William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel, Gravesend, was published as #1,000 in the Rivages/Noir collection in France, shortlisted for the Prix Polar SNCF, nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger. Boyle is also the author of the Hammett Prize-nominated The Lonely Witness (No Exit Press), a book of short stories, Death Don't Have No Mercy and another novel, Tout est Brisè, released in France by Gallmeister. A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself was published to enormous praise, it was an Amazon Best Book in 2019. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
'An Elmore Leonard-style caper that hits the ground running... funny, touching and exhilarating in all the right places' -- Laura Wilson * Guardian * 'Like pantheon authors such as Mark Twain and William Faulkner, Boyle can switch without crashing gears between folk comedy and atrocious horror' -- Basil Ransome-Davies * Shiny New Books * 'A taut and well-paced thriller, with wonderful characterisation, brilliant dialogue and nuggets of wickedly black humour thrown in for good measure' * Tripfiction * 'Acidulously funny' -- Jake Kerridge * Telegraph * 'Hard-boiled caper fiction' -- Ed Needham * Strong Words *