT 13, this weekend we’re giving you 13% OFF ALL F13 books if you use promo-code NOIR13 at the checkout.
In other news, JO PERRY - our very own High Priestess of Noir - is the latest guest on @GrabThisBook’s awesome #Decades feature - if you want a very special insight into the beautiful mind who created classic Fahrenheit books such as DEAD IS BETTER and PURE then you should pour yourself a VERY LONG DRINK and get yourself over there - we promise you won’t regret it - you might even learn something…
And if you enjoyed Jo’s selections you might also want to check out DEREK FARRELL’s #Decades choice’s…
Even Fahrenheit founder Chris McVeigh has elbowed himself into some #Decades action…
Okay people, that’s pretty much all from us this week - we’re taking the weekend off to recover from what’s been a fairly gruelling past few weeks.
If you’re out and about look after each other and stay safe.
Better times are coming we can feel it...
We kiss you.
xx
P.S. Remember, we’re only printing 50 copies of THE BUTCHER’s PRAYER HARDBACK EDITION so if you want one don’t hang around.