Update! CAFE MIDNIGHT is now live. 😀 Here’s the LINK
A burned-out homicide cop. A mysterious diner. A dead body. What could possibly go wrong?
When that cop is Joe McGwire? Everything. Back on duty after a deadly shootout, Joe and his new best friend, Insomnia, hit the streets. Drawn to a diner called Cafe Midnight, Joe walks straight into trouble.
Welcome to Cafe Midnight, where the coffee’s hot, you can still smoke, the payphone costs a nickel, and famous detectives hang out looking for a case.
This short story is a fond homage to film noir and the detective novels of yesteryear. It’s a tongue-in-cheek tale about a hard-driven homicide detective and the denizens of the dark he meets while investigating his latest murder.
As soon as it goes live on Amazon, I’ll let y’all know. Who’s your favorite literary or movie detective?
Silver James 
OMG, that sounds awesome. Can’t wait to read it. I love the old crime novels – whether or not they have a detective in them.
Phillip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer (man, Mickey Spillane could write). And then there are Perry Mason and Doug Selby (Erle Stanley Gardner’s creations). So much awesomeness in those five characters, I can’t pick just one.
It was fun to write. Do you need a guest post on the Unpublished Writer for Monday? 😉 I could talk about the inspiration behind it. 😆
Add Ellery Queen and Sherlock to that list and mine would closely mirror yours. 🙂
That would be awesome, Silver. =o)
I forgot Ellery Queen. And I thought you were looking for characters along the same vein, or Sherlock definitely would’ve been in there.
I’ll get something to you by the end of the week. 🙂 And yeah, since Sherlock makes an appearance, he’s definitely included. 😉
Fabulous! I love the old detective movies – with that film noir vibe!! The blurb sounds amazing, Silver!
Yes, to all those B.E. named – as for the old TV detectives, I miss them dearly (Cannon, McMillian and Wife, Rockford).
How about Alexander Mundy from It Takes a Thief? *waggles brows*
Love all the ones B.E. named, but my favorite literary detective is Eve Dallas. Know she isn’t old school by any stretch of the imagination, but she is totally kick-ass all day long.
Off to stalk Amazon now…
Yeah, Eve definitely isn’t old skool. 😆 But man, I’d stack her up against any of them! Even stripped of her technology. 😉
Happy Hunting! 😀
It’s up now. 🙂 Just bought my copy.
I ❤ you! 😀
trying again.
Did it work?