The Violet Hour

Daniel Judson

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In Daniel Judson’s powerful thriller, Bridgehampton mechanic Caleb Rakowski gets paid under the table at his friend Eric Carver’s auto repair shop and lives in an apartment above it. He’s good at his job and he’s making a decent living, but right now he’s sheltering a pregnant friend who’ll do anything to keep her abusive husband away from her. Cal has sworn to protect her. Little does he know, though, the trouble destined to come down over the course of three days—Mischief Night, Halloween, and the Day of the Dead—when he learns the truth about his friend and boss Eric Carver and what he’s been hiding all these years.

Daniel Judson is a craftsman of modern noir, an incredible talent in the vein of Ellroy or Chandler. Like his previous novels, The Violet Hour is tightly drawn, hauntingly atmospheric, and completely searing.

 

 

 

 

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THE VIOLET HOUR

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During the final week of October, on a clear but moonless night, the last train from Manhattan pulled into Bridgehampton, a solitary female passenger disembarking and heading straight for the nondescript black Ford sedan waiting at the far end of the station parking lot.

She was tall—this much her long overcoat could not conceal—but beneath the coat was the body of an athlete, lean and strong, which was something of a miracle, considering where she had come from, the childhood she’d endured and, at last, escaped.

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“[Judson] mines Long Island’ South Fork for glittering noir nuggets.”
--Publishers Weekly on The Violet Hour

“In the cutthroat game of Survivalist Poker, Cal can wheel and deal with the worst of them.”
--Kirkus Reviews on The Violet Hour

“Daniel Judson is so much more than a crime-fiction novelist. He’s a tattooed poet, a mad philosopher of the Apocalypse fascinated with exploring the darkest places in people’s souls.”
--Chicago Tribune on The Water’s Edge

“Action packed. . . . It’s noir on ice.”
--USA Today on The Darkest Place

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Sharon  rated it  
Jun 9, 2010
A surprising and very good book. An auto mechanic as the primary character with sterling characteristics. ...more
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Rusty  rated it  
Jul 26, 2011
A fascinating read! Young Cal comes from a family of rogues and is determined to lead a life of honesty. Naturally talented in solving mechanical problems, he works in an unlicensed garage on fine automobiles of the rich. His life changes dramatically when he helps hide a former employer's wife, ...more
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Cheryl  rated it  
May 19, 2011
Violet Hour is about three days in the life of Cal, a mechanic living a simple life which gets very complicated when he helps a friend hide from her abusive husband. [return][return]There are probably a few too many coincidences in the plot line, but that didn't matter to me because the characters ...more
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Daniel Judson

Daniel Judson, a Shamus Award winner and three-time finalist, is the author of four previous novels, most recently The Water’s Edge. He attended Southampton College, and his time in the Hamptons (particularly the parts that don’t make the society pages) was the inspiration for the setting and characters in The Violet Hour. He now lives in Connecticut.

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The Violet Hour
Daniel Judson

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur Books
October 2010
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ISBN: 9780312383589
ISBN10: 0312383584
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October 2009
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ISBN: 9780312383572
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