Groove

"There are moments in literature that are perfectly planned out, with the wind of Richard Stark behind Paul Knobloch. His Groove is a perfect title for this short, fast, no-wasted-words thriller. All the fat is cut, leaving a lean representation of characters challenging fate." - Tosh Berman, author of TOSH: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World (City Lights Books) "Halfway to Forever Fucked." Eddie has spent years perfecting the art of staying unnoticed. His world revolves around rare rhythm and blues records, carefully cultivated routines and a quiet life built on discipline. Beneath that calm surface runs a criminal enterprise where every relationship depends on trust, timing and knowing exactly where the line is. When a dead Serbian gangster, a compromised doctor and an increasingly erratic partner threaten that fragile balance, Eddie discovers how quickly order dissolves into chaos. As loyalties shift and pressure mounts, the life he has so carefully orchestrated begins to lose its rhythm. Darkly funny and steeped in the sounds of post-war American music, Groove is a stylish crime novel where obsession, violence and wit move in perfect sync. In the tradition of Donald E. Westlake, George V. Higgins and Elmore Leonard, Paul Knobloch delivers a noir as intelligent as it is irresistible.