delaware – Hawkshaw Press

FREE (& virtual) INDIE AUTHOR EVENT

Do you like Humphrey Bogart movies?
How about Raymond Chandler mysteries?

Join us online for a conversation with William F. Crandell, award-winning author of Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl, Book 1 in The Jack Griffin Detective Series.

In this hard-boiled adventure we find a young senator Kennedy’s personal and political future at risk when he’s set up to take the fall for a ghastly murder. Working against time, bureaucratic red tape, his own personal demons, and individuals who want him out of the way, Detective Jack Griffin must identify the real killer, assuming he survives long enough.

William F. Crandell returned home from the Vietnam War with a taste for adventure, a skeptic’s eye, and a hundred thousand stories. Awarded a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award for his private detective novel, Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl, Crandell has published short stories, book reviews, scholarly articles, journalism, state and federal reports, political analyses, and congressional testimony that he presented in Washington hearings. An Ohio native, Crandell received all his degrees at Ohio State University, completing his doctorate in American History with a study of the interaction of McCarthyism and Republican politics. Bill is a former DC speech writer for Veteran’s Affairs.
Click below to register for the Zoom link:

TALK WITH BILL CRANDELL

January 19, 2022 by dpearcewrites Tags: chandler, delaware, delmarva, delmarvalife, detective, hawkshawpress, raymond, writersofDC, writersofinstagram Leave a comment

HOW ABOUT A PODCAST FULL OF MURDER?

Check out a great conversation with Hawkshaw hardboiled author William F. Crandell, and find out how he dit it!

December 23, 2021December 18, 2021 by DPP Tags: chandler, delarts, delaware, delawarewriters, delmarva, delmarvalife, detective, hawkshawpress, indie, marylandstateartscouncil, marylandwriters, mysterylovescompany, raymond, williamcrandell, writersofDC Leave a comment

SO MAYBE YOU GOT A QUESTION FOR GRIFFIN

Well maybe he’s got an answer for you.

Come and meet Jack… on Zoom!

December 20, 2021December 18, 2021 by DPP Tags: chandler, delarts, delaware, Delaware press awards, delawarewriters, delmarva, delmarvalife, detective, hawkshawpress, indie, maryland arts, raymond, williamcrandell, writersofDC, writersofinstagram Leave a comment

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

Damn that’s a good-looking book!

You know you want it!

And, this weekend, you can have it, free!

Yes, we’re giving it away to say thanks for your support of the Hawkshaw mysteries.

If you get it, and you read it, would you be so kind as to drop it a review on Amazon?

Or Goodreads?

Bill is an indie author with an indie press who wrote one-helluva hard-boiled mystery, so he can use all the reviews he can get to help people find out about this wonderful book. He has been called the successor to Raymond Chandler by some reviewers, and they’re not exaggerating.

But, review or not, you can have it, no strings attached. We want you to have the book, and to enjoy it, on us, as a way to say “Thanks!” So get your free copy today!

It didn’t occur to me then that Kennedy was rich. All I saw was this skinny, unassuming guy with a New England accent. His suit hung on his bones as though he were still recovering from the South Pacific, but his grin was a Steinway piano. Kennedy had the kind of charm that made you like him even when he was winning the girl you wanted. How do you outmaneuver a romancer like that?

November 26, 2021November 25, 2021 by DPP Tags: chandler, crandell, delaware, delmarva, delmarvalife, detective, free, freebook, freebookfriday, hardboiled, hawkshawpress, indie, raymond, William, writersofDC, writersofinstagram, writersoflosangeles, writing life Leave a comment

THE PROOF, AND NOTHING BUT THE PROOF

It’s time for the final read-through before the curtain goes up on Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl. We check them once, we check them twice, and we check them a few times after that to be sure they’re clean, like Griffin’s case.

This book is getting great reviews and winning awards even in its proof phase. You’re going to want a signed copy.

And you’re going to want a chance to talk to Bill!

If mystery is your thing, you’re going to love this book.

November 22, 2021November 20, 2021 by DPP Tags: chandler, dcwriters, delaware, Delaware press awards, delawaresbdc, delawarewriters, delmarva, delmarvalife, detective, hardboiled, hawkshawpress, indie, indie author, indieauthor, indiepress, life, marylandwriters, milton, raymond, score, veteran, vietnam, vietnamveteran, Washington dc, writersofDC, writersofinstagram, writing life Leave a comment

THANK A VETERAN, LIKE WILLIAM F. CRANDELL

It’s Veteran’s Day in the US of A, and there are lots of things you can do to thank a veteran, like picking up the tab at Starbucks, or saying, “Thank you for your service,” or many other things.

One thing you can do is to read a man’s book. That’s right; there is nothing you can do that will make a writer happier than reading something he, or she, wrote.

William Crandell, who is a veteran of the Vietnam War, happens to be a really talented writer in addition to being a veteran. He won the best short story nationally in 2019, in addition to his win in the state of Delaware.

Bill is releasing his first novel, one in a series of four starring hardboiled detective Jack Griffin, and he has already gotten a stellar review for it from Midwest Reviews.

Am I using a post about Veteran’s Day to hawk a man’s book? I am. It is no small thing to have served in a combat zone.

And, therefore, why not? What better gift could you give Bill than to read his book? He served; we should care, and while we have limited time and what-have-you, this is one way people who like writers and creative writing can also add in appreciation for veterans.

And, aside from that, this is really a very well-written book. It’s gonna grab you and transport you. And it’s fun; it has all that Humphrey-Bogart-patter you love in a good noir mystery.

So, you know, get a copy. Or give a copy. Today.

Thanks for your service Bill.