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MOVIES...MADNESS...MURDER

ROUGH CUT

What happens when the Hollywood Dream becomes the ultimate nightmare?

ROUGH CUT exposes the dark secrets of Tinseltown, where a rivalry between low-budget horror film directors turns deadly, leading to unspeakable acts of terror.  Making movies can be murder…

All new paperback release from award-winning publisher Bad Moon Books. 

Please note: the deluxe signed and numbered hardcover edition is sold out.

Blurbage and reviews

"ROUGH CUT is a terrific fast-paced thriller that film buffs--especially devotees of the schlock horror genre--will devour in a few riveting hours. Pinkerton's knowledge of the movie business and Hollywood trivia, as well as his talent for telling a whopping good story, makes this tale a blockbuster!"

-- Raymond Benson, author of the James Bond anthology Choice of Weapons

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"Gripping… it literally would not let me go until I read the last page... The characters are incredibly intriguing and the story line is unique, well-developed and perfectly described.  Bottom line: Brian Pinkerton can flat out write with the best… This thing cooks, people… good luck putting ROUGH CUT down once you start."

-- Jordan Norton, The Crow’s Caw

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"A terrific book, and I enjoyed it immensely. Highly recommended!"

-- John R. Little, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Miranda and The Memory Tree

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"ROUGH CUT features a well-crafted plot, tight writing, and a fantastic level of suspense... Pinkerton has done his homework here: his portrayal of the ins and outs of the film business kept me as interested in the proceedings as the ever-growing tension. You won't be bored for a second."

-- Nick Cato, The Horror Fiction Review

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"A non-stop thrill ride of twists and turns, Pinkerton winds this prose film spool tighter and tighter until ROUGH CUT reaches the bloody breaking point. Two severed thumbs up!"

--  John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Siren and The Pumpkin Man

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"ROUGH CUT is the real deal, highly recommended."

-- C. Dennis Moore, The Horror Zine

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"Brian Pinkerton's ROUGH CUT is equal parts thriller and horror drive-in feature. A sleek love letter to the very same shot-on-a-budget classics it emulates, ROUGH CUT pits down-in-the-dumps burned out director Harry Tuttle with everyone's worst nightmare, a crazed fan. But in this case, the fan is ever so much more dangerous. Filled with the set pieces of a Saturday night double-feature, ROUGH CUT will tickle all the right bones... before chopping them off."

-- W.D. Gagliani, author of Wolf's Edge (The Nick Lupo Series) and Savage Nights

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"Brian Pinkerton has crafted a fast-paced, suspenseful ride that one could imagine seeing up on the big screen... It's a biting look into the Hollywood movie scene and also a love letter to horror films... Recommended."

-- Trever Nordgren, Dark Discoveries

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"Grab the popcorn and enjoy this ticket to a great read.  Brian Pinkerton has taken a great story to the next level with compelling characters and a sucker-punch plot twist."

--Scarlett Dean, author of The Frost Sisters mystery series

Photo page: Brian shills Rough Cut at KillerCon in Las Vegas


HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE

KILLER'S DIARY

When a lonely woman finds a serial killer's journal in a coffee shop, she becomes obsessed with finding its author...and discovers he may be closer than she thinks.

Available in four different hardcover formats with illustrations by Zach McCain.

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"KILLER'S DIARY is an intense and compelling page-turner that will keep you guessing and engrossed from the first page to the novel's end... Those who enjoy psychological horror ala Thomas Harris' SILENCE OF THE LAMBS will love KILLER'S DIARY."

-- Norman L. Rubenstein, SHROUD: The Quarterly Journal of Dark Fiction and Art

"What author Brian Pinkerton has done is to smoothly meld his story across genres, running it down several twisting alleys and managing, somehow, to have those alleys open back up onto the same street to converge in a very tight, vert satisying ending.  KILLER'S DIARY is a first rate book, lavishly illustrated with brilliant artwork by Zach McCain.  VERY highly recommended."

          -- David Niall Wilson, Macabre Ink

 

 

 




10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

KILLING THE BOSS

The classic debut returns to strike new terror in the workplace as a tree-loving, paperless $2.99 eBook for Kindle, Nook and iPod.

Discover the harrowing truth behind the murder of the Boss from Hell as told through employee emails, police transcripts, media reports, secret wiretaps and more.

DOWNLOAD THE EVIDENCE TODAY

from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple iBooks


AUDIO BOOK

VENGEANCE

Brian's Hitchcockian thriller VENGEANCE has been rereleased as an audio book narrated by Dave Courvoisier.

The VENGEANCE audio book is available in a variety of formats, including 8-CD set, mp3 download, and mp3-on-CD, from various sellers including Amazon, iTunes, Audible.com and the producer, Books in Motion.

Books in Motion is a pioneer in the audio book industry and has been producing high-quality audio books in the unabridged format since 1980.

 


SHORT STORY

SWAT

Brian's latest short story "SWAT" appears in the 2010 horror anthology ZOMBIE ZOOLOGY.

SWAT is a harrowing tale about Louisiana State Police Special Weapons and Tactics officers battling an outbreak of zombies in a swampy southern town.  Destroying the zombies is easy.  But then an unexpected zombie byproduct proves to be the most horrifying enemy of all...

ZOMBIE ZOOLOGY features 12 never-before-published stories of living dead beasts by 12 horror authors spanning the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand.

"Quite clever and engaging... Certainly worth the time of all devotees of the decomposed." 

      -- FANGORIA 

Now available to order from your favorite bookstore and Amazon.


AUDIO BOOK

ABDUCTED

Brian's popular suspense novel ABDUCTED has been rereleased as an audio book narrated by Beth Richmond with new artwork.

The ABDUCTED audio book is available in a variety of formats, including 8-CD set, mp3 download, and mp3-on-CD, from various sellers including Amazon, iTunes, Audible.com and the producer, Books in Motion.

 


INTERVIEWS AND LINKS

Wikipedia has added a Brian Pinkerton page.

Now attempting FACEBOOK: Brian Pinkerton Books.

Brian Pinkerton is interviewed by the Chicago Writers Association.

Brian is the "Author of the Month" on Literary World with a new interview.


SHORT STORY

LOWER WACKER BLUES

Brian's short story "Lower Wacker Blues" appears in the CHICAGO BLUES anthology edited by Libby Fischer Hellmann.  The collection is available in hardcover and paperback from Bleak House Books.

Chicago Blues short story collection

Chicago Sun-Times review / interview

 

 


ALSO BY BRIAN PINKERTON

 

VENGEANCE (Print edition) ABDUCTED (Print edition) KILLING THE BOSS (Print edition)
After the killer of his fiancée is acquitted, a school teacher joins "The Circle," a secret group of citizens united to eliminate their enemies.  But he discovers too late that there is a catch...

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A young mother catches a glimpse of her child on a bus-- two years after he was abducted and declared dead.

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An innovative murder mystery told through its evidence and clues: employee emails, office memos, police transcripts, media reports, receipts, faxes and other diverse documents.

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Brian Pinkerton is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Horror Writers Association.