Bio

Aaron Palmer is a retired sociologist living in Phoenix, Arizona. He lived in the Taylor Street/Little Italy neighborhood of Chicago for twenty-five years, from 1972 to 1997.

During that time, he conducted more than four hundred in-depth and confidential interviews with the neighborhood people, as well as interviews with Chicago Police officers and FBI agents. The knowledge and insights gleaned from these interviews became the basis for his fictional stories.


CONTACT

Publicist: Stephen Knezovich | publicity@moneyfornothing-book.com
Author: Aaron Palmer | aaron@moneyfornothing-book.com


Photos

Book cover: Print | Web
Author photo: Print | Web


BOOK Details

Title: Money for Nothing: Tales from Taylor Street, Vol. 1
Author: Aaron Palmer
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Crime/Thriller
Harcover: $25.99 | 310 pages | ISBN: 978-1-960378-07-1
Paperback: $15.99 | 310 pages | ISBN: 978-1-960378-08-8
eBook: $9.49 | 310 pages | ISBN: 978-1-960378-09-5
Publication date: November 7, 2023
Synopsis: Chicago. Taylor Street. 1986. Accomplished burglar, and self-described honorable thief, Ralph “Beans" Trombino takes on the score of a lifetime. But things don’t go to plan.
Available at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble


PRAISE

“Action-packed … a masterful job of capturing the neighborhood and the era … reminiscent of Elmore Leonard or Richard Price, this is an engrossing, compassionate, and sometimes humorous tale ... Highly recommended."

— LEN JOY, author of Dry Heat and Freedom’s Just Another Word


Excerpt

Chapters 1, 2 & 3 | Read


INTERVIEW

An interview with Aaron Palmer | Read