Midnight in Memphis

Praise for Midnight in Memphis:“[An] evocative debut novel.”—New York Times“A captivating historical thriller.”—Publisher Weekly“Thomas Dann weaves a web of injustice, crime, and hope in his debut novel.”—Memphis Magazine“As in any great mystery, Midnight in Memphis has many twists and turns.”—Historical Novel Society“Crime fiction with real atmosphere.”—Washington City Paper“Midnight in Memphis is the real deal and Thomas Dann is a real find. This is a twisty, well-wrought whodunit set in the Memphis of 60 years ago, driven by savory characters and the enticing, sometimes lurid, mysteries that always seemed to lurk beneath the surface of the old south.”—Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent“Thomas Dann’s Midnight in Memphis is a terrific debut novel that will richly reward your attention and introduce you to a new and promising talent.”—Thomas Perry, bestselling author of Hero and The Old Man“Thomas Dann has conjured a unique place at a tense moment as a city is haunted by its recent past and distant history. Fans of Raymond Chandler and Raymond Khoury alike will drink Midnight in Memphis from the rim to the dregs.”—Preston Lauterbach, author of The Chitlin’ Circuit and Beale Street Dynasty“Midnight in Memphis is first-rate Southern Noir. Memphis PD Detective Burdett Vance and his partner, Officer Eustace Johnson, are a perfectly matched team. If Thomas Dann doesn’t make this into a series, I’m gonna come looking for him!”—Chris Kelsey, author of Blond Hair, Blue Eyes: an Emmett Hardy Crime Novel“Thomas Dann’s debut reveals a writer with serious chops. Midnight in Memphis offers gripping, hard-boiled mid-century noir that reaches as far as the big river that forms its backbone. Dann knows his history, from Indigenous cultures to civil rights struggles, and delivers a compelling tale of justice and reckoning.”—Boyce Upholt, author of The Great River

Thomas Dann was born and bred in Memphis, Tennessee, five generations deep in a family fighting the entrenched political machine there. He has spent time variously between the East and Left Coasts, studying creative writing at Stanford, working for years as a felony defense investigator for the Washington, DC, Public Defender, then lawyer, company builder, and writer, all the while wondering what he wants to do when he grows up. He now lives in Maryland with his wife, Melissa, and their goofy golden retriever, Benji. And he loves the blues.