Rat Town Blues: Slag Ferguson, Book One

Brian Kaufman

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"Gritty, intense, and immersive; a razor-sharp noir thriller that plunges into the murky depths of corruption and moral ambiguity." -The Prairies Book Review

Mark "Slag" Ferguson (bartender, ex-boxer) adds unlicensed private investigator to his resume. Times are tough. The new side gig seems like a smart play.

Kelly Mason is a cool, enigmatic blonde whose husband has been acting strangely. She believes he's being extorted. Can Slag help? Slag is sure he knows where the case will lead. Of course, he might be wrong.

In the near future, a man needs to hustle just to tread water. And Slag is a hustler. But he's about to discover there's a difference between the streets he knows and the dark alleys beyond-a lesson that demands a price.

Perhaps his soul.

Book Details

Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Publish Date: Nov 20th, 2025
Pages: 206
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.47in - 0.62lb
EAN: 9781685136765
Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled• Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators• Crime

About the Author

Kaufman, Brian: - Brian Kaufman is the author of ten novels, five textbooks, multiple study guides, and a collection of novellas. He lives with his wife and dog in the Colorado mountains. Kaufman divides his time between his various passions, including blues guitar, weightlifting, hiking, and book hoarding. Most of all, he writes.

Praise for this book

"Kaufman's descriptive ability is what makes Rat Town Blues a standout from the beginning as Ferguson observes his client with the candid drawl of an experienced detective and the colorful metaphors of a poet" -Midwest Book Review

"Gritty, intense, and immersive; a razor-sharp noir thriller that plunges into the murky depths of corruption and moral ambiguity." -The Prairies Book Review

"Guard your soul and 'buck up' for Kaufman's latest. Rat Town Blues reads like Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep meets Don Winslow's City on Fire!" -Cam Torrens, award-winning author of the Tyler Zahn suspense series

"Neo-noir masterpiece resets the genre with the type of bold creativity that sparks off the pages like muzzle flashes. If the best anti-heroes are like ticking time bombs, then Slag has nuke codes scribbled on the back of his hand." -David Buzan, author of In the Lair of Legends