Never spam - just utter coolness from time to time. At once compulsively readable, thought-provoking, and complex, it is a suspenseful, compassionate meditation on the power of love and the injustices of hate.ĭig this post? Why not subscribe to my newsletter for upcoming book news, pop culture goodies, noir delights and all things gin-soaked.

Interweaving Deesh’s and Jan’s gripping narratives, Watch Me Go is a wonderfully insightful work that examines how we love, leave, lose, redeem, and strive for justice. When Jan, a young jockey from the gritty underworld of the Finger Lakes racetrack breaks her silence about gambling and organized crime, Deesh learns how the story of her past might, against all odds, free him from a life behind bars. When his plans for escape spiral terribly out of control, Deesh quickly finds himself a victim of betrayal-and the prime suspect in the murders of three white men. But on the morning Deesh and two pals head upstate to dispose of a sealed oil drum whose contents smell and weigh enough to contain a human corpse, he becomes mixed up in a serious crime. Via publisher Putnam: Douglas “Deesh” Sharp has managed to stay out of trouble living in the Bronx, paying his rent by hauling junk for cash. Two narrators, black and white, male and female, risk their lives by admitting how their pursuits of the American Dream soon fated their futures to betrayal, double-dealing, and proximity to horrific death. Click HERE.The book is the candid and insightful storytelling of love stories turned tragic by racism, sexism, and economic injustice.

Free chapters, prequel stories and news from my upcoming booksīe rest assured, I'll never send spam - just hard-boiled and utter coolness from time to time.

Watch Me Go by Mark Wisniewski