Okay–true story-I forget a lot about my blog. I think my last post was a month ago–all those things I used to need to shout from the mountaintops are perfectly content fermenting in my twisted little heart, silent as the grave.
But I DO need to remember to post about new releases.
I did a HUGE breakdown of the Fishiverse HERE, back when Constantly Cotton was released, and people really seemed to enjoy being walked through the connections and byways of the evolution of Fish. Fish in a Barrel has some of those byways cooked in–Henry (of Fish on a Bicycle and Shades of Henry) has become a steady fixture, as have the Flophouse boys and Henry’s boss (and Ellery’s best friend) Galen. Ace, Sonny, and Burton didn’t get any play in this one, although they do show up in the backmatter because I wrote a lot of ficlets in the last two years.
And I really love the idea of Ace, Sonny, Burton, Jason, Jai, Ernie, and George all hanging out in the desert and keeping the peace. Just a little gay coalition for peace–nothing to see here folks, make sure you check your antifreeze before you drive your car through the desert.
But Fish in a Barrel is Jackson and Ellery at their most pure–pursuing a case for the greater good and applying compassion and common sense to a justice system badly in need of both. We get so used to reading about injustice, vanity, stupidity and cruelty masquerading as politics–writing these stories is my way of fixing at least a tiny bit of what’s wrong with the world.
So I hope you enjoy the Fishiverse–and I especially hope you love Fish in a Barrel.
If I’m lucky, I’ll get to write these guys for the rest of my career. If I’m not lucky, I’ll keep writing them for myself.
Jackson Rivers and Ellery Cramer have worked difficult jobs before, but usually it’s getting the facts that’s the problem. For their newest client, the trouble isn’t finding the truth—it’s corruption at the highest levels of the justice system. It isn’t enough to find the actual perpetrator and unveil a heartless plot—not when the DA is the bad guy and he’s using cops as his goons. Keeping their vulnerable client alive and out of jail takes blood, sweat, and tears.
When one of their major antagonists is killed and the DA tries to pin the death on Jackson, he’ll need every ounce of luck and all his resources to clear his name—and to find the perpetrator before the DA can use the murder to further his own agenda. They soon find that it’s easier to spot an honest man in a field of thieves than it is to shoot fish in a barrel—and both the man and the fish will be lucky to survive….
