Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns ed. Eric Beetner

From co-creating The Lineup to founding The Five-Two, my goal has been not to glorify, but to bear stark witness to crime.

Published last month by Down & Out Books, Unloaded is a collection of twenty-five gun-less crime stories with proceeds benefiting States United to Prevent Gun Violence. Among the contributors are Lineup and Five-Two alumni: Patricia Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Kent Gowran, Thomas Pluck, and Keith Rawson.

And if you buy Unloaded from Houston's Murder By The Book, you'll also help the first bookshop to carry The Lineup recover from recent flooding.