No Clean Hands - a 1990s California crime novel

imthelastpirate · Today, 01:03 PM

Hello. I'm William Bear. I write crime fiction about people on the wrong side of it. I have a 1990s California crime novel out, and the novella that comes before it is free.

No Clean Hands is the novel. The sales blurb is one sentence: "In a town built on corruption, where everyone has an angle, Abraham Lincoln just wants out." It is not a redemption story. Nobody gets out clean. It is $4.99 as an EPUB from my store, and it is also on Amazon and Google Play.

Before it there is the prequel novella, When Our Hands Were Cleaner. One night in 1990s Southern California: Barbie and her cousins come down from Crestline to Redlands for the punk, ska and Oi! scenes, a show at the Showcase Theater in Corona goes wrong, and on the drive home a cop named Dale Kemper decides to teach some punk rockers a lesson. Includes the full novella as a DRM-free EPUB and print-ready PDF, an author's note from me, and a preview of the novel.

My store is Gumroad, at imthelastpirate.gumroad.com. The free novella is here:

https://imthelastpirate.gumroad.com/...nds-first-push

The novel is here. That link is the book's own page and not a shop, and the first chapter is printed on it in full:

https://2919c8fb50ebbb39328f1d497823...nds-first-push

There is a paperback on Amazon as well. No shortened links, and nothing here is an affiliate link.

William Bear

rantanplan · Today, 03:57 PM

Is that like a pulpy noir thriller?

Today, 01:03 PM	#1
imthelastpirate Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2026 Device: none	No Clean Hands - a 1990s California crime novel Hello. I'm William Bear. I write crime fiction about people on the wrong side of it. I have a 1990s California crime novel out, and the novella that comes before it is free. No Clean Hands is the novel. The sales blurb is one sentence: "In a town built on corruption, where everyone has an angle, Abraham Lincoln just wants out." It is not a redemption story. Nobody gets out clean. It is $4.99 as an EPUB from my store, and it is also on Amazon and Google Play. Before it there is the prequel novella, When Our Hands Were Cleaner. One night in 1990s Southern California: Barbie and her cousins come down from Crestline to Redlands for the punk, ska and Oi! scenes, a show at the Showcase Theater in Corona goes wrong, and on the drive home a cop named Dale Kemper decides to teach some punk rockers a lesson. Includes the full novella as a DRM-free EPUB and print-ready PDF, an author's note from me, and a preview of the novel. My store is Gumroad, at imthelastpirate.gumroad.com. The free novella is here: https://imthelastpirate.gumroad.com/...nds-first-push The novel is here. That link is the book's own page and not a shop, and the first chapter is printed on it in full: https://2919c8fb50ebbb39328f1d497823...nds-first-push There is a paperback on Amazon as well. No shortened links, and nothing here is an affiliate link. William Bear

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rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 1,316 Karma: 13516840 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Libra 2, Tolino Vision Color, reMarkable PaperPro	Is that like a pulpy noir thriller?