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Burl Barer: HEADLOCK – Origins and Intentions #1

HEADLOCK_wordpressBurl Barer is an Edgar-Award winning author of both true crime and crime fiction. Burl has written multiple hit true crime books, including WildBlue’s MAN OVERBOARD. His private eye novel, HEADLOCK, is set to be published by WildBlue Press on December 22nd, 2015. Be sure to read the full article for details on HEADLOCK and its origins.

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“So, it would be a private detective in a small historic town, there must be corruption and colorful characters and a twist ending that you don’t see coming… Well,  being an investigative true crime writer living in Walla Walla, Washington, who had one New York Times best seller (Murder in the Family), I thought I should take on the role of the PI and tell it from my perspective.” – Burl Barer for his blog on December 4th, 2015

Find out more about author Burl Barer here: https://dev.wildbluepress.com/authors/burl-barer-bio/

 

Acclaim for HEADLOCK

“Clever, quirky, and often outrageous.” — Lee Goldberg, NYT best-selling author of numerous Mr. Monk mysteries

“A 100% dazzling debut of what could be the best new series in mystery fiction”– Prof. Gerry Graber

“…a detective as hard boiled as a twenty-minute egg, and wisecracks as sharp as a new Gillette!” —Dale Furutani, Anthony and Macavity winning author of the Ken Tanaka and Samurai Mystery series

 

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