Last of the Independents has had a hell of a run, considering it hasn't been out a year. It won the 2012 Unhanged Arthur manuscript award, was nominated for an Arthur for Best First Novel, placed first on the House of Crime and Mystery Readers Poll, and has made it onto the shortlist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. And now it's nominated for a Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.

I'm humbled by the support the book has received from readers, from critics, and from other writers. It's incredible. I don't know what I expected when I wrote the book--what I do know is, I can't take any of this for granted, and I have to make the next one better.

I'm in an enviable place right now. I don't know how else to put it. If you've read or reviewed the book, then you've had a hand in its support, and you deserve my thanks. (If you haven't read it, of course...)

What's on the horizon?

Invisible Dead.

Details to come...