Fast Lane

"Hilarious in the darkest fashion, violent, bitter, psychotic and unputdownable" Ken Bruen, Shamus Award-winning author of THE GUARDS

Before there was Dave Zeltserman's acclaimed 'man out of prison' crime trilogy (Small Crimes, Pariah, Killer) there was his first novel, Fast Lane. Published in 2004 by the legendary small independent publisher, Point Blank Press, this seemingly hardboiled PI novel quickly developed a cult following among crime fans. Now Fast Lane is back with a vengeance.

When a young woman approaches Denver private eye Johnny Lane to find her birth parents, he's willing to take the case for almost nothing. Almost. It would be a breath of fresh fresh air compared to all the lowlife cases he is now stuck with . . . and there is something about the woman. The last thing Johnny expects is the path this case leads him down. As the chasm between words and reality grows wider, past and present deeds start unraveling with deadly force.

"Zeltserman's Fast Lane is fast all right, and in all the good ways" Ed Gorman, Shamus  Award-winning author of dozens of novels, including the Sam McCain mysteries

"FAST LANE has everything I relish in a noir novel--an ingenious, twisting plot, characters I took to heart though I wouldn't want to take some of them home, and a pace that kept me riveted to a book I couldn't tear away from in one long, deep-into-the night reading." Seymour Shubin, Edgar Award nominated author of THE CAPTAIN