WriterTypes podcast

March 25, 2017March 25, 2017 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

This is a great podcast hosted by the multi-talented crime fiction authors Eric Beetner and S.W. Lauden. I listened to the first two episodes and was blown away. Interviews with Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Joe Lansdale, Lou Berney, and Steph Post to name only a few, plus short stories, and reviews by Dan and Kate Malmon.

I was stoked to find out I’d be included in Episode 3 which had outtakes from Noir at the Bar on March 5. Travis Richardson and I read from his short story “Stranger in a Bar” which is included in the inaugural issue of SWITCHBLADE magazine. I read the part of the wannabe stripper whore, of course.

AND I was delightfully surprised to hear Kate Malmon sing FINN’s praises. That made my day!

Check out the podcast here and if you haven’t heard the first two, you need to catch up already.

CLEANING UP FINN ebook on sale!

February 6, 2017 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

This week, the ebook version of CLEANING UP FINN is on sale at Amazon for only $0.99.

Now through 2/8 so only a few more days! And did you know it’s now a 2017 Lefty Debut Mystery finalist?

Buy Cleaning Up Finn

“I absolutely loved Cleaning Up Finn by Sarah M. Chen. I defy anyone who reads this tightly wound novella to find anything wrong with it. It has a classic noir main character, death, despair, and—best of all—a full-throttle plot that picks up more and more speed as the plot unfolds.” – Derrick Horodyski of Out of the Gutter

A MYSTERY LOVER’S CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

December 23, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

Check out Will Viharo’s blog Digital Media Ghost where he suggests what to get for that crime fiction lover in your life. Very nice to see FINN listed among some incredible books and authors.

Happy holidays!

FINN makes Best of 2016!

December 13, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

So excited to see FINN get a mention on Derrick Horodyski’s Best of 2016 list over at Out of the Gutter. It’s a fantastic lineup of incredible books and authors that I’m honored to be a part of.

And there are 7 All Due Respect authors listed – woo hoo!

Big thanks to Derrick and Out of the Gutter!

TEN GREAT BOOKS BY UP-AND-COMING CRIME FICTION WRITERS

October 11, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / 2 Comments

I’m so thrilled that FINN and I are included on this list by Rob Hart, author of the killer Ash McKenna series. I’m in great company with Danny Gardner, S.W. Lauden, and Eryk Pruitt among many others.

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The Strand Blog – ten great books by up and coming crime fiction writers

And if you haven’t read Rob’s NEW YORKED or CITY OF ROSE yet, don’t wait another second! SOUTH VILLAGE, the third in the series, is out today.

THE STRAND – Ten Great Books by Up and Coming Crime Fiction Writers

BOUCHERCON PANEL NEWS

August 3, 2016August 7, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

So I’ll be on the “Murder Under the Sun” panel at Boucheron on Thursday, September 15 at 4:30pm in LaGalleries 1.

Fabulous Mysti Berry is moderating (she’s fabulous because she was on my panel for LCC so I know) and I’ll be chatting with authors Michael Stanley, Michele Dorsey, Annamaria Alfieri, and Jeffrey Hess. We’ll be talking about what else but murder on the beach, in the desert, on a boat, or on safari. FINN definitely qualifies because what’s more sunny and murderous than the South Bay?

This is an actual picture of a N’awlins sunrise too! Thanks to Jon Jordan of Crimespree for the awesome pic.

DEAD END FOLLIES REVIEW

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

Check out the latest review of FINN. This is from Benoit Lelievre (the voice behind the reputable site, Dead End Follies). Dead End Follies posts reviews about books, movies, and pop culture, that skew on the darker side of things.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Whether you’re into Greek tragedies, Alfred Hitchcock or old school Michael Douglas movies, you’ll get a kick out of Sarah M. Chen’s existentially indebted protagonist and the exquisite tortures she puts him through.”

PULP HACK CONFESSIONS REVIEWS FINN

July 17, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / 2 Comments

I’m thrilled with this latest review of CLEANING UP FINN. This one is by William E. Wallace, a talented and prolific author, who blogs over at Pulp Hack Confessions.

The title of the review alone is perfect: “Cleaning Up Finn Would Take a Truckload of Disinfectant.”

I especially love the line: “With his misadventures piling up to the point where they seem utterly beyond repair, he decides to turn over a new leaf…Unfortunately, the leaf he turns over is poison oak…”

“CLEANING UP FINN is a sun-blurred, booze-soaked excursion”…what more could you want for summer reading?

July 1, 2016 / Sarah M. Chen / Leave a comment

Read praise for CLEANING UP FINN here:

From the Col’s Criminal Library:

“You feel like your sympathies shouldn’t really rest with our main man, but somehow in the hands of Sarah Chen, they do. Can Finn clean up his act, get out from under and find some measure of redemption? Or is he doomed to repeat the mistakes of his past?”

From Tom Leins’ DIRTY BOOKS:

“This debut novella from Sarah M. Chen is a sun-blurred, booze-soaked excursion into the grubby underbelly of a Californian beach town.”

From Derrick Horodyski of OUT OF THE GUTTER:

“I absolutely loved Cleaning Up Finn by Sarah M. Chen. I defy anyone who reads this tightly wound novella to find anything wrong with it. It has a classic noir main character, death, despair, and—best of all—a full-throttle plot that picks up more and more speed as the plot unfolds.”

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