Johnny Shaw – författare

Entre Traffic y Breaking Bad, tres mujeres intentan salvarse de algo mucho peor de lo que dejaron cuando escaparon de México. "Shaw revela en forma conmovedora, cómo cualquier mujer, incluso bajo las peores circunstancias, sobrevive en una tierra que no la acepta. Una novela de gran actualidad, en especial para los lectores de thrillers con conciencia social".—Publishers Weekly. Luz está perdida. Su hijo Eliseo ha desaparecido. Recién llegado a Los Ángeles después de mucho tiempo, está resentido, hostil y vulnerable. Ella necesita saber dónde está, pero no puede recurrir a las autoridades. Es una indocumentada, ha logrado vivir seis años sin ser descubierta y no puede correr riesgos ahora.Nadia no logra despertar de la pesadilla que la ha traído de México, está huyendo de los sicarios del cártel de droga a quienes ella, como periodista, denunció en los medios. Ni el alcohol, ni su compañero con el que sobrevive pueden ayudarla a olvidar  volver a empezar. Ostelinda ha entendido que deberá hacer cualquier cosa para escapar de la esclavitud de la fábrica. Fue engañada, creyó que atravesar el desierto y la frontera podían abrirle el futuro a una vida mejor para ella y su familia. Todos sus sueños eran una mentira, y sus fuerzas están flaqueando.Tres mujeres cuyos destinos cambiarán para siempre cuando sus caminos se crucen. Sus luchas en el país de la libertad son desiguales, porque allí la ley no protege a quienes deja fuera, allí ellas son solamente indocumentadas.

Entre Traffic y Breaking Bad, tres mujeres intentan salvarse de algo mucho peor de lo que dejaron cuando escaparon de México. "Shaw revela en forma conmovedora, cómo cualquier mujer, incluso bajo las peores circunstancias, sobrevive en una tierra que no la acepta. Una novela de gran actualidad, en especial para los lectores de thrillers con conciencia social".—Publishers Weekly. Luz está perdida. Su hijo Eliseo ha desaparecido. Recién llegado a Los Ángeles después de mucho tiempo, está resentido, hostil y vulnerable. Ella necesita saber dónde está, pero no puede recurrir a las autoridades. Es una indocumentada, ha logrado vivir seis años sin ser descubierta y no puede correr riesgos ahora.Nadia no logra despertar de la pesadilla que la ha traído de México, está huyendo de los sicarios del cártel de droga a quienes ella, como periodista, denunció en los medios. Ni el alcohol, ni su compañero con el que sobrevive pueden ayudarla a olvidar  volver a empezar. Ostelinda ha entendido que deberá hacer cualquier cosa para escapar de la esclavitud de la fábrica. Fue engañada, creyó que atravesar el desierto y la frontera podían abrirle el futuro a una vida mejor para ella y su familia. Todos sus sueños eran una mentira, y sus fuerzas están flaqueando.Tres mujeres cuyos destinos cambiarán para siempre cuando sus caminos se crucen. Sus luchas en el país de la libertad son desiguales, porque allí la ley no protege a quienes deja fuera, allí ellas son solamente indocumentadas.

2013 Anthony Award WinnerNew Edition with a Foreword by Blake CrouchHow far would you go for a fortune in lost gold? Whatever your answer, it's not as far as Harry, Frank, and Ricky go.There's gold in Arizona's Chocolate Mountains, where one hundred years ago a miner stashed a king's ransom of treasure. But times have changed. The world has changed. And now the Chocolate Mountains are the home of the largest active military artillery range in the world.Harry's living on disability and getting liquored up and beaten down. Frank's a feisty old-timer battling cancer and a domineering daughter. And Ricky's a good kid in a bad spot, doing everything for family. Together they're staking what little they have left on a dangerous quest to the Big Maria Mine—and the gold that can offer them a new beginning.Unfortunately, a meth-dealing biker wants a piece, a trigger-happy AWOL soldier wants to play chicken in a live minefield, two stubborn burros want to go home, a starving mountain lion wants his dinner, and the US Army wants to rain on our heroes' parade with real bombs.Big Maria is an unfiltered, wild romp in which three men get one chance to find a lost gold mine; the only problem is the Big Maria Mine is right in the middle of a US Army artillery range.Three Dumb Guys. One Bad Plan.For fans of Donald Westlake, Elmore Leonard, and Joe R. LansdaleWhen you're all out of crazy ideas, it's time to try the stupid ones.

