PSYCHO CITY BLUES

By Jack Karden

Summa Cum Farte Traditional Trade Publishing presents a Darkly Comedic Crime novel by Jack Karden PSYCHO CITY BLUES Three tales of violence, love, and redemption in 1977 New York City. A throwback to 70s cinema. A return to classic crime pulp fiction. The lives of four dirty cops, a gang of boys, and two young newlyweds unravel with deadly resolve during a historic record-breaking heatwave and a city-wide blackout. "An incendiary gut punch to the gonads!" - Some Guy Watch the book trailer now on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfmfuJQYipk PSYCHO CITY BLUES is set in the summer of '77 in New York City. A record-setting heat wave has the residents of Crown Heights pushed to their boiling point. New York City is on the verge of bankruptcy, the Son of Sam is killing women with long hair in all five boroughs, and a blackout will soon plunge the city of lights into an unforgiving dark. In PSYCHO CITY BLUES you will receive a first-hand account of this never-before-told TRUE STORY of The Night of Terror... "Easy to read but there was no Captain America..." - Some Kid A newlywed man comes home to an empty apartment and must search for his missing wife in a burning city. Young boys start a gang and bite off more than they can chew. A father gifts his son a straight razor, but before he can teach him to shave, the straight razor is found at the scene of a brutal murder. "Charles Bukowski meets Steven King." - Some Girl WITH PUSHERS, LOVERS, LOOTERS, SINNERS, DIRTY COPS, AND PSYCHO KILLERS, NEW YORK CITY IS BURNING! And THE KIDS are running amuck! Who will survive the NIGHT OF TERROR? And bring down THE MAN in the HIGH TOWER? What if it was YOUR wife hunted in a BLACKOUT? If YOUR children were lost in a CITY ON FIRE? 1977 was one HELL of a HOT MESS! Experience it all NOW in... THE MOST EXCITING NOVEL OF THE YEAR! MERCH now available @ www.summacumfarte.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DDY6LNMN
• ISBN13: 9798336114973
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 404 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.0"