“Pages don’t flip this fast without wind and Swinson has whirled a hurricane of a story. The dialogue is tight and true. Alex Blum is a character to love. Sweet Thing is a feat.” –David Joy, author of Those We Thought We Knew
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Praise for SWEET THING from Peter Farris, author of Last Call for the Living and The Devil Himself
“You may beat the rap but you can’t beat the ride in one of the most propulsive and pitch-perfect crime novels of recent memory. With prose as smooth as an Elvin Hayes jumper, Sweet Thing is not only an authoritative mystery, but also an elegantly tragic character …
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Praise for SWEEET THING from Sam Wiebe, award-winning author of the Wakeland novels
“As tough and tender-hearted as a Springsteen song, Sweet Thing has it all: mystery, romance, danger and damnation. Swinson is a master of creating damaged but compelling characters who straddle both sides of the law. Sweet Thing is a triumph.” –Sam Wiebe, award-winning author of the Wakeland novels
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Praise for SWEET THING from James Grady, author of SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR and THE SMOKE IN OUR EYES
“SWEET THING is a stunning, wonderful, eye-opening, exciting crime novel that lets author and ex-cop David Swinson carry readers into the realities of their own world where crime and justice swirl into hard realities in streets we all drive. Swinson’s unique voice lets the readers …
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Due to be released on November 7, 2023 by Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co.
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Murderers, kidnappers or gremlins?
Join David Swinson at ThrillerFest XIV on July 9 – 13, 2019 in New York City where he will sit on the panel “MURDERERS, KIDNAPPERS OR GREMLINS?” Swinson and fellow authors L.A. Chandler, Raymond Benson, C.J. Carver, Bill Prentice, Kaira Rouda, and David Simms will talk about how to “find your villain” …
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Crime scenes and cocktails
Join David Swinson for crime scenes and cocktails at 1455’s first Summer Literary Festival on July 18-20 in downtown Winchester, VA. Swinson and authors Ed Aymar (THE UNREPENTANT), and Christina Kovac (THE CUTAWAY) will take a look at crime fiction at the Winchester Book Gallery on July 19, 2019 …
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Stay Thirsty interviews David Swinson
Stay Thirsty Magazine was thrilled to visit with David Swinson at his home in Northern Virginia for this Conversation. STAY THIRSTY: Your latest book, Trigger, is the third installment in your Frank Marr trilogy. Who really is Frank Marr and how has he evolved in these three books? …
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Lost Lives: Thrilling Stories
Virginia Festival of the Book | Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, VA | Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 2 pm – 3:30 pm Crime Wave novelists Tim Johnston (The Current), Stephen Mack Jones (Lives Laid Away), Kristen Lepionka (What You Want to See), and David Swinson (Trigger) discuss …
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