Runoff: In Stores Now!

"Runoff by Mark Coggins is a smart, funny, spooky ... often touching, always entertaining romp through ... San Francisco's highways, byways, and alleys of corruption." —James Crumley, author of The Right Madness

"'What’s happening with the private eye novel?' is a perpetually popular question among the crime-fiction cognoscenti. Runoff is the answer. To borrow a description from the jazz magazine Downbeat, Coggins is Talent Deserving Wider Recognition." Stephen Miller, January Magazine

"[A] noir gem." —Lynne Maxwell, Mystery Scene Magazine

"[H]arrowing ... exposes the dark underbelly of American politics." —Publishers Weekly

"[D]eliciously quirky ... panache to spare." —Kirkus Reviews

"[R]ead this book ... Mark Coggins has taken us back into the world of strong PI fiction." —Barb Radmore, Front Street Reviews

"[T]he easy, humorous style, details on computerized election fraud, and sharply observed Bay Area background make it all most enjoyable." —Jon L. Breen, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

"The book is gripping and laugh-out-loud funny in places and it is another example of the fact that election integrity is no longer conspiracy theory from 'tin-foil hats.'" John Gideon, VotersUnite.Org

"[A] highly readable clarion call for change that is hard to put down." —Michael Richardson, Brad Blog

"Runoff is at once a biting, witty, very timely commentary on our flawed electoral system, and a fast-paced page turner you won't be able to put down. Mark Coggins has written the must-read PI novel of the year." —Jason Starr, author of The Follower