The Big Ugly is now available through BEAT to a PULP books and will be offered as a
free download for two days. But I recommend the
beautifully bound paperback with cover design by Michael Kronenberg—a nice addition to any noir book lover's shelf.
Ellie Bennett is an ex-corrections officer who has just served a year inside Eastgate Penitentiary for assaulting a prisoner. She’s only been out for a day when she accepts a strange job offer from the head of a Christian political advocacy group. He wants her to track down a missing ex-con named Alexis. Although no one knows where Alexis has gone, it seems like everyone in Arkansas is looking for her—from a rich televangelist running for Congress to the governor’s dirty tricks man. When Bennett finds the troubled young woman, she has to decide whether to hand her over to the highest bidder or help her escape from the most powerful men in the state.
Here's what others have said about
The Big Ugly:
“Keep an eye on Jake Hinkson. He's taking the notion of the
sacred and the profane to an entirely new level in noir.” —Lou Boxer
co-founder of NoirCon
“
The Big Ugly is a jolt to complacency, a spur to the psyche -- a
novel that starts simply enough, but expands and suddenly consumes the reader. Jake
Hinkson is a master at creating, not characters, but people -- and then putting
them through Hell.” —Steve Weddle, author of
Country Hardball
“Jake Hinkson is a thunderhead on the horizon of
crime fiction, and you can take
The Big Ugly as confirmation that this storm
isn't going to blow over any time soon. Batten down the hatches, take shelter
and prepare for nasty weather. My favorite kind.” —Jedidiah Ayres, author of
Peckerwood
This is my first new collection of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles short
stories in almost three years. Wayne D. Dundee, Heath Lowrance, and Nik Morton
have done such a fantastic job while I’ve been away that I knew I needed to dig deep to
live up to their recent exploits.
