Negative Girl
For fans of Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford comes Negative Girl: an evocative, moody, neo-noir thriller that explores obsession and people dying across America's forgotten spaces.

Martin Wade lived hard in his youth, but unlike many of his former bandmates and roadie friends, he didn’t die young. Instead he hit the recovery path, cleaned up his life, and became a private investigator in a dying city in upstate New York.

When his heavily tattooed and scarred assistant Valerie sets up an appointment with a young woman who needs help keeping her biological father away from her, none of the three realize that the father is Martin’s old bandmate, still using, and on a destructive path that will soon be headed straight for Martin’s clean life. As Martin struggles, Valerie becomes increasingly obsessed with their new client’s life.
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Negative Girl
For fans of Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford comes Negative Girl: an evocative, moody, neo-noir thriller that explores obsession and people dying across America's forgotten spaces.

Martin Wade lived hard in his youth, but unlike many of his former bandmates and roadie friends, he didn’t die young. Instead he hit the recovery path, cleaned up his life, and became a private investigator in a dying city in upstate New York.

When his heavily tattooed and scarred assistant Valerie sets up an appointment with a young woman who needs help keeping her biological father away from her, none of the three realize that the father is Martin’s old bandmate, still using, and on a destructive path that will soon be headed straight for Martin’s clean life. As Martin struggles, Valerie becomes increasingly obsessed with their new client’s life.
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Negative Girl

Negative Girl

by Libby Cudmore
Negative Girl

Negative Girl

by Libby Cudmore

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Overview

For fans of Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford comes Negative Girl: an evocative, moody, neo-noir thriller that explores obsession and people dying across America's forgotten spaces.

Martin Wade lived hard in his youth, but unlike many of his former bandmates and roadie friends, he didn’t die young. Instead he hit the recovery path, cleaned up his life, and became a private investigator in a dying city in upstate New York.

When his heavily tattooed and scarred assistant Valerie sets up an appointment with a young woman who needs help keeping her biological father away from her, none of the three realize that the father is Martin’s old bandmate, still using, and on a destructive path that will soon be headed straight for Martin’s clean life. As Martin struggles, Valerie becomes increasingly obsessed with their new client’s life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781915523310
Publisher: Watkins Media
Publication date: 09/10/2024
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 184,370
Product dimensions: 5.27(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

LIBBY CUDMORE is a Shamus and Black Orchid award winner and the author of the acclaimed The Big Rewind. Her Wade and Jacks stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Tough and the Anthony-nominated anthology Lawyers, Guns & Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by The Music of Warren Zevon (co-edited with Art Taylor). Her other publications include The Dark, Smokelong Quarterly, MonkeyBicycle, HAD and others. She lives in Upstate NY with her husband and cats.

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"Negative Girl by Libby Cudmore is a sharp subversive exploration of the PI novel that elevates the genre while never sacrificing the thrills. A fantastic book!"
– S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of All The Sinners Bleed and Razorblade Tears

"Negative Girl is a masterfully written PI novel and a love letter to Gen X music all rolled into a hardboiled treat. After you're done frantically flipping pages, build a playlist." 
– Kimberly G. Giarratano, author of the Billie Levine series

Libby Cudmore’s Negative Girl is a simmering neo-noir that crackles with verve and voice. Few novels can feel modern and timeless at once, but Cudmore pulls it off with confidence and a private eye duo that is up there with Lehane’s Pat and Angie. I loved this book.”
Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity and Alter Ego

"Beautifully rendered with a cast of bruised, bittersweet characters, Libby Cudmore's latest absolutely crackles with life, charm, and above all, that secret, particular music of the human heart. Negative Girl is the real deal."
Matthew Lyons, author of A Mask of Flies


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