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New Short Story: The Minnesota Twins
When an irate husband prevents Eddie Flood, a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, from attending that night’s game, Eddie asks his identical twin Arnold to fill in. Problem: Arnold is no baseball player…
Short Story: Zerbie vs. The Pandemic
Consider Zerbie, a seemingly hapless but good-natured maintenance worker in Manhattan, a borough that's all but abandoned as the coronavirus threatens.
My Favorite Albums 2010-2019
For much of the past decade, I served as rock-and-pop critic of the Wall Street Journal and listened to a lot of recorded music – at least 3,000 albums and EPs, by my rough count.
Books
The Price You Pay
A crime thriller, coming-of-age story and a family saga set in the mid-1970s in a crumbling city where violence and coercion reign.
The Mayor of Polk Street
Two men in 1940s New Jersey are caught up in organized crime and international intrigue.
Closing Time
This “dead perfect” noir-inflected murder mystery carries readers from New York’s most elite precincts to its dirtiest gutters (Robert B. Parker).
A Well-Known Secret
PI Terry Orr returns in this “complex, haunting story” of conspiracy and murder in post-9/11 New York (Publishers Weekly).
Tribeca Blues
In this “gripping mystery,” New York City PI Terry Orr finally confronts the madman who murdered his wife and son (Providence Journal-Bulletin).
Narrows Gate
“Outstanding in every way – major talent, voice, feel and been-there knowledge meets a story as tough and complex as the time that inspired it.” (Lee Child)
Short Stories
American Author
Jim Fusilli
im Fusilli is the author of ten novels including THE PRICE YOU PAY, THE MAYOR OF POLK STREET and its predecessor NARROWS GATE, which George Pelecanos called “equal parts Ellroy, Puzo and Scorsese” and Mystery Scene magazine said “must be ranked among the half-dozen most memorable novels about the Mob.” The Narrows Gate setting is based loosely on Hoboken, New Jersey, where Jim was born.