CALABAMA crime fiction
Stephen Kelly
The natives in the Red-State interior of Northern California refer to their area as Calabama for its Appalachian-like mix of mountains, lakes, poverty, ignorance, and crime, although toothlessness and banjo playing may have something to do with it too. When a young wastrel gets mixed up with the moonshine-and-meth mafia in the kidnapping of the local lumber baron that goes horribly awry, his life of pleasurable vice falls apart. He loses his job, his wife wants a divorce, and his best friend is killed. And it’s all downhill from there…
Praise for Steve Brewer (who is the same as that Stephen Kelly guy):
“Like Elmore Leonard, the writer whose work his most resembles, Brewer writes with a light and deft touch, bringing style and wit to the crime genre, along with a pleasing gift for character and dialogue.”
--Chicago Sun-Times
“Steve Brewer’s affinity for storytelling is matched by a wry sense of humor that doesn’t overwhelm the serious aspects of his mysteries.”
--Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Bullets gives crime fiction fans all the unforgettable characters and fast, fierce action we crave, plus a flavorful overlay of the wry Brewer humor we’ve come to love.”
—Tony Hillerman
Praise for Steve Brewer (who is the same as that Stephen Kelly guy):
“Like Elmore Leonard, the writer whose work his most resembles, Brewer writes with a light and deft touch, bringing style and wit to the crime genre, along with a pleasing gift for character and dialogue.”
--Chicago Sun-Times
“Steve Brewer’s affinity for storytelling is matched by a wry sense of humor that doesn’t overwhelm the serious aspects of his mysteries.”
--Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Bullets gives crime fiction fans all the unforgettable characters and fast, fierce action we crave, plus a flavorful overlay of the wry Brewer humor we’ve come to love.”
—Tony Hillerman
Stephen Kelly is the pseudonym for Steve Brewer, the best crime novelist you’ve never heard of. As Steve Brewer, he’s the author of 16 novels, including the series featuring private detective Bubba Mabry. A movie of Steve’s first book, Lonely Street, starring Jay Mohr as Bubba, was released in 2009. Steve lives in Northern California.
