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“One Too Many Blows to the Head, feels like a
long-lost pulp you find in a favorite bookstore.
A delicious mix of classic hardboiled grit and the
heart-heavy world of film noir, it’s a one-sitting
read that sends you back to a lost time of fight
halls. Chicago boys and last chances.”
-Megan Abbott, author of Bury Me Deep and Queenpin
“Boxing and noir once went hand in glove, but
you don’t see many boxing novels anymore, ant
that’s a shame. Here’s one that dredges up all the
blood and spit and sweat and money of the fight
game, and wraps it around a tough noir
storyline full of revenge and dark secrets. Kohl
and Beetner get it exactly right.”
-Steve Brewer, author of Cutthroat
“Razor sharp debut from noir partnership
Beetner and Kohl. From its first savage punch, a
dark world of organised crime and boxing grips
and refuses to let you go. Highly recommended.”
-Nick Quantrill, author of Broken Dreams
long-lost pulp you find in a favorite bookstore.
A delicious mix of classic hardboiled grit and the
heart-heavy world of film noir, it’s a one-sitting
read that sends you back to a lost time of fight
halls. Chicago boys and last chances.”
-Megan Abbott, author of Bury Me Deep and Queenpin
“Boxing and noir once went hand in glove, but
you don’t see many boxing novels anymore, ant
that’s a shame. Here’s one that dredges up all the
blood and spit and sweat and money of the fight
game, and wraps it around a tough noir
storyline full of revenge and dark secrets. Kohl
and Beetner get it exactly right.”
-Steve Brewer, author of Cutthroat
“Razor sharp debut from noir partnership
Beetner and Kohl. From its first savage punch, a
dark world of organised crime and boxing grips
and refuses to let you go. Highly recommended.”
-Nick Quantrill, author of Broken Dreams
Kansas City, 1939.
In a world of fixed fights and mob influence
Ray Ward and his brother Rex are two of the
only clean fighters in town. With Ray in the
corner and Rex in the ring they are headed
for the big time. Until that fateful night. Now
Ray has a score to settle using a lifetime of
lessons in how to fight back.
Dean Fokoli is a detective with a new partner,
an alcoholic wife and a guilty conscience. At
least the boxer on the radio who just got beat
to a pulp won’t end up in his homicide file.
But when the dregs of the crooked fight
world start turning up dead, Fokoli is on the
hunt for the killer. The chase will take him to
the underbelly of the Kansas City night and
hopefully keep him one step ahead of his past.
In a world of fixed fights and mob influence
Ray Ward and his brother Rex are two of the
only clean fighters in town. With Ray in the
corner and Rex in the ring they are headed
for the big time. Until that fateful night. Now
Ray has a score to settle using a lifetime of
lessons in how to fight back.
Dean Fokoli is a detective with a new partner,
an alcoholic wife and a guilty conscience. At
least the boxer on the radio who just got beat
to a pulp won’t end up in his homicide file.
But when the dregs of the crooked fight
world start turning up dead, Fokoli is on the
hunt for the killer. The chase will take him to
the underbelly of the Kansas City night and
hopefully keep him one step ahead of his past.
J.B. is the author of The Deputy’s Widow,
published in 2008 by Arctic Wolf Publishing.
In the spring of 2008, she read a short story
by Eric Beetner and decided to pester him
until he agreed to collaborate on something.
Resistance was futile. And so, One Too
Many Blows to the Head was created—to
live and thrive in the dark alleys of 1939
Kansas City.
In addition to writing fiction, she works as a
technical and fiction editor. She lives in
Virginia with her husband and three children.
published in 2008 by Arctic Wolf Publishing.
In the spring of 2008, she read a short story
by Eric Beetner and decided to pester him
until he agreed to collaborate on something.
Resistance was futile. And so, One Too
Many Blows to the Head was created—to
live and thrive in the dark alleys of 1939
Kansas City.
In addition to writing fiction, she works as a
technical and fiction editor. She lives in
Virginia with her husband and three children.
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