Chapter 16
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Joking as a Martial Art

Jason Miller talks with Chapter 16 about his second mystery set in Illinois coal country

Jason Miller, RED DOGIn his latest crime novel, Jason Miller turns his attention to a nasty strain of white supremacy that’s rearing its head again in the economically-challenged parts of rural America. Miller will discuss Red Dog at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 25, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., and at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16. Both events are free and open to the public.

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Taking Violence Seriously in a Comic Novel

Jason Miller sits down with Chapter 16 to talk about Red Dog

Prior to Nashville appearances at Parnassus Books and the Southern Festival of Books, crime novelist Jason Miller sits down with Chapter 16 to discuss his new Slim in Little Egypt mystery, Red Dog. The interview is available in three formats: text, podcast, and streaming audio.

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Not the Most Boring Family Ever, Actually

May 19, 2016 Prior to his appearance at the Arts Building in Chattanooga on May 20, 2016, and at Parnassus Books in Nashville the following day, Harrison Scott Key spoke with Chapter 16 about waking up to the understanding that “everybody has a weird family,” and that his own family was pretty near the top of the weirdness scale.

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It’s Good To Be Back Home, Where They Want to Kill You

In Mark Greaney’s fifth Court Gentry novel, Back Blast, the Gray Man is back in the USA to get answers

February 12, 2016 Mark Greaney’s assassin, Court Gentry, is unremarkable in his physical appearance, and he uses this natural camouflage to his advantage in the fifth installment of the Gray Man series. Greaney will launch Back Blast at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on February 20, 2016, at 2 p.m.

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CIA Redux

February 12, 2016 Mark Greaney’s assassin, Court Gentry, is unremarkable in his physical appearance, and Gentry uses this natural camouflage to his advantage when he goes to Washington, D.C., to find out why his former bosses at the CIA want him dead. Prior to the book launch for Back Blast at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on February 20, 2016, Greaney sat for a studio interview with Chapter 16.

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