It's a Festivus Miracle!

 The seventh Nick Forte novel, Criminal Econ 101, drops today, an honest to Seinfeld Festivus miracle.

 Here’s the description from the web site:

 Chicago private eye Nick Forte’s ex-wife isn’t often scared. Never, in his experience. So when Diane takes him aside to say she’s being followed, Nick takes it seriously, especially since anyone following Diane is following their daughter Caroline as well. When the tail shows up across the street from Diane’s house one morning, Nick tags along to see what’s what, leading him into a web that includes a department store mogul, organized crime, loan sharks, money launderers, high school jerks, a woman he thought he’d seen the last of, and a man he wished he’d seen the last of. All are in play as Nick and his friend Goose Satterwhite work to keep Diane and Caroline safe while resolving the matter that placed them in danger.

 The book is available in both electronic and print formats.

 A few things have changed from my recent releases.

1.    This book is not free. Friends whose opinions I trust convinced me not to give away my work. Books already posted to my web site for free download will remain so, with the possible exception of Dead Shot, which is under evaluation. (So if you want a freebie, go for it.)

2.    Just because I’m charging again doesn’t mean I’m gouging my dozen(s?) of loyal readers. The e-book retails for $2.99; the print version is $9.99, the lowest price I can charge and still get paid. I said for years my publisher asked too much for my books. You can help prove I was right by increasing sales.

 Little (read: no) advance promotion was done, and for good reason. I didn’t know for sure when I’d get the book out until I uploaded it last week. There will be a few promotional posts here in the coming weeks including

·       Brief excerpts

·       An interview with Nick Forte

·       An interview with me

·       Whatever else I come up with

 Rest assured, all expense will be spared in promoting this addition to my oeuvre.

 (Full disclosure: This book went through more titles than Donald Trump has lawsuits. I thought of Criminal Economics early on but understood it came to mind only because my friend Eric Beetner wrote an excellent book with that title a few years ago. Several others were considered and discarded until I realized a line from a piece of dialog was the best title I could come up with. Consider the fact that I probably only thought of that line because or Eric’s book to be homage, not theft.)