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  • "Midnight in Memphis is the real deal, and Thomas Dann is a real find. This is a twisty, well-wrought whodunit set in the Memphis of 60 years ago, driven by savory characters and the enticing, sometimes lurid, mysteries that always seemed to lurk beneath the surface of the old South."

    Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent

  • "Thomas Dann's Midnight in Memphis is a terrific debut novel that will richly reward your attention and introduce you to a new and promising talent."

    Thomas Perry, Edgar Award winning author of The Butcher’s Boy

  • "Thomas Dann’s debut reveals a writer with serious chops. Midnight in Memphis offers gripping, hard-boiled mid-century noir that reaches as far as the big river that forms its backbone. Dann knows his history, from Indigenous cultures to civil rights struggles, and delivers a compelling tale of justice and reckoning."

    Boyce Upholt, Willie Morris Award winning author of The Great River

  • "Dann debuts with a captivating historical thriller … to highlight the racial tensions of the early civil rights era, and his prose is a cut above similar fare… This is an accomplished first effort."

    Publisher’s Weekly

  • "Midnight in Memphis is first-rate Southern Noir. Memphis PD Detective Burdett Vance and his partner, Officer Eustace Johnson, are a perfectly matched team. If Thomas Dann doesn’t make this into a series, I’m gonna come looking for him!"

    Chris Kelsey, Pencraft Award winning author of Where the Hurt Is

  • "Thomas Dann has conjured a unique place at a tense moment as a city is haunted by its recent past and distant history. Fans of Raymond Chandler and Raymond Khoury alike will drink Midnight in Memphis from the rim to the dregs."

    Preston Lauterbach, author of The Chitlin' Circuit,

    a Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and NPR best book of the year

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“Midnight in Memphis is the real deal and Thomas Dann is a real find.

This is a twisty, well-wrought whodunit set in the Memphis of 60 years ago, driven by savory characters and the enticing, sometimes lurid, mysteries that always seemed to lurk beneath the surface of the old South.”

— Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent

“Dann debuts with a captivating historical thriller … to highlight the racial tensions of the early civil rights era, and his prose is a cut above similar fare… This is an accomplished first effort.”

— Publisher’s Weekly

“Thomas Dann has conjured a unique place at a tense moment as a city is haunted by its recent past and distant history. Fans of Raymond Chandler and Raymond Khoury alike will drink Midnight in Memphis from the rim to the dregs.”

— Preston Lauterbach, author of The Chitlin' Circuit,
a Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and NPR best book of the year

“Midnight in Memphis is first-rate Southern Noir. Memphis PD Detective Burdett Vance and his partner, Officer Eustace Johnson, are a perfectly matched team.

If Thomas Dann doesn’t make this into a series, I’m gonna come looking for him!”

— Chris Kelsey, Pencraft Award winning author of
Where the Hurt Is

“Thomas Dann's Midnight in Memphis is a terrific debut novel that will richly reward your attention and introduce you to a new and promising talent.”

— Thomas Perry, Edgar Award winning author of
The Butcher’s Boy

“Thomas Dann’s debut reveals a writer with serious chops.

Midnight in Memphis offers gripping, hard-boiled mid-century noir that reaches as far as the big river that forms its backbone. Dann knows his history, from Indigenous cultures to civil rights struggles, and delivers a compelling tale of justice and reckoning.”

— Boyce Upholt, Willie Morris Award winning
author of The Great River

“When Memphis native Tom Dann set out to write his first novel, he uncovered the soul of a city. His debut, Midnight in Memphis, …marks the start of a literary journey rooted in the Bluff City’s past and a fresh voice in Southern fiction that feels both hauntingly historical and urgently relevant. ”

— Choose901.com

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Beryl Dann
beryl.dann@gmail.com