In a starred review Publishers Weekly proclaimed, “Rick Cahill’s extreme physical and emotional vulnerability is on full display in Shamus Award-winner Coyle’s superior eighth outing [Last Redemption] . . . Contemporary hard-boiled PI novels don’t get any better than this.” Number ten in the series is now out, again brutally putting its protagonist, with his brain disease worsening and family in disarray, through almost impossibly dire circumstances—and a case—to overcome. Best-seller Joe Ide (the I.Q. series) calls Odyssey’s End, “[A]nother smart, tightly-written, faster-than-a-speeding bullet tale of lust, danger and greed.” The author himself, Matt Coyle, returns to the SCWC Saturday evening to tell us all about it, 10 years in and nine novels out since his debut effort.
The working Schedule has been posted and the Staff page updated. While we’re still battling profound technical challenges behind the scenes, February’s in-person event is shaping up swell and promises to be another one to remember. If you’ve subscribed to our monthly updates to keep apprised of all the latest SCWC news and have not received any over the past many months, that’s because our third-party mailing list sender is pretty much broken. We’re striving to resolve the situation, but do re-subscribe if you do not receive a conference update via email by tomorrow (Tuesday).
Discounted registration remains open. Till next time, best of writerly success in 2024. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!
–Michael Steven Gregory
Executive Director, SCWC
