I wrote an intro for the re-release of Craig Terlson's Surf City Acid Drop, a cult PI novel that kicks off the Luke Fischer series. It is a throwback to the Travis McGee and James Crumley style of shaggy dog detective novels, yet finds its own groove.

It started out harmless enough, where I talked about the book itself and where it sits in the history of the genre, but in true shaggy dog fashion I was soon on many tangents: Shania Twain, French existentialism, New Orleans jazz, Edward Hopper, subprime mortgages, and killer monkeys in Paris.

You can read it here: https://www.amazon.com/Surf-City-Acid-Craig-Terlson/dp/1519181116