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Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder

Steve S. Saroff

Broken love. Hidden crimes. A tale for anyone who has mistaken red flags for trail markers. Critics and reviewers are calling Paper Targets "Edgy and engaging," "Wonderfully written," "An astonishing novel," and "Flat-out genius." Enzi is a runaway with in-demand skills. Kaori is an artist who communicates with her drawings. When Kaori is involved in a shocking crime, Enzi questions everything he has ever done. Based on the true events of one of the world's largest criminal frauds.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Flooding Island
  • Publish Date: Feb 2nd, 2022
  • Pages: 240
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.55in - 0.68lb
  • EAN: 9798985703818
  • Categories: PsychologicalLiteraryNoir

About the Author

Saroff, Steve S.: - Steve S. Saroff divides his time between Western Montana and Northern California. He is the author of Paper Targets and The Long Line of Elk and many traditionally published short stories that appeared in Redbook and other national magazines. A runaway who became a computer coder who started and sold tech companies, he has helped artists, writers, musicians, and a few good actors start careers. He also helped launch Submittable, the submission system used by many publishers, and he founded FreeMail Inc, the first commercially successful web-based email system (FreeMail was acquired just before WorldCom and Enron's multi-billion-dollar criminal fraud and collapse). He is the host of the podcast Montana Voice.

Praise for this book

"A wonderfully written thriller with Big Sky country as a setting. His tale has something of the spirit of Hemingway stories. His spare prose seems designed to step out of the way but is arresting in itself." - Kirkus Reviews

"This book is flat-out genius, the best novel I've read in years. The first five pages are absolutely gorgeous, as good as it gets, well worth the price of the book if you don't read another word. Then it's as if Kurt Vonnegut, Larry Brown, James Crumley, Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell all decided to throw in together, like an all-star team of authors combined to do a greatest hits project. The novel is that good, that remarkable." - Martin Clark, Author of The Substitution Order, The Legal Limit, The Plinko Bounce and more.

"An astonishing page-turner of a novel. Fun page-turning mystery but also mildly terrifying. I read it in 2 sittings. I'm a mud slow reader. Highly recommended to everyone, especially those interested in noir, art, a blazing narration, and all of our deeply unsettling subconsciouses." - Michael FitzGerald, Author of Radiant Days and founder of Submittable Inc.

"Atmospheric, poetic, tragic, dark and light, crazy and sad. Intricately deep characterizations and entertaining to the end."

- Mahayana Dugast, Author of The Return of the Sovereign Heart and Top Goodreads UK Reviewer

"Infused with nature and solitude. Readers will be immediately invested in Enzi's fate, and Saroff expertly intensifies the plot through unfolding backstories and quiet tension. Lyrical yet succinct, Saroff's first person narrative is well crafted, granting readers an inside view of Enzi's sentiments." - Publishers Weekly / Book Life