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On the Ides of March, Candlemark & Gleam will unleash A Stitch in Crime, the fourth installment of Justin Robinson’s neo-noir pulp monster universe in which humans have become a downtrodden minority. The work won high praise from Publishers Weekly and boasts a pitch-perfect cover by Candlemark founder Kate Sullivan who also gave full-throated visual voice to the other three titles in the City of Devils series.

In Wolfman Confidential, the previous installment in the series, we met a compelling newcomer: Jane Stitch, a tortured yet spirited meat golem who becomes Nick’s love. Jane takes center stage in A Stitch in Crime, as told by the cliff-hanging synopsis:

Assembled from the corpses of six women, Jane Stitch is haunted by impulses she can’t control and memories that aren’t hers.

When she returns to her hometown to solve the mystery of her creation, she finds herself drawn unwillingly into a war between rival gangs of monsters for control over the patch of desert she once called home. Her creator, the only one who knows where she came from, has an agenda of his own and it doesn’t include helping Jane put to rest the ghosts of her past lives.

In the desert, among thundering herds of giant ants, in the shadow of a frozen blob, Jane is determined to solve the riddle of herself. Or die trying.

Because GoodReads giveaways are no longer free and our coffers are of the usual size for indie micro-presses, we will be doing a direct giveaway for Wolfman Confidential. You can enter it by leaving a comment to this post or by sending an email (with subject line “A Stitch in Crime Giveaway”) to our website address. Please rest assured that your email will only be visible to the site admin.

The giveaway will run from start of February 25 to end of March 15, and random winners will be picked to receive a maximum of three print copies of the novel. For up to 200 requests, there will be one award copy. For up to 400 requests, two copies; and beyond that, three copies. We will contact the winners to request addresses when the giveaway is completed.

When A Stitch in Crime appears, the world will need to keep a firm grip on its rantcher hat! (“rantcher” is no spelling error but an Easter—Saturnalia?—egg) In the meantime, you can keep senses sharp and appetites whetted by checking out earlier series works.

Note added on March 16: the giveaway is now closed.  We’ll pick winners and contact them within a week.