Two Fare Zone

"The other cops were staying dry in their heated vans and the firemen were eating dinner at the firehouse, but our lieutenant had us out there sifting through the wreckage with rakes and shovels for scattered bits of humanity in the middle of a monsoon. As usual, I was partnered up with Montero-the man was like a bloodhound for finding remains. We kept our face masks off, asbestos clouds be damned, because you can't smell decomp, smoke cigarettes, or swig vodka from a dirt-stained water bottle with a respirator on. It was September 12th for us every day."

Eddie McNamara's debut, Brooklyn Hardcore, announced a new and important voice in crime fiction. A raw and visceral novel, it resonated as emotionally hard as the concrete that birthed the tale. Now, St Rooster Books is proud to present Two Fare Zone, McNamara's new short story collection.

Two Fare Zone is eight crime stories set around the aftermath of 9/11 by a man who was there, aiding in the recovery and cleanup. McNamara savagely vivisects the American dream in the immediate days following one of the country's darkest tragedies to expose the rotting tissue beneath that would consume the country for the next two decades-and beyond. Two Fare Zone has the intelligence, emotional intensity, and deep-seated anger to put McNamara in the same league as Gabino Iglesias and James Ellroy.