On Finks, Nobles, Snoops, Spies, Guards, and Ops
John Walton charts the historical origins of the crime story and the private eye.
He has been writing crime fiction since 2005. His first crime story, “aka Moises Rockafella,” was published that year by Akashic books in The Cocaine Chronicles anthology and republished by Houghton Mifflin in The Best American Mystery Stories 2006. His short story “Dangerous Days,” first appeared in Los Angeles Noir in 2007, and was translated into French and republished by Asphalte books in 2010. Additionally, in 2014, the stories from both anthologies, The Cocaine Chronicles and Los Angeles Noir were dramatized and republished as Audible books for Amazon. Emory Holmes II has just completed “Dangerous Dayz,” a two-part murder story focusing on race and age in L.A.
John Walton charts the historical origins of the crime story and the private eye.
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