PRAISE FOR AUTHOR DAVID FULMER
PRAISE FOR
LOST RIVER
“Fulmer is both a fine plotter and a marvelously evocative writer, with an eye for
character.”
— The Washington Post
“David Fulmer’s evocative prose captures the sights, sounds, and smells of 1913
Storyville in his superior ‘Lost River.’”
— USA Today Online
“The atmosphere Fulmer creates is rich, nuanced, and authentic.”
— The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Valentin’s fourth case immediately draws the reader into its tapestry of the Big Easy in
a memorable bygone era.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“With his usual lucid prose, Fulmer details the grubby ‘crib’ life that exploited scores of
women prostitutes while padding rich men’s wallets . . . those looking for some jazzy early
20th-century chills won’t be disappointed.”
— Publishers Weekly
“[Fulmer’s] feel for atmosphere and his increasingly subtle hand with character
development keep the series from going stale . . . Early on, this series’ main appeal was its
setting, but now it can hold its own with the most character-driven of historical mysteries.”
— Booklist
“Fans of hard-boiled writers like Raymond Chandler, Bill Pronzini, and James Lee Burke
will enjoy Shamus Award winner Fulmer’s latest. Highly recommended.”
— Library Journal
“Although I tend to avoid period mysteries, I make a happy exception for David Fulmer's
novels, set in New Orleans in the rough and tumble days shortly before World War I.
Fulmer won the Shamus Award for Best First PI novel for “Chasing the Devil's Tail.” Four
books later, he still displays the fine form that originally caught the judges' attention.”
— Bookpage
“St. Cyr takes his place alongside Harry Bosch and Dave Robicheaux: gripping, visceral,
and above all, human.”
— The Critical Mystery Tour
PRAISE FOR
THE BLUE DOOR
Nominee — 2009 Shamus Award for Best Novel
”Mood is all here, and Fulmer nails it, the soul sounds providing the backbeat to a
straight-ahead mystery involving backroom double-dealing in the record business.”
— BookList
“Shamus-winner Fulmer delivers another compelling tale of music and murder. Fulmer
excels at capturing the feel and textures of earlier decades, even as he moves forward in
time with each successive novel. Drawn in by the immensely likable characters and rich,
realistic story lines, readers will be eager to see where Fulmer goes next.”
— Publishers Weekly
“If you’re looking to get lost in a mystery, look no further. To me, the real mystery is why
David Fulmer isn’t as rich and famous as that other guy.”
— Nick Tosches
“An excellent choice for patrons who like a good dollop of music in their mysteries.”
— Library Journal [Starred Review]
“A violent, twisted story of betrayal and intrigue, power and passion — all set to the beat of
rock and roll.”
—The Philadelphia Tribune
“The whole package: gritty characters, plot muscle, and historical relevance.”
— The Critical Mystery Tour
“Characters and background make this one a winner.”
— Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
“If you love a mystery with some punch, author David Fulmer delivers.”
— Southern Living
“Philadelphia is the setting for “The Blue Door.” 1962 is the year, and with a Fulmer book,
you know the beat will go on.”
— The Times-Picayune
“If there's any crime writer whose work should come with soundtrack CDs, it's
David Fulmer.”
— The Thrilling Detective
“It’s Fulmer's achievement, in each of his novels, to have nailed both the city and the
music.”
—The Washington Post
“Anyone who loves African-American music as well as private eye fiction will want to
read not only 'The Blue Door,' but Fulmer's other equally impressive novels.”
— Crimetime (UK)
“A terrific music-based mystery.”
— MostlyFiction.com
PRAISE FOR
CHASING THE DEVIL’S TAIL
▪ BEST FIRST NOVEL - 2002 SHAMUS AWARDS
▪ BEST OF 2003 LIST - BORDERS BOOKS
▪ BEST NEW SERIES – BOOKLIST
▪ NOMINEE - 2002 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZES
▪ NOMINEE - 2002 BARRY AWARDS
▪ NOMINEE - 2005 FALCON AWARD
“An exotic and erotic mixture of things we like: jazz, pimps, prostitutes, murder, and dirty
politics. David Fulmer is a fine writer.”
— Nelson Demille
“A beautifully constructed, elegantly presented time trip to a New Orleans of the very early
1900s. The characters are memorable and the period is brilliantly recaptured.”
— The Los Angeles Times
“This atmospheric, accomplished novel brings to vivid, shocking life the mansions of vice
with their 'sporting girls' and their madams and, above all, the tragic figure of King Bolden.”
— The Telegraph (U.K.)
“The best part of this very good book is the writing, the see-it, feel-it, touch-it style. It's a
tribute to the power and demands of friendship, and an explication of the curse of the
musical genius.”
— The Times-Picayune
“A believable and spellbinding story, which will echo like the mournful notes of good blues.”
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“Fulmer effectively combines historical material-especially the story of Bolden's descent
into madness — with a satisfyingly complex mystery.”
— Booklist
“Top-notch suspense fiction in an evocative and harrowing time and place.”
— Jeffery Deaver
“A five-star novel. Flawless.”
