Bill Eidsonβs critically acclaimed thrillers are never too far from the sea, influenced by his growing up and living in New England. From the dive instructor inΒ The Little BrotherΒ who slowly discovers his new housemate is a psychopath, to the ex-DEA agent inΒ The MaydayΒ hired to find two children everyone else believes were lost at sea, Eidsonβs fast-paced novels involve ordinary people who cross courses with the violent among us all. Eidsonβs books are not only page-turners, but his characters, both the heroic and the vicious, come fully to life.
Β His novels have been favorably reviewed in theΒ Los Angeles Times, theΒ Chicago Tribune, theΒ Boston Herald, theΒ Providence Journal, andΒ Entertainment Weekly, and have received starred reviews inΒ KirkusReviewsΒ andΒ Publishers Weekly. He has received praise from authors such as Robert B. Parker and Peter Straub, and he has been compared to Elmore Leonard. TheΒ Boston Globeβs review ofΒ One Bad ThingΒ said, βEidson writes a tough, direct prose edged with irony, and he may well be a successor, at last, to the much-missed John D. MacDonald.β Three of Eidsonβs books have been optioned for movies and translated for foreign rights. AΒ Kirkus ReviewsΒ line aboutΒ The MaydayΒ sums it up for all of Eidsonβs work: βHereβs crime fiction the way itβs supposed to be.β To learn more about Billβs freelance writing and his books, go to www.billeidson.com.