A Creative Kind of Killer

"Fortune Fanelli is thoughtful and sensitive and a welcome addition to private eye literature" Lawrence Block, author of Eight Million Ways to Die, etc.

"Tightly plotted and well paced. And there's a bonus: good writing. Early's characters are beautifully drawn, his setting...New York's SoHo...richly detailed and authentic." Susan Isaacs, author of Compromising Positions, etc.

"A fresh, fast, vital send-off for a hip, likable shamus
Fanelli will be welcomed back after this fine debut" Chicago Tribune

"I certainly hope Fortune Fanelli soon decides to take another case." Washington Post

"Could we, perchance, entice Fanelli West to clean up Modern Hollywood?" Los Angeles Times

Nominated for an Edgar.
Won the Shamus.

Lot's of long-time residents of Soho don't approve of the transformation the art crowd has brought to the area. But Fortune
Fanelli, ex-cop turned private investigator and single parent of two, likes his old neighborhood in its chic and glitzy guise. He also likes to work, and accepts the job of solving the murder of a young girl, whose trail snakes along the underbelly of SoHo where drug smuggling, runaway children, kiddie porn, and legions of hustlers crowd.

Surprise after surprise assures a fast paced and suspenseful foray into the darker reaches of New York's hottest art scene.