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Cover of Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns

Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns

✍ Scribed by Eric Beetner


Publisher
Down & Out Books
Tongue
English
Weight
210 KB
Category
Fiction

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


Nominated for the 2017 Anthony Award for Best Anthology/Collection

*** Proceeds from the sales of Unloaded will benefit the nonprofit States United To Prevent Gun Violence (CeaseFireUSA.org) ***

For the first time, more than two dozen crime and mystery authors have joined together to use the strongest weapon at their disposalβ€”wordsβ€”in a call for reasonable gun control in the U.S.A. In this collection you get all the thrills and excitement you come to expect from a great crime story, but without any guns.

From best sellers and writing legends to the brightest stars of the next generation of crime writers, the twenty-five authors here have taken pen in hand to say enough is enough. Gun violence has got to stop and this is our way of speaking outβ€”by showing that gun violence can be removed from the narrative, and maybe from our lives.

It's not anti-gun, it's pro-sanity. And above anything else, these are thrilling...


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