Synopses & Reviews
In Daniel Judsons powerful thriller, Bridgehampton mechanic Caleb Rakowski gets paid under the table at his friend Eric Carvers auto repair shop and lives in an apartment above it. Hes good at his job and hes making a decent living, but right now hes sheltering a pregnant friend wholl do anything to keep her abusive husband away from her. Cal has sworn to protect her. Little does he know, though, the trouble destined to come down over the course of three days—Mischief Night, Halloween, and the Day of the Dead—when he learns the truth about his friend and boss Eric Carver and what hes been hiding all these years.
Daniel Judson is a craftsman of modern noir, an incredible talent in the vein of Ellroy or Chandler. Like his previous novels, The Violet Hour is tightly drawn, hauntingly atmospheric, and completely searing.
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Praise for Daniel Judson
“[Judson] mines Long Island South Fork for glittering noir nuggets.”
--Publishers Weekly on The Violet Hour
“In the cutthroat game of Survivalist Poker, Cal can wheel and deal with the worst of them.”
--Kirkus Reviews on The Violet Hour
“Daniel Judson is so much more than a crime-fiction novelist. Hes a tattooed poet, a mad philosopher of the Apocalypse fascinated with exploring the darkest places in peoples souls.”
--Chicago Tribune on The Waters Edge
“Action packed. . . . Its noir on ice.”
--USA Today on The Darkest Place
About the Author
Daniel Judson, a Shamus Award winner and three-time finalist, is the author of four previous novels, most recently The Waters Edge. He attended Southampton College, and his time in the Hamptons (particularly the parts that dont make the society pages) was the inspiration for the setting and characters in The Violet Hour. He now lives in Connecticut.