Jason Starr is the internationally best-selling author of many crime novels and thrillers, and his books have been published in over a dozen languages. He has also cowritten several novels with Ken Bruen for Hard Case Crime, and his work in comics for Marvel, D.C, Vertigo, and Boom! Studios has featured Wolverine, The Punisher, Batman, Doc Savage, The Avenger, Ant-Man, and The Sandman. Many of his books are in development for film and TV. Starr's best-selling crime novels include Nothing Personal, Hard Feelings, Tough Luck, Twisted City, Lights Out, The Follower, and Panic Attack. He is one of only several authors who have won the Anthony Award for mystery fiction multiple times. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, and lives in Manhattan, NY.
Praise for SAVAGE LANE "Savage Lane is a wickedly smart and twisted
look at suburbia - a tense thriller and searing satire."
--Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel "Who
but Jason Starr could render suburban vice pitch black, sneakily
endearing and wickedly funny all at once? Like James M. Cain meets
Tom Perrotta, SAVAGE LANE shows, in grand style, how twisted the
hearts of All-American families can be, and how those picket white
fences can be dangerously sharp."
--Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever "A work of twisted
genius; deliciously dark and funny. VERY highly recommended."
--Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Because She Loves Me and The
Magpies "SAVAGE LANE is a next-level kind of crime novel. The kind
of book that gets in your head and stays there for a long time, and
makes you look at yourself and everyone else differently. "
--Ed Brubaker, Eisner Award winning author "One of the best books
of 2015, and Starr is one of the greatest writers now working in
the United States. Reminiscent of Rick Moody's THE ICE STORM and
Tom Perrotta's LITTLE CHILDREN, SAVAGE LANE is a novel of our lives
and times that is a must-read on multiple levels."
--Bookreporter "A satirical and chilling portrait of a very bent
side of suburbia." --Booklist "A hard-to-put-down book - you are
likely to find yourself repeatedly thinking 'I'll read just one
more chapter'. One of the best crime fiction books of the year."
--The Telegraph (UK) "(A) deadly tale of dysfunctional people
living on a cul-de-sac in an upscale suburb...mix two distrustful
teenage daughters, a psychopathic killer and a likable gay
detective, and you get a fun, trashy domestic thriller."
--Minneapolis Star-Tribune "A surfeit of toxic behavior surrounds
the aptly named Savage Lane...Starr has some startling plot twists
up his sleeve." --Publishers Weekly "A fantastic thriller that
makes the reader face hard questions of fantasy versus reality,
SAVAGE LANE is one of the best books I've read all year."
--CrimeSpree Magazine "A thrilling noir that offers up a searing
satire of a declining marriage, suburban life, and obsessive
love."
--Criminal Element "A terrifically tense psycho-thriller and an
all-too-convincing satire of the modern domestic dream."
--The Herald (Scotland) "Jason Starr's devilish wit and zealous
style gives Savage Lane a unique sense of irreverence and some
blackly hilarious moments, helping distinguish it in the busy
thriller landscape."
--Crime Fiction Lover "Packed with thrills, Starr has crafted a
thriller that also manages to be a hilarious satire on urban
America, and a careful character study. Carefully crafted and
constantly thrilling, Savage Lane is a rapid and enjoyable
read."
--The Book Bag (UK) "Stripping away the genteel facade of suburbia
until the pace becomes truly frenetic, sordid and dark, this
ingenious thriller manipulates the heartstrings like a deranged
keyboard. The secret life of middle-class suburbia has never been
this disturbing."
--Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading (UK) "Read this if you liked pretty
much anything by Patricia Highsmith. Savage Lane is a fun, darkly
humorous ride that you're going to want to take." --LitReactor
Named one of PopSugar's Best Fall Reads! Phenomenal praise for the
novels of Jason Starr "Jason Starr's got a hip style and an ear for
crackling dialogue... characters so real we feel we know them."
--Jeffery Deaver "Starr once again shows a real gift for satiric
humor and capturing the contemporary New York scene." --Publishers
Weekly on The Pack "PANIC ATTACK is the ultimate page turner -- a
thriller that brilliantly blends psychological and physical
suspense. It's rare that you get either one in a book, but Jason
Starr delivers them both in spades." --Michael Connelly "Lights Out
has the New York sound, the energy, dialog that's on the beat...
Read it and you'll go hunting for Jason Starr's other books, I
promise." -Elmore Leonard "Jason Starr's prose is as taut, vicious,
relentless and elegant as a jewelled hand tightening around your
throat." --Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight "This
generation's Looking for Mr. Goodbar and a crackling-hot beach
read."
-The New York Post on The Follower "Jason Starr is the link between
Richard Prather and Albert Camus.... It's almost impossible to do
Fake I.D. its proper justice other than to tell you that you need
to read this book before today's sun sets." -Bookreporter "A
throwback to the spare, snappy crime writing of Jim Thompson and
James M. Cain."
-Entertainment Weekly on Hard Feelings
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