Miles Corwin's second novel, Midnight Alley, will be released in April 2012.

Miles Corwin's first novel, Kind of Blue, is now available.

Selected by Booklist in 2011: One of the year's Top 10 First Crime Novels

Selected as a finalist in the Best Books of the Year Awards (Mystery & Suspense category) sponsored by USA Book News

"This fine first novel marks the arrival of a strong new voice in hard-boiled crime fiction."
   —Booklist (starred review)

"...Corwin introduces an engaging Jewish police detective in his first novel, a grittily realistic story...(A) strong debut."
   —Publishers Weekly

"Genuinely suspenseful...Far from predictable...Satisfying."
   —Los Angeles Times

"Corwin's...depiction of the life of a police detective is as real as it gets."
   —Library Journal

"...Kind of Blue launches...Corwin to the front rank of crime novelists working LA's meanest streets."
   —Robert Crais, New York Times bestselling author

"Kind of Blue...has character and texture, action and reflection. It's got it all..."
   —Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author

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