Dig Two Graves is a novella-length piece about Val, an ex-con who thinks he has figured out the trick to continuing his bank robbing life without ever getting caught. Except then he gets caught.
It?s not his plan that backfires, oh no. There?s a rat somewhere and Val is pretty damn sure who it is ? Ernesto, his prison lover who has joined him on the outside as his partner in bank robbery.
Val stalks the city night on the hunt for Ernesto to exact revenge for breaking the ultimate criminal code: you don?t rat out a partner.
Along the way Val wrestles with his feelings for another man. Was it a prison infatuation born out of necessity? Or is it something more? And which makes the betrayal sting worse?
Populated by small time losers and petty crooks, Dig Two Graves is tough and stripped down like a fight without gloves. The humor is strictly from the gallows and the pace is relentless, plowing through one furious night like burning hate coursing through veins.
PRAISE
"Dig Two Graves" is the product of a diseased mind, and I mean that in the very best way. If you like stories about revenge and criminals fucking up their own shit, this one's for you." -- Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest and The Adjustment
"DIG TWO GRAVES is everything you want a blackly comic revenge tale to be: fierce, fast, funny, and deliciously foregone. You'll know on page one that this story isn't going to go well for anybody involved, but read that page and see if you can look away. I couldn't. It's all in the voice, and Eric Beetner's got a live one. I look forward to hearing more of it." -- Sean Doolittle, author of The Cleanup and Safer
"DIG TWO GRAVES, ladies and gentleman is an absolute cracker. Beetner's belting, whip-cracking prose putting me in mind of George V. Higgins at his very best. A must read for any crime/noir fan." Ian Ayris, author of Abide With Me
"The plot moves with energy and tension from one scene to the next and the excitement Mr. Beetner stirred in me was palpable. Best of all, though, is the voice of the book. It has the hard-boiled edge of another age. The sarcasm is heavy, the wit sharp as shark teeth and the humour laugh-out-loud." Nigel Bird, author of In Loco Parentis and Dirty Old Town
Eric Beetner is co-author (with JB Kohl) of the novels One Too Many Blows To The Head and Borrowed Trouble. He has written the novellas FIGHTCARD: Split Decision and FIGHTCARD: A Mouth Full Of Blood under the name Jack Tunney. His award-winning short fiction has appeared in Pulp Ink, Pulp Ink 2, D*CKED, Discount Noir, Grimm Tales, Off The Record, Murder In The Wind, Needle magazine, and the Million Writers Award: Best New Online Voices. He was voted Most Criminally Underrated Author by the Stalker Awards, which he takes a compliment. For more information, free stories and random thoughts visit ericbeetner.blogspot.com
