Event: Noir at the Bar - Toronto - May 8th

Mystery fans in the Toronto area should mark their calendars for a 

cool event next month:  

Noir at the Bar!

EVENT DETAILS:  Our Toronto authors on Thursday May 8th include John McFetridge, fresh off the launch of BLACK ROCK, Howard Shrier whose MISS MONTREAL has been long-listed for the Arthur Ellis Best Novel, Jill Edmondson of Sasha Jackson fame, and Andrew Pyper, whose THE DEMONOLOGIST is a finalist for the 2014 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel. MCs Tanis Mallow and Rob Brunet will be reading as well, Brunet from STINKING RICH which debuts summer 2014.  We've got three out-of-town guests to juice the party: Owen Laukkanen of Vancouver just back from his U.S. tour for KILL FEE; Hilary Davidson, up from NYC to launch BLOOD ALWAYS TELLS; and Terrence McCauley, also of NYC, fresh off his triple New Pulp Award wins for best author, best novel (SLOW BURN), and best short story.

There's no cover, and PJ O'Brien's got a great pub menu if you're coming straight from work. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Short readings every half hour or so after that.

For more info please check THIS LINK.

Here's a picture of all the usual suspects at the end of the evening.  

It was such a fun event and the place was packed!

Yeah Baby! Sasha's Coming Back!!!

At long last!!!  After almost two years, P.I. Sasha Jackson is going to be back in action.  The 4th Sasha caper will be out before Christmas.  Here's the synopsis:

FRISKY BUSINESS

Two months ago, Kitty Vixen - a porn star with a history of drug abuse - was found beaten to death near a Toronto construction site.  No one knows why she was killed, but since she was a worthless nobody, the cops aren’t making her case a priority.

However, Kitty’s roommate and former co-star Raven Greywolf wants answers, so she hires Private Investigator Sasha Jackson to find out just how dirty the adult film industry really is. 

As Sasha traipses through the back alleys in the world of adult entertainment, she realizes that a disposable human being can be quite valuable after all, and that both dreams and ambition are priceless. 

Synopsis: The Lies Have It

Now available on Amazon!

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It’s election time in Toronto, and this year’s mayoral race is hotly contested. However, private investigator Sasha Jackson is more focused on bondage than ballots. After a wild night at a fetish party, a man Sasha had briefly met is found murdered near Cherry Beach, the whip marks on his back punctuated by two bullet holes. It initially seems like naughty sex that went a bit too far, but Sasha soon discovers that politicos like to play rough too, and might be hiding more than just their handcuffs. 


Meanwhile, Sasha has two other cases on the go. A couple of distraught parents have hired her to find their runaway daughter Macy. Sasha’s search for the girl leads her to some of Toronto’s shadier neighbourhoods where she learns more than she wants to about teenaged angst and Ecstasy. Sasha soon discovers that Macy is a stoned cutter, and has been chillin’ with squatters and squeegee kids.  


On top of the spank me, shank me cases, Sasha’s restaurateur brother has referred her services to a fine dining colleague who is convinced that someone in his restaurant is cooking the books instead of cooking five-star meals. Sasha should have just asked ‘Where’s the beef?’ but instead she spends a rainy night looking for it.  


When Sasha dries off, she encounters an artistic dominatrix with passion for the environment, a political wife who never met a camera she didn't love, and a furry white cat that will inadvertently help to expose everything about Sasha’s latest case.