The first book he wrote. Starts the story of Hank Thompson. An okay guy who ends up between some desperate people and four million $$$.
buy a book from a huge corporationHank Thompson's story continues with more desperate people. Mexico, Las Vegas. Bad choices. Dire consequences. Some of it is very funny. The second book he wrote.
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buy a book from a huge corporationAn undercover cop tries to expose a global conspiracy in the middle of a plague of sleeplessness that may signal the end of human civilization. The eleventh book he wrote. Not as big a bummer as it sounds.
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buy a vampire book from corporate vampire?The second Joe Pitt. More noir, more vampire clans in New York, more blood. The fourth or fifth book he wrote.
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