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Take a look at Blog Talk Radio host Fran Lewis�� review of THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE. She interviewed me today on her show.

The Best Lousy Choice by Jim Nesbitt.

Summary

Dallas private eye Ed Earl Burch is an emotional wreck, living on the edge of madness, hosing down the nightmares of his last case with bourbon and Percodan, dreading the next onslaught of demons that haunt his days and nights, including a one-eyed dead man who still wants to carve out his heart and eat it.

Burch is also a walking contradiction. Steady and relentless when working a case. Tormented and unbalanced when idle. He’s deeply in debt to a shyster lawyer who forces him to take the type of case he loathes �� divorce work, peephole creeping to get dirt on a wayward husband.

Work with no honor. Work that reminds him of how far he’s fallen since he lost the gold shield of a Dallas homicide detective. Work in the stark, harsh badlands of West Texas, the border country where��

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Check out the rave review of THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE by one of my favorite writers, Baron R. Birtcher��. Then see what all the fuss is about at

Rave reviews keep rolling in for THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE, my latest hard-boiled Texas crime thriller. Take a look at the latest from one of my favorite writers, Baron R. Birtcher. Then see what all the fuss is about at . Here’s Baron’s review: JIM NESBITT’S THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE BRISTLES WITH SO MUCH REALISTIC TEXAS GRIT, YOU’LL HAVE TO EMPTY OUT YOUR BOOTS WHEN YOU FINISH READING“Suffice to say, that The Best Lousy Choice brings all of author Jim Nesbitt’s considerable talents to bear and puts them on display in crisp, wide-angled focus. It is Texas, 1989, and Ed Earl Burch, the self-described de-frocked cop and walking paradox is back. A man both clever and intelligent, he also possesses a timeless Western-style sense of justice, unburdened by too much regard as to the methods he employs to keep the scales in balance.  As steady��

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Here’s the latest whistlestop on THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE blog tour. This one’s a showcase and giveaway on Nesie’s Place, a site hosted by reviewer Felicia Denise. Many thanks, Felicia.

on Tour August 1-31, 2019

Synopsis:

Dallas private eye Ed Earl Burch is an emotional wreck, living on the edge of madness, hosing down the nightmares of his last case with bourbon and Percodan, dreading the next onslaught of demons that haunt his days and nights, including a one-eyed dead man who still wants to carve out his heart and eat it.

Burch is also a walking contradiction. Steady and relentless when working a case. Tormented and unbalanced when idle. He’s deeply in debt to a shyster lawyer who forces him to take the type of case he loathes �� divorce work, peephole creeping to get dirt on a wayward husband.

Work with no honor. Work that reminds him of how far he’s fallen since he lost the gold shield of a Dallas homicide detective. Work in the stark, harsh badlands of West Texas, the border country where he almost��

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Check out The Mule’s review of Carmen Amato’s latest page-turner, RUSSIAN MOJITO.

Emilia Cruz, the gritty but stylish police detective at the center of the author Carmen Amato’s mystery series, has a foot planted in both of the worlds that dominate the world-famous resort city she serves �� Acapulco.

She moves easily, but not without guilt, between the glitzy beachfront hotels that dominate Acapulco’s skyline and the hyper-violent crime and corruption that seethes beyond that luxurious tourist bubble.

As a lover, she lives in the bubble with her boyfriend, the manager of one of those gleaming hotels. As a cop, she tackles the worst that other world of crime and corruption serves up, battling ruthless narcos and crooked politicians and officials, including more than a few who also wear a badge and hate her for being honest and a woman.

Fans of Amato’s earlier work are familiar with this dynamic and the emotional strain and guilt Cruz feels and the author so��

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Another stellar review for THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE��

Nothing finer than a great review of THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE to start Honest Jim’s day. This one by UK crime fiction aficionado and ace reviewer . Many thanks, Col. Here’s the link to his review:

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Second stop on the blog tour for THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE �� a guest post on Reading A Page Turner about one of my favorite writing topics, the importance of creating a keen sense of place. You’ll hear me talk about this at Killer Nashville in a few weeks.

Here’s the accompanying BooksChatter showcase for THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE. Hell, it’s got the descriptions for all three Ed Earl Burch books. Helluva ride. First stop on THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE blog tour �� BooksChatter. Check out the interview as I blather about West Texas, Ed Earl Burch, hard-boiled detective fiction, bourbon and .45s. And an Ed Earl sound track �� leading with The Flatlanders version of Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s “Dallas.�� Many thanks to the good folks who run this blog.

Thank you for joining us on the Virtual Book Tour for  The Best Lousy Choice , a Hard-boiled Crime Thriller by Jim Nesbitt (��

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