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Robert Lamb

Robert Lamb

About

I've published three novels novels and one collection of short stories and poems.

My latest novel is A Majority of One, which is about book-banning and religious zealotry. 
The stories and poems collection is titled Six of One, Half Dozen of Another. 
Striking Out, my first novel, is a coming of age story set in Georgia. It was nominated for the PEN/Hemingway 
award.
Atlanta Blues, my second novel, is about the search for a missing college girl by a reporter and two cops. The search leads through the underbelly of urban Atlanta to murder and heartbreak. The novel was nominated for an Edgar Award.
Striking Out and Atlanta Blues have been taught in American lit. courses in college. All my books are available at Amazon.com and at smashwords.com.

Dead Burn

Dead Burn

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<p>Terrified California residents face the shocking dilemma of yet another serial killer roaming freely in their neighborhoods. However, this time it is an evolving serial killer anomaly that relentlessly searches for, hunts down, and ingeniously traps his victims before unleashing his fiery rage. Always two steps ahead of the cops and fire investigators, the killer hones in on the next sinful target leaving a trail of bones and ashes behind as evidence. It rocks the criminal justice system to the core as a string of arson murders hits inside their turf.</p><p>Vigilante detective Emily Stone hunts serial killers and child abductors, covertly and under the law enforcement radar, with her intrinsic skills of criminal profiling and forensic investigation. With Stone’s toughest case yet, the arson serial killer immediately crosses her radar and sends her into the dark territory of a lethal pyromaniac’s mind – to the point of no return.</p><p>While following the clues of the relentless firebomber, Stone grabs the attention of a government anti-terrorist organization called GATE that oversees all law enforcement cases across the U.S., which now focuses their sights on her proven abilities. They have very specific plans for her, whether she likes it or not.</p><p>Everything teeters on the edge of reality, as Stone must battle for her life between a hired assassin and an arson serial killer. Lines are drawn on both sides of the law. Friendships and lovers are tested.</p>

Story Behind The Book

As a reporter/feature writer for The Atlanta Constitution, I covered a lot of stories about street life: prostitution (both heterosexual and homosexual), runaways, drifters, homeless, bar flies, club workers, etc. I knew that what I was witnessing and writing about was great material for a novel. The central problem was how to get all this into one coherent story. Then I recalled that looking for somebody, in this case a missing college girl, could take a searcher just about anywhere. Suddenly I had my story.

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif;">Praise for <em>Atlanta Blues</em></span></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif;">“No one knows Hotlanta’s seamy underbelly better than ex-Atlanta newspaperman Robert Lamb. <em>Atlanta Blues</em> is almost Chandleresque in the way it explores the dark soul and swift undercurrents of this glittering hub of the New South.” ~ <strong>Mark A. Bradley, former <em>Atlanta Constitution</em> intern reporter and former CIA officer now with the U.S. Justice Dept. </strong></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif;">“In <em>Atlanta Blues</em>, Robert Lamb writes with the authority and sensitivity of (Joseph) Wambaugh at his best. This haunting novel will keep you awake – reading it the first night, thinking about it afterward.” <strong>~ Richard Layman, author and publisher</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif;">“I was Robert Lamb’s editor when he covered Atlanta’s soft underbelly of sin for <em>The Atlanta Constitution</em> in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and I know he writes the truth. The setting could be any big city in America. Bob has done a masterful job of depicting how policing urban America’s mean streets affects the lives of the men in blue and the people they care for.” <strong>~ David Osier, former <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</em> and CNN editor</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif;">“Crackling with narrative energy and hardboiled dialogue, Bob Lamb’s new novel is a cat-and-mouse thriller that blows Elmore Leonard out of the water and gives Joseph Wambaugh a tight run for the money.” <strong>~ Wade Tabor, author, <em>Miller’s Rules</em> and <em>The Long-Range Plan</em></strong></span></p>