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"There's a new name to add to the pantheon of the sons and daughters of James M. Cain: Dave Zeltserman." NPR's Top 5 Crime and Mystery Novels of 2008

"A thing of beauty: spare but ingeniously twisted and imbued with a glossy coating of black humor." Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post's Best Books of 2008

Starred review: "Zeltserman's breakthrough third crime novel deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy", Publisher's Weekly

"Small Crimes proves a deft entry in the tradition that goes back to Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me, James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice and Charles Willeford’s High Priest of California — small masterpieces celebrating the psychopath as a grinning archetype, as American as apple pie." Sun-Sentinel

 
   

Latest news: 28 Minutes optioned as a feature film by Impact Pictures and Constantin Film.

Pariah is now available in the UK 

"It's the kind of book that is going to spoil whatever I read next, as it's going to be found wanting compared to this. This is a book that anyone with even the slightest interest in the crime or thriller genres simply must get their hands on, as it's bound to have a huge impact on you." The Bookbag