The stories in Jukes & Tonks introduce you to many sinners and few saints, love begun and love gone wrong, and all manner of unsavory criminal endeavors. What the stories have in common is that they plop you down in worlds where the music pulsating from the compact stageโif thereโs a stage at allโprovides the backbeat for tales that are unsparing, heartbreaking, twisty, and a few are as dark as the night, and the blinking sign offering live music is an invitation to the unexpected.
Contributors include Trey R. Barker, Michael Bracken, Jonathan Brown, S.A. Cosby, John M. Floyd, Debra H. Goldstein, Gar Anthony Haywood, Penny Mickelbury, Gary Phillips, William Dylan Powell, Kimberly B. Richardson, and Stacy Woodson.
Praise for JUKES & TONKS:
โThe world needs more jukes, more tonks, and more fine crime fictionโand this fast-paced playlist from Michael Bracken and Gary Phillips offers all of the above and then some. Itโs a #1 hitโฆwith a bullet!โ โJosh Pachter, editor of The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett
โWhile twists abound and nothing is predictable, one thing is certain: Jukes & Tonks transports the reader to a world where the drinks are cheap, the dancing is close, and the music reigns supreme.โ โHolly West, Anthony Award-nominated editor of Murder-a-Go-Goโs: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of The Go-Goโs