Review of THE DEEPENING SHADE

Over at Professor Mondo, Warren Moore has written a really smart and pointed review of my forthcoming story collection THE DEEPENING SHADE. Moore says:

"[T]he sensibility here holds elements of the Evangelical and Calvinistic. Hinkson’s stories show us a world of the Elect and the Reprobate, with an eye toward the particular agonies of those honest enough to acknowledge that they can’t quite be sure in which camp they belong."

Here's a link to the rest of the review Jake Hinkson Waves at Flannery O'Connor.

THE DEEPENING SHADE will be available Jan. 5th.

THE BIG UGLY

I'm thrilled to announce the release of my new novel, THE BIG UGLY.

Ellie Bennett is an ex-corrections officer who has just served a year inside Eastgate Penitentiary for assaulting a prisoner. She’s only been out for a day when she accepts a strange job offer from the head of a Christian political advocacy group. He wants her to track down a missing ex-con named Alexis. Although no one knows where Alexis has gone, it seems like everyone in Arkansas is looking for her—from a rich televangelist running for Congress to the governor’s dirty tricks man. When Bennett finds the troubled young woman, she has to decide whether to hand her over to the highest bidder or help her escape from the most powerful men in the state.

You can get it in paperback.

You can get it as an e-book.

The Crimespree Interview

I did an interview with Tim Hennessy over at Crimespree Magazine. We cover a lot of topics including: HELL ON CHURCH STREET, THE POSTHUMOUS MAN, SAINT HOMICIDE, growing up in the south, the greatness of Bogart, and the terrible beauty of dying of a snake bite.

You can read it all here. 

SAINT HOMICIDE hits Kindle

My new novella SAINT HOMICIDE is now available on Kindle. You can also get the print version exclusively through the good folks at Crime Factory Publications.

Some smart people with good taste have had nice things to say about the book. I've quoted some of these folks in other places, but just to give you a taste: Jon Bassoff, author of CORROISON said, "Religious fanaticism intersects with the American underbelly in this stunning novella by Jake Hinkson. SAINT HOMICIDE is populated with wounded people, both physically and spiritually. In lesser hands, the reader would simply look away from the grotesqueness, but Hinkson is too good for that. He forces us to look, forces us to reckon with the desperation. A masterpiece."

I mean...hell, now I want to read it.

 
 

As 2013 Draws To A Close...

Well, I've been away a few weeks visiting family and friends, but I'm back in Chicago and getting down to work on a number of projects.

All in all, I've had a pretty great year. SAINT HOMICIDE marks the third book I've had published in three years. I couldn't have planned that, but I'm thrilled that it worked out that way. 

I owe a sincere thanks to everyone who bought HELL ON CHURCH STREET, THE POSTHUMOUS MAN, and SAINT HOMICIDE. A writer's ulitmate goal (beyond paying the bills) is to be read by a reader who understands and appreciates the work. I've been incredibly fortunate in this regard. Many people have written to let me know that they liked one book or another, and it never ceases to thrill me. Thank you.



 

Pre-Order SAINT HOMICIDE

Jolly old SAINT HOMICIDE will be arriving just in time to ruin Christmas. Pre-order a copy now from Crime Factory Publications.

SAINT HOMICIDE is Coming Soon

Got the cover art for SAINT HOMICIDE, and I'm thrilled by it. They might make a little tweak or so (the ISBN number here is a dummy until the actual one gets assigned), but it's a thing of beauty. I've been pretty lucky with cover art, I have to say. My first two book covers were pulpy and fun. This one is clean and elegant--old fashioned in a different way. Love it.

SAINT HOMICIDE is a crisp 15,000 word novella released by the good folks at Crime Factory Publications, the second in their line of short Single Shots. The first book was Jedidiah Ayres's FIERCE BITCHES, so old Saint Homicide is in some fine company.

The book should be ready for order soon, so stay tuned.

SAINT HOMICIDE

I'm excited to announce that this fall will see the release of my novella SAINT HOMICIDE from Crime Factory Publications.

More information to come!