This was all supposed to go up last Tuesday, but Life Happened. Then it was supposed to be Thursday—and more Life. Then I realized that today was Publication Day for Karp’s new novel, NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority, so why not do this today? I’ve already posted my Pub Day Repost about that book, so this introduction is going up out of order, but…oh, well.

Marshall Karp
I’ve mentioned before that there was a time in my life when I didn’t let myself read a lot of fiction—I had my goals set on other things. Marshall Karp is one of those authors I discovered around the time I refocused things and started reading fiction The Rabbit Factoryagain. His book, The Rabbit Factory, jumped off the New Release shelf at the local library and worked for me on so many levels—I was absolutely hooked by it and I’m not really sure how many times I’ve read it—a minimum of four times.

That Lomax and Biggs series has gone the way of all things and Karp has moved on to other things—notably co-authoring a stand-alone novel and a series with that up-and-comer, James Patterson (really hope things work out for him). 2022 has brought us his first solo novel in years, Snowstorm in August, and, as of today, the first in the NYPD Red series without Patterson’s involvement.

This past summer, I got an email out of the blue from Karp asking if I’d be interested in reading Snowstorm in August. And I went all fan-boy in my response. The level of fan-boy where I misspelled the name of the Lomax and Biggs series and didn’t notice it until I received his reply. Thankfully, Karp was still interested in sending me the book and participating in a Q&A with me—he also sent me today’s release.

I’ve exchanged emails/DMs/tweets, etc. with quite a few authors since I started this here blog—but my Karp fandom predates it, so our exchange hits me in a different spot, you know? Thankfully, his correspondence is as entertaining for me as his novels are (just in a different way). It has been a blast for me to work with him.

So I wanted to take a little extra time to thank him for his gracious emails, his time these last couple of months, and the books he mailed me. That box included a signed hardcover of The Rabbit Factory, which I assure you is in a very prominent place in my library.

And now, I urge you to track down his books. The Lomax and Biggs series, NYPD Red (especially NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority as I discuss here), and Snowstorm in August. I’ll be posting my take on the latter in a little bit, and my Q&A with Karp will be coming up a little bit later (read it if only to be inspired to contribute to his great charity).