Atmosphere provided by You Are Listening to Los Angeles (http://youarelisteningtolosangeles.com)—LAPD police band monitor veneered with ambient music. It is utterly addictive.
Molly’s Charbroiler, on Vine Street, closed forever on June 30, 2011, after being in business for eighty-two years.
—DJS
for
CHARLES ARDAI
My hardboiled advocate.
Most talk. Charles acts.
Also by David J. Schow
NOVELS
The Kill Raff
The Shaft
Rock Breaks Scissors Cut
Bullets of Rain
Gun Work
Internecine
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Seeing Red
Lost Angels
Black Leather Required
Crypt Orchids
Eye
Zombie Jam
Havoc Swims Jaded
NONFICTION
The Outer Limits Companion
Wild Hairs (columns and essays)
The Art of Drew Struzan
AS EDITOR
Silver Scream
The Lost Bloch Volume Two: Hell on Earth
The Lost Bloch Volume Three: Crimes & Punishments
Elvisland (collection by John Farris)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David J. Schow (right), showing off his tats with Thomas Jane, is the screenwriter of The Crow and the author of Internecine.
Author photo by Kerry Fitzmaurice
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
UPGUNNED. Copyright © 2012 by David J. Schow. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Schow, David J.
Upgunned: a novel / David J. Schow.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-57137-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4299-6248-3 (e-book)
I. Title.
PS3569.C5284N44 2012
813'.54—dc23
2011033769
eISBN 9781429962483
First Edition: February 2012