Coming in March from Down & Out Books: HIPSTER DEATH RATTLE by Richie Narvaez

TAMPA, Fla. - Nov. 29, 2018 - PRLog -- Down & Out Books is pleased to announce that HIPSTER DEATH RATTLE by Richie Narvaez will be published on March 11, 2019 in trade paperback and ebook formats.

About HIPSTER DEATH RATTLE …

Hipsters are getting slashed to pieces in the hippest neighborhood in New York City: Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As fear and tension rise in the summer heat, police detectives Petrosino and Hadid eye local gangbangers for the crimes. Meanwhile, slacker reporter Tony Moran and his ex-girlfriend Magaly Fernandez pursue a cold case involving an old woman who mysteriously disappeared a year before. But the closer they all get to the truth, the closer they get to losing their heads.

Filled with a broad cast of local characters and told with sardonic wit, this fast-moving, intricately plotted story plays out against a backdrop of rapid gentrification, skyrocketing rents, and class tension, written like only a true native could.

Advance praise for HIPSTER DEATH RATTLE …

"Richie Narvaez has created something that's been missing from recent fiction: a vivid, loving look at city living from the street view."—Sara Paretsky, award-winning author of Shell Game

"Hipster Death Rattle is a smart piece of work featuring the unlikely yet likeable hero Tony 'Chino' Moran. Fierce and funny…with a light touch that masks Narvaez's biting social commentary." —Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break

"[Narvaez] has one of the most compelling writing styles I've come across in years." —Lawrence Kelter, author of Back to Brooklyn

Meet the author …

Richie Narvaez was born and raised in Brooklyn. His work has been published in Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Long Island Noir, Mississippi Review, Murdaland, Pilgrimage, and Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, among others. His first book of short stories, Roachkiller and Other Stories, received the Spinetingler Award for Best Anthology. Hipster Death Rattle is his debut novel.

In its eighth year as an independent publisher of award-winning literary and crime fiction, Down & Out Books (https://downandoutbooks.com) is based in Tampa, Florida. For more information about the book, to request a review copy of the book, or to inquire about an interview with the author, contact info@downandoutbooks.com.