The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey is a 2008 Dilys Award nominee for books the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association members most enjoyed selling in 2007.

Ten years in advertising gave Marcus Sakey the perfect background to write about criminals and killers.

CBS Sunday Morning called his debut THE BLADE ITSELF “the first page turner of 2007,” and the New York Times selected it as an Editor’s Pick. Foreign rights have sold in eight countries to date, and the book has been optioned as a film by Miramax, with Ben Affleck attached as producer.

To research his novels, Marcus has shadowed homicide detectives, toured the morgue, interviewed Special Forces officers, ridden with L.A. gang cops, and learned to pick a deadbolt in sixty seconds.

His latest book, AT THE CITY’S EDGE, is the story of a discharged soldier who returns from Iraq to find a similar war raging in his South Side Chicago neighborhood. It features corruption and politics and gang warfare and love and redemption and car chases and gun fights and Roman history, all the good stuff.

Learn more at: marcussakey.com

 

 "Excellent. Like vintage Elmore Leonard crossed with classic Dennis Lehane."

Lee Child, author of One Shot

"A terrifically good debut—streetwise, heartfelt, and exciting. I loved this book."

T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Fallen

"A rocket—taut, involving, and memorable. An authentic, original new voice."

George Pelecanos, author of The Night Gardener