title: Bloodstains On The Wall: Three Stories From The Dark Side
author:  Mike Dennis 
description: <span>After thirty years as a professional musician (piano), Mike Dennis left Key West and moved to Las Vegas in 2006 to become a professional poker player. He turned to writing when his first novel,<i>The Take</i>,was picked up by a publisher in 2009.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>His next book,<i>Setup On Front Street,</i>was the first of a series of Key West Nocturnes, standalone noir novels. These books will lift the veil on Key West and reveal it as a true noir city, on a par with Los Angeles, New Orleans, or Miami.<i>The Ghosts Of Havana</i>is the second book in that set. The third,<i>Man-Slaughter</i>, is now available, and the fourth,<i>The Guns Of Miami</i>, will be coming in 2013.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Mike has also introduced the Jack Barnett/Las Vegas series, about a reluctant ex-private investigator living in Sin City, USA. The first entry in that series, a novelette called<i>Temptation Town</i>, is now available. The second installment,<i>Hard Cash</i>, also a novelette, is currently available, as is the third entry, a full novel called<i>The Downtown Deal.</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Mike also has a collection of short stories,<i>Bloodstains On The Wall.</i>In addition, his stories have been published in A Twist Of Noir, Mysterical e, Powder Burn Flash, Slow Trains, and<i>The Wizards Of Words 2009 Anthology</i>.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>In addition, Mike has an experimental rockabilly novel called<i>Cadillac's Comin'</i>, a hard tale of a one-hit wonder who recorded for Sun Records in the chaotic early days of rock &amp; roll.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>In December, 2010, Mike moved back to Key West, where he enjoys year-round island living with his wife Yleana, whom he married on a warm December night in 2012 on the rooftop of an apartment building in Havana, Cuba.</span>
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