Welcome back! CGP is very pleased to present another issue of blood and guts, mayhem and … tacos.Blood & Tacos 3 includes a schwack of fist-pumping fiction from the legendary Stephen Mertz, along with Garnett Elliott, Todd Robinson, Chris La Tray and Rob Kroese. Like you couldn't have read that on the cover. We're also featuring a great article this month on the Cannon studio and four exemplary films from same and reviewing Doomsday Warrior (specifically book 9). Finally, have a look at our new feature, Cooking Like a Tough Guy.Blood & Tacos is the brainchild of Johnny Shaw, screenwriter and author of the novel Dove Season: A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco. When he's not writing or teaching, he is usually in an undisclosed warzone working as the demolitions expert in the mercenary group, The Bushmasters. He also enjoys badminton.

Welcome to the second issue of Blood & Tacos! There was a time when paperback racks were full of men's adventure series. Next to the Louis L'Amours, one could find the adventures of The Executioner, the Destroyer, the Death Merchant, and many more action heroes that were hell-bent on bringing America back from the brink. That time was the 1970s & '80s. A bygone era filled with wide-eyed innocence and mustaches.Those stories are back! The new quarterly magazine Blood & Tacos is bringing back the action, the fun, and the adventure. Also, the mustaches.

There are dysfunctional families, and then there are the Uckers.From Johnny Shaw, the Anthony Award–winning author of Big Maria, comes a wild and hilarious novel about all the things that bring a family together—larceny, deception, and revenge.Brand New Edition with a foreword by Jess Lourey.Axel, Gretchen, and Kurt Ucker didn't know their father was a thief until after his death. The scandal that followed shook the entire family. Since then, the Uckers have lived a precarious existence. Their small town shunned and shamed them. Their mother, Bertha, retreated into religion and her favorite televangelist, Brother Tobin Floom.Axel got a dead-end job. Gretchen turned to petty theft. And Kurt stayed with his mom and his garage band. When Bertha dies, she leaves everything she has to Brother Floom and his gold-plated revival. The Uckers are at a loss for words. And an inheritance and a house and a future.When their long-lost aunt, the outrageous Mother Ucker, shows up, she informs them of a whole side of the family they never met (and for good reason—the other Uckers are all thieves), a shocking secret, and best of all, a plan. Can the Uckers get away with posing as a Christian Rock band to infiltrate Floom's multi-million-dollar ministry and pull off the greatest heist in Ucker family history.When you've got nothing left to lose, you might as well risk it all.

There was a time when paperback racks were full of men's adventure series. Next to the Louis L'Amours, one could find the adventures of The Executioner, the Destroyer, the Death Merchant, and many more action heroes that were hell-bent on bringing America back from the brink. That time was the 1970s & '80s. A bygone era filled with wide-eyed innocence and mustaches.Those stories are back! Blood & Tacos is bringing back the action, the fun, and the adventure. Also, the mustaches.In each issue of Blood & Tacos, some of today's hottest crime writers choose an era and create a new pulp hero and deliver a brand-new adventure. Each issue includes 5-6 stories featuring action-packed mayhem written in the style of that bygone era. The stories might not always be politically correct, but whether satire or homage, they will deliver on every page. Fast and fun, action and adventure, Blood & Tacos.If the stories weren't enough, Blood & Tacos will also feature fine pulpy art, reviews of some of the fine (and not so fine) novels from the same period, and maybe even a recipe or two.So enjoy this serving of Blood & Tacos. And remember, if it's too cheesy, it's a quesadilla.

Jimmy Veeder and Bobby Maves are back!The hilarious, action-packed follow-up to Johnny Shaw's award-winning novel Dove Season.It's been two years since the events of Dove Season, and Jimmy is living the quiet life in California's Imperial Valley. His wild days are in the rearview, and he's settled into something slow and steady, working the family farm and raising his son. But giving up action and excitement is hard to do cold turkey. Jimmy still occasionally needs an outlet from the boredom. That outlet comes in the form of his best friend, Bobby, who is single, volatile as ever, and a walking chaos machine.When Bobby's estranged teenage daughter goes missing, Jimmy doesn't hesitate to help him. The two head to the high desert to search for her, unconcerned that they have no plan and no idea what they're doing. Bobby figures if he busts enough heads, he'll eventually bust the right one that will lead him to his girl. So, I guess, that's a plan of sorts. Jimmy does his best to contain his friend, but Bobby is a hurricane filled with Tasmanian devils.When their investigation leads them to Plaster City, a former gypsum factory town in the middle of the desert and the current home of a desert biker gang, the search turns into a rescue mission. And we all know that's not going to go smoothly. With threats emerging from every corner, Jimmy and Bobby's grit—and loyalty to each other—is put to the ultimate test.