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Dry Heat

Len Joy 

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Description

Dry Heat is a crime novel about a young man who loses everything but his heart.

The day All-American Joey Blade turns 18, he learns his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, is betrayed by his new girlfriend, and is arrested for the attempted murder of two police officers. Then things get bad.

Dry Heat will appeal to readers who enjoy suspense thrillers like Noah Hawley's Before the Fall or heartfelt sagas like Nickolas Butler's Hearts of Men.

Product Details

PublisherBqb Publishing
Publish DateMarch 01, 2022
Pages350
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781952782510
DimensionsN/A

About the Author

Len Joy is the author of four books that have have received shining reviews and several awards. Everyone Dies Famous, published in 2020 won 1st Prize in the 2020 Top Shelf Book Awards and was described by Kirkus as . . .a striking depiction of small-town America at the dawn of the 21st century. NY Times bestselling author Kevin Wilson described it as A clear-eyed examination of how we live in an uncertain world. . . .In clear prose, Joy does real work here. I'm grateful for it. His first novel, American Past Time, published in 2014 took 1st Prize in the Top Shelf Book Awards in 2019 for Fiction and was described by Kirkus as . . .expertly written and well-crafted. His second novel, Better Days was a finalist in the Indie Excellence Book Awards in 2019 and described by Foreword Reviews as A bighearted, wry, and tender novel that focuses on love and loyalty.

Len is a nationally ranked triathlete and competed internationally representing the United States as part of TEAM USA. He lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife, Suzanne.

Reviews

". . . Everyone Dies Famous looks through a keyhole at one group of people to reveal the parallels in all of us. Like with all great works of fiction, this story makes me think of the writing adage: The macro in the micro." --Margaret Lukas, author of River People


". . . a striking depiction of small-town America at the dawn of the 21st century." --Kirkus Reviews


". . . Len Joy creates a tight circle with his novel, tying the end back to the beginning. It starts with a Prologue that in an ironic twist of the term 'Prologue' focuses on the end of the book, and we begin to understand the devastation---and the redemption---of living in a small town" --Melissa Gouty, LiteratureLust.com
"Len Joy is a writer with a heart. Learn something from him." --Sasson Magazine


"This is the first Len Joy book I have read but it won't be the last. There's something magical about Joy's writing that keeps the reader hooked to the story unil the end." --Dehka, The Book Decoder


On Everyone Dies Famous: "Len Joy's Everyone Dies Famous is a clear-eyed examination of how we live in an uncertain world. By creating imminently understandable characters and skillfully linking them to a specific landscape, one that is so evocatively described, he shows us all the ways in which we're connected, how fragile those threads are. In clear prose, Joy does real work here. I'm grateful for it." --Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

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