— Jazz Review
“The sights and the smells and (crucially) the sounds of 1907 New Orleans are vividly
conjured by this remarkable first novel. ”
— January Magazine
PRAISE FOR
JASS
“BEST OF 2005 LIST”
— The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
— Library Journal
— Deadly Pleasures Magazine
“Vividly evokes the early days of jazz in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. The palpable
ambience develops naturally out of the very real interaction between character and place.”
─ Booklist
“Another voyeuristic tour of Storyville, New Orleans's red-light district during its heyday at
the turn of the 20th century. Fulmer's dialogue adds its lyric voice to the gutbucket sounds
and ragtime rhythms pouring out of the bars and up from the streets.”
─ The New York Times
“I have read few books of intrigue and action as richly written as David Fulmer's ‘Jass.’ A
tale populated with some of the most perfectly defined characters any writer could hope to
create.”
─ Terry Kay, author of “To Dance with the White Dog”
“Fulmer cares about jazz and shows its birth in a corrupt, violent, bigoted world, but music
is only one element in a canvas that includes politics, poverty, prejudice, crime, drugs,
voodoo and the interaction between the city's rich and the women of color who became
their mistresses.”
─ The Washington Post
“Shamus-winner Fulmer's moody follow-up to Chasing the Devil's Tail uses spare but
evocative prose to create an atmosphere steeped in ragtime, bourbon and the institutional
corruption for which the Big Easy is notorious. The author skillfully builds on the
emotional aftermath of the first novel, providing plenty of demons to wrestle.”
─ Publishers Weekly
“Fulmer is in fine form. The city and culture he portrays are as rich and dark as its coffee.
With language that can get as rough as his characters, he paints a realistic picture of one of
this country's most famous underworlds — and the beginnings of its greatest indigenous art.”
─ The Boston Globe
“Fulmer skillfully tells a memorable tale while creating a fascinating, three-dimensional
portrait of the New Orleans demimonde of a century ago, just after the birth of the music
first called jass.”
─ The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A fascinating and authentic account of Storyville: its mystery and misery; its danger and
decadence; and that sinful new music finding its roots. This is a murder mystery with
history at its heart—as heady a New Orleans mix as a pitcher of absinthe. Drink it in.”
─ Christine Wiltz, author of “The Last Madam”
PRAISE FOR
RAMPART STREET
WINNER – 2007 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD FOR ADULT FICTION
[AUDIOBOOK]
NEW YORK MAGAZINE’S “BEST NOVELS YOU’VE NEVER READ”
“Though written before Katrina hit, ‘Rampart Street’ eerily captures the sense of
disorientation when someone returns to a beloved place and feels himself a stranger… the
elegiac tone in which Fulmer views the city’s fabled amusements feels sadly prescient.”
— The New York Times
“A bittersweet trip to New Orleans… A blues-drenched pleasure.”
— The Christian Science Monitor
”The sense of place is so palpable you can almost hear the music. Fulmer’s writing is crisp
and nuanced. Valentin is a hero for whom it’s easy to cheer.”
— The Detroit Free Press
“St. Cyr is a great character, and the fascinating city and its larger-than-life denizens
intrigue.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Fulmer improves with each outing in this ambience-drenched series, displaying a subtle
touch with human relationships, especially those that traverse New Orleans' fluid color
line.”
— Booklist
“You can almost taste the gumbo…Fulmer’s languid, conversational style perfectly matches
the Crescent City setting with its complex web of murder, corruption, and betrayal.”
— The San Francisco Chronicle
PRAISE FOR
THE DYING CRAPSHOOTER’S BLUES
“I switched off the TV set and picked up ‘The Dying Crapshooter's Blues.’ I did it, and I'm
glad. The novel is distinguished by a level of detail that makes a vanished world live again.”
— The Washington Post
“Four Stars!”
– Paste Magazine
“An intriguing tale of police corruption, covetousness, conspiracy, and crime.”
— The Tennessean
“Rich in historical detail, infused with atmosphere, suspenseful and action-packed... Earns
this month's “Tip of the Ice Pick Award.”
— BookList
“Fulmer brings us a novel dripping with detail, environment, and character.”
— Crime Spree Magazine
“The alchemy of Fulmer's fusion of history, music and literature makes it play like a paean
to an era's corruption and human struggle against the whim of powerful force and
injustice.”
— The Critical Mystery Tour
PRAISE FOR
THE FALL
"A compelling story that begins with a poetically rendered tumble off a cliff and develops
into a murder mystery fraught with old flames and small-town drama. Fulmer’s plotting is
dead-on, and his prose is as evocative as ever.”
— Atlanta Magazine
“The Fall is an altogether fine piece of suspense delivered spanking well.”
— The Critical Mystery Tour
“Its power lies in Fulmer’s gift for conjuring that mixture of pleasure and pain that
accompanies youthful memories.”
— The Atlanta Journal &Constitution
"Fulmer makes a very successful transition from historical mysteries to the contemporary in
this very good character- driven story. I highly recommend this book."
— Mystery File