On July 28th, Sandman Slim returns for a seventh time in KILLING PRETTY, the new novel by Richard Kadrey. Richard will hit seven states as he presses the flesh to pimp this killer book. Slim is a hard drinking, smoking badass that seems to constantly be protecting the world, even though most of it’s inhabitants annoy him.
Sandman Slim investigates Death’s death in this hip, propulsive urban fantasy through a phantasmagoric LA rife with murder, mayhem, and magic.
James Stark has met his share of demons and angels, on earth and beyond. Now, he’s come face to face with the one entity few care to meet: Death.
Someone has tried to kill Death—ripping the heart right out of him—or rather the body he’s inhabiting. Death needs Sandman Slim’s help: he believes anyone who can beat Lucifer and the old gods at their own game is the only one who can solve his murder.
Stark follows a sordid trail deep into LA’s subterranean world, from vampire-infested nightclubs to talent agencies specializing in mad ghosts, from Weimar Republic mystical societies to sleazy supernatural underground fight and sex clubs. Along the way he meets a mysterious girl—distinguished by a pair of graveyard eyes—as badass as Slim: she happens to be the only person who ever outwitted Death. But escaping her demise has had dire consequences for the rest of the world . . . and a few others.
For years, Slim has been fighting cosmic forces bent on destroying Heaven, Hell, and Earth. This time, the battle is right here on the gritty streets of the City of Angels, where a very clever, very ballsy killer lies in wait.
Slim is one of my favorite characters, if you enjoyed hard-boiled fiction, I can’t recommend him enough.
July 28, 2015, 7:30 pm
Kepler’s Books
Book Launch Event
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
August 1, 2015, 3:00 pm
Borderlands Books
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco CA 94110
August 17, 2015, 5:00 pm
Mystery One Bookshop
Book Event and Signing
2109 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
August 17, 2015, 7:00 pm
Boswell Book Company
Book Event and Signing
2559 N Downer Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211
August 18, 2015, 7:00 pm
Joseph Beth Booksellers
Event w/ Chuck Wendig and David Wellington
161 Lexington Green Circle
Lexington, KY 40503
August 19, 2015, 2:00 – 2:30 pm
Sasquan World SF Convention, Spokane, WA
Reading
Rm 303B
August 22, 2015, 11:00 – 11:45 am
Fantasy and Supernatural Noir
Bays 111C
August 25, 12:00 pm
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Book Event and Signing
117 Cherry ST
Seattle, WA 98102
August 25, 2015, 7:00 pm
University Book Store
Book Event & Signing
990 102nd Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
September 3-5, 2015
Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA
Panels and signings to come
September 6, 2015, 5:00 pm
Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA
In Conversation with Chuck Wendig
September 24-25, 2015
Salt Lake Comic Con
Panels and signings to come
September 26, 2015, 4:30 pm
Murder By The Book
Signing & Event w/ Beth Cato & Chuck Wendig
2342 Bissonnet ST
Houston, TX 77005
September 28, 2015, 7:00 pm
Schuler Books
Book Event & Signing
2820 Towne Centre Blvd
Lansing, MI 48912
