Hymn From A Village E-BOOK

The work in this anthology takes some of the best stories of Nigel Bird and brings them together in the one place.

Many of the stories have been previously published in other places:

Mammoth's Best British Crime Stories 8 and 9; Needle Magazine Of Noir; Beat To A Pulp; All Due Respect; via Untreed Reads and Snubnose Press; in True Brit Grit; Off The Record; A Twist Of Noir; The Reader Magazine; at The Drowning Machine; and courtesy of Crime Factory.

'The prose is tight rope taut and the plotting first class. The central character of Liza is well drawn and the drip feed of her commentary about Archie's feelings is brilliantly done. Mr Suit is suitably odious without straying in to cliché...'Mr Suit' is a tense and thrilling novella which deserves a place on your bookshelf.' Crimesquad.com

'I can whole-heartedly recommend this one.' Heath Lowrance (City Of Heretics)

'At the risk of setting expectations too high let me say that it's something along the lines of Elmore Leonard meets James M. Cain by way of a Guy Ritchie movie.' Devil Monkey (Amazon review)

'A tremendous writer.' Donald Ray Pollock (The Devil All The Time)

'A rare talent.' Allan Guthrie (Bye Bye Baby)

If you know his work, you'll know it's worth reading. If you don't, here's the best place to find out.

Praise for Nigel Bird and his work includes:

'Really good.' Ian Rankin (Rebus)

'The stories have well written plots and all have unexpected endings which are not obvious when reading them. I found the stories to be well conceived and ideal to read in ebook format. I hope that Nigel is able to write a full size novel to further develop his writing skills. Some of the short stories here could easily have been the base for a much longer book.' Paul Blackburn (at Euro Crime)

'This is crime writing at its best. Read this collection, it is a crime not to do so.'
Richard Godwin (Apostle Rising)

'Each story is short and sweet, most with a nice wicked twist at the end. The blurb accompanying the collection says that the stories will stay with you for a while. A couple of them have certainly been rattling round my head for a few days. I did have one complaint, however – I wanted more of them! A nice collection.' Rob Kitchin (View From The Blue Room)

'I was surprised by every story. These are short, punchy, thoughtful, hard as a punch, but sometimes they dig in and squeeze. It's dirty stuff, done beautifully.Nigel is also responsible for the too-cool "Dancing With Myself" interview series at his blog, Sea Minor." Anthony Neil Smith (Yellow Medicine, Psychosomatic, Hogdoggin')

'Taking A Line For A Walk', included here, was listed among the top 5 stories of 2010 by Bill Hayes and Naomi Johnson over at Death By Killing.

'It won't take long to realise he is also one of the best writers out there on the noir scene' Ian Ayris (Abide With Me)

'A rare talent.' Allan Guthrie (Bye Bye Baby, Hard Man, Slammer)

'So nice to read a story with this much heart in it.' Patti Abbott (Discount Noir, Pattinase)

'Great Stuff.' Charlie Stella (Charlie Opera, Johnny Porno)

'Brilliantly razor-sharp, jagged slice of life.' Paul D Brazill (ubiquitous, You Would Say That Wouldn't You)

'I sought out everything I could from him. I dare you to read and not do the same.' Chris F Holm (8 Pounds)

'Took my breath away...Powerful.' Kathleen A Ryan (Playing With Matches, Women Of Mystery)

'Nigel Bird continues to amaze,' Naomi Johnson (The Drowning Machine)