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Dave Zeltserman
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PUBLISHED: Aug.26.2010

The Caretaker of Lorne Field

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Zeltserman's superb mix of humor and horror focuses on Jack Durkin, the ninth generation of firstborn sons in his family who have daily weeded Lorne Field to purge it of Aukowies, bloodthirsty plants that could overrun the world in weeks if not attended to. Though Jack takes his job seriously, no one else does: his oldest son doesn't want to...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.18.2007

Bad Thoughts

When he was thirteen years old, Billy Shannon came home from school one day to find his mother being murdered in their California home. Dying slowly of asphyxia, she is drowning in her own blood; a knife protruding from her open mouth and impaling her to the kitchen table. Twenty years pass, and Bill Shannon is a cop in...

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Small Crimes

Crooked cop Joe Denton gets out of prison early after disfiguring the local district attorney, which doesn't help his popularity. Nobody wants Joe to hang around, not his ex-wife, his parents or his former colleagues. Meanwhile, local mafia don Manny Vassey is dying of cancer and keen to cut a deal with God. He's thinking of singing to...

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2010

Killer

From Publisher's Weekly: The strong final book in Zeltserman's felon-out-of-prison trilogy (after Pariah and Small Crimes) focuses on hit man Leonard March, who cuts a deal with the state in exchange for a lighter sentence. By providing full details of the 28 murders he committed for Boston's top crime boss, Salvatore Lombard, March receives immunity from prosecution for those...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2009

Pariah

Once part of the holy triumvirate ruling the South Boston Irish Mob, Kyle Nevin is set up with the Feds by head mobster Red Mahoney, who leads him to a court case and a stretch in the slammer. Now out of prison, Kyle wants revenge on his old boss and mentor and, just as importantly, to reclaim his former glory. A kidnapping gone wrong leads, bizarrely, to a major book deal and a...

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Oct.26.2010 - 10:06 am

Early Halloween Treat

As an early Halloween treat to my readers, and also as a way to celebrate the recent release of my novel The Caretaker of Lorne Field and my short story collection, 21 Tales, I...

Sep.26.2010 - 4:17 pm

The Caretaker of Lorne Field as a Rorschach test

With The Caretaker of Lorne Field we have what appears to be a straightforward horror story where a 300 year-old legend demands that a caretaker diligently weed a field in a New...

Aug.03.2009 - 7:07 am

'Man out of prison' noir trilogy

Three dangerous men released from prison. The three distinct noir journeys which follow. That’s the premise for my ‘man just out of prison’ noir trilogy which Serpent’s Tail is...

Aug.02.2009 - 8:18 am

Where Tom Piccirilli sweats the truth out of me regarding Pariah

Thriller/horror writer Tom Piccirilli interrogates me over at The Big Adios. And while you're there check out some of Tom's other interrogations with top crime writers like Ed...

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Jul.22.2010

Killer

Published by Howard County Times

As "Killer" opens, Leonard March is one of the most hated men in Boston. Arrested for murder, Leonard cut a deal to inform on a mob boss. Assured of a lenient sentence, Leonard...

About Dave

Dave Zeltserman’s short crime fiction has been published in many venues, including Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines. His first novel, Fast Lane, received widespread praise, with Ken Bruen calling it ‘the most entertaining debut since...

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Dave Zeltserman
Dark Crime Fiction Writer