Rat Town Blues
Slag Ferguson, Book One
by Brian Kaufman
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Pub Date 20 Nov 2025 | Archive Date 29 Nov 2025
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Description
"Gritty, intense, and immersive; a razor-sharp noir thriller that plunges into the murky depths of corruption and moral ambiguity." -The Prairies Book Review
Mark "Slag" Ferguson (bartender, ex-boxer) adds unlicensed private investigator to his resume. Times are tough. The new side gig seems like a smart play.
Kelly Mason is a cool, enigmatic blonde whose husband has been acting strangely. She believes he's being extorted. Can Slag help? Slag is sure he knows where the case will lead. Of course, he might be wrong.
In the near future, a man needs to hustle just to tread water. And Slag is a hustler. But he's about to discover there's a difference between the streets he knows and the dark alleys beyond-a lesson that demands a price.
Perhaps his soul.
Advance Praise
"Kaufman's descriptive ability is what makes Rat Town Blues a standout from the beginning as Ferguson observes his client with the candid drawl of an experienced detective and the colorful metaphors of a poet" -Midwest Book Review
"Gritty, intense, and immersive; a razor-sharp noir thriller that plunges into the murky depths of corruption and moral ambiguity." -The Prairies Book Review
"Guard your soul and 'buck up' for Kaufman's latest. Rat Town Blues reads like Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep meets Don Winslow's City on Fire!" -Cam Torrens, award-winning author of the Tyler Zahn suspense series
"Neo-noir masterpiece resets the genre with the type of bold creativity that sparks off the pages like muzzle flashes. If the best anti-heroes are like ticking time bombs, then Slag has nuke codes scribbled on the back of his hand." -David Buzan, author of In the Lair of Legends
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