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Amazon:
Oscar Caliber Gun by Henry Baum, a timely Hollywood noir thriller originally out from formerly independent small publisher Soft Skull Press (
Wikipedia), who've published a few award-nominees back in the day before being bought out by Counterpoint, in 1997.
Hollywood celebrity stalker Ray Tompkins prowls the underbelly of Los Angeles, his new target is A-List Actor Tim Griffith, and Ray's going to see this one through to the star-studded end. This Noir thriller set in pre-Internet 90s LA will be enjoyed by fans of Schrader, Easton-Ellis and Bukowski.
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Mind Game by Edgar & Barry Award-finalist Ben Rehder (
SYKM,
Wikipedia), a short story in his Blanco County mystery series starring a Texas game warden and his sherriff buddy, originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. It's kind of sad that the author feels the need to warn directly in the blurb that this is a short story after getting negative reviews solely because it was short (do people have no reading comprehension?!).
The sheriff of Blanco County has a problem on his hands. One local resident is making vague threats—hypothetically speaking, of course—to unsettle another local resident, who stole the first man's girlfriend. The problem escalates and violence is almost certain, until the sheriff comes up with a brilliant and ironic solution.
Rehder also offers a non-fiction collection of his magazine articles about his real-life experience game wardening which he drew on when writing his mysteries, x-linked in the Non-Fiction megathread:
Fun & Game Wardens: A Collection of Warden and Wildlife Magazine Articles