“Like the best noir, *Empty Mile* is rife with desire, desperation, and despair. Matthew Stokoe’s people have dubious motives, ugly secrets, crushing guilt, and suffer dire consequences. But they’re redeemed by the rarest gold in contemporary crime fiction--an author’s genuine empathy."
--Eddie Muller, author of *Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir*
“No point in turning up the ‘brightness’ on your set. *Empty Mile* is a failed-brakes careen of guilt and payback, a Lynchian labyrinth of obsession, secrets, and revenge in small-town America.”
--Janet Fitch, author of *Paint It Black*
“The tension builds unbearably in this magnificent ‘Sierras Noir’ novel. Stokoe writes damaged people worthy of James M. Cain and Jim Thompson. His star-crossed lovers and broken families will steal your heart, even as Stokoe drives the knife home. I couldn’t stop reading.”
Denise Hamilton, author of the best-selling Eve Diamond series
“Matthew Stokoe’s *Empty Mile* exemplifies everything that makes good noir so gut-strumming. Surprising, edgy, dangerous, nihilistic, and totally bad-ass.”
--Tom Piccirilli, author of *Shadow Season*
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“Like the best noir, *Empty Mile* is rife with desire, desperation, and despair. Matthew Stokoe’s people have dubious motives, ugly secrets, crushing guilt, and suffer dire consequences. But they’re redeemed by the rarest gold in contemporary crime fiction--an author’s genuine empathy." --Eddie Muller, author of *Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir* “No point in turning up the ‘brightness’ on your set. *Empty Mile* is a failed-brakes careen of guilt and payback, a Lynchian labyrinth of obsession, secrets, and revenge in small-town America.” --Janet Fitch, author of *Paint It Black* “The tension builds unbearably in this magnificent ‘Sierras Noir’ novel. Stokoe writes damaged people worthy of James M. Cain and Jim Thompson. His star-crossed lovers and broken families will steal your heart, even as Stokoe drives the knife home. I couldn’t stop reading.” Denise Hamilton, author of the best-selling Eve Diamond series “Matthew Stokoe’s *Empty Mile* exemplifies everything that makes good noir so gut-strumming. Surprising, edgy, dangerous, nihilistic, and totally bad-ass.” --Tom Piccirilli, author of *Shadow Season*