Timothy Hallinan has been nominated for the Edgar, Nero, Shamus, and Macavity awards. He is the author of seventeen widely praised books, including The Fear Artist, For the Dead, The Hot Countries, Crashed, Little Elvises, The Fame Thief, and Herbie's Game, which won the 2015 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery. After years of working in the television and music industries, he now writes full-time. He divides his time between California and Thailand.
Praise for King Maybe
A Seattle Times Best Mystery of 2016
A Booklist Best Crime Novel of 2016
"The tricky plot is plenty funny and packed with colorful
characters."
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
"[Hallinan] proudly carries the banner of the late Donald Westlake,
whose books are the gold standard of antic capers. The result—lucky
us—is a hoot and a half."
—The Seattle Times
“Hallinan crafts a denser, darker, and more complex novel that
doesn’t lose any of the series’s charm. Hallinan manages to
orchestrate the tension masterfully while keeping the humor sharp
and biting . . . Smart, refreshing and never dull, King Maybe sees
an author at the top of his game and a series in full, magnificent
swing.”
—Alex Segura, Los Angeles Review of Books
"[Hallinan] is a gifted writer with a knack for blending vivid
settings, exciting plots, dynamic characters and clever humor to
create captivatingly complex stories. From a lively description of
a low-rent hotel room to the insightful development of Junior and
Ronnie's relationship, King Maybe is distinctive and
refreshingly original. It would probably be fitting to crown
Hallinan the caper king."
—Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"Smart and spritely, full of wry humor."
—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
"There was a time when I thought that Lawrence Block’s
character Bernie Rhodenbarr was the definitive fictional
housebreaker, but that title has been surrendered by unanimous
decision (mine) to Timothy Hallinan’s cat burglar extraordinaire,
Junior Bender."
—Bruce Tierney, BookPage
"The curlicuing plot is itself the source of much of the appeal
here, which is not to shortchange either the ever-quirky cast of
bent but delightful characters or Hallinan’s dazzling style . . .
Are there too many lovable crooks in contemporary crime fiction?
Well, maybe, but one thing’s for sure: they’re all chasing
Junior."
—Booklist, Starred Review
"Twists and turns abound . . . A rare man of integrity in a world
of tinsel and dust, Junior may steal for a living, but he has
scruples and will do anything to protect his loved ones."
—Library Journal, Starred Review
"Hallinan is one of our best, and King Maybe demonstrates
why."
—Bookreporter.com
"A breath of fresh air."
—Reviewing the Evidence
"[Junior Bender] walks the line between Dortmunder and Westlake’s
more hard boiled creation, Parker. King Maybe has made me
realize that line is more of a fissure that Hallinan drops into
like a literary spelunker, going deeper and deeper with each book.
From the looks of things, he has a long way to go before hitting
bottom."
—Scott Montgomery, MysteryPeople
"Tinsel Town glitters triumphantly once again . . . guaranteed to
entertain all types of mystery fans."
—Gumshoe Review
"[Hallinan has] earned a well-deserved reputation for writing smart
and heartfelt stories about clever and cunning people who, when
presented with two or more bad options, play all sides against one
another to get through."
—Jim Tremlett, Schuler Books
"If you have a fondness for cat burglars with hearts of gold
(like I do) and mysteries with wonderful stories and characters,
I urge you to become acquainted with Junior."
—Kittling Books
"Thanks, Tim Hallinan, for great entertainment and the best of
twists and conclusions. And PS—I wish Donald Westlake could be
reading your books now."
—Kingdom Books
"Smart and sardonic . . . An undeniable page-turner."
—Publishers Weekly
"[Fans] will eat up [Junior's] adventures among Hollywood types
whose moral senses are even more primitive than his."
—Kirkus
"What a romp!"
—Popcorn Reads
"There's no one quite like Junior Bender."
—BookLoons
Praise for the nationally bestselling Junior Bender mysteries
“Bender’s quick wit and smart mouth make him a boon companion on
this oddball adventure.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“A smart, cynical comic mystery . . . The best burglar in Los
Angeles.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Donald E. Westlake[’s] spirit clearly lives on in Timothy Hallinan
. . . Swift, sure-footed and awfully funny.”
—The Seattle Times
“Dangerously outrageous.”
—Associated Press
"A modern-day successor to Raymond Chandler."
—Los Angeles Daily News
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