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“NOBODY’S ANGEL” available in paperback and on Kindle. Meet Chicago cabbie Eddie Miles.

Washington Post: “A gem.” Nobody’s Angel “doesn’t contain a wasted word or a false note.”

Publishers Weekly: “[A] slim, sparse, and heartbreaking novel.”

Booklist: “[A] fine atmospheric thriller…The cynical, melancholy cabbie point of view is perfect for this kind of neon-lit, noir-tinged, saxophone-scored prose poem, and Clark hits all the right notes.”

Chicago Sun-Times: “Heartbreaking… Captivating… Clark’s true subject [is] his city…Each page turn feels like real, authentic Chicago.”

Chicago Reader: “From the driver’s seat of his cab, Eddie negotiates a city splintered by race and class and rapidly losing its economic underpinnings. Nobody’s Angel has the wry humor and engaging characters typical of the best of the hard-boiled genre, but Clark’s portrait of Chicago in the 1990s, with its vanishing factories and jobs, its lethal public housing projects, its teenage hookers climbing into vans on North Avenue, is what gives it legs. Sure there are a couple murderers on the loose, but the larger violence is coming from systemic forces wreaking havoc in a place that, maybe, used to be better.”

Barnes & Noble Ransom Notes: “The anecdotal structure pulls you along at just the right pace and the economics of his story telling are commendable. There’s a world of intriguing and memorable detail expertly packed into two-hundred pages and just the right amount of heartache. The book’s close features one of the best final lines of any book I’ve ever read. Please don’t pick it up and read that last page first, it’s so worth getting there naturally.”

Chicago Dispatcher: “It’s a great read.”

Lansing State Journal: “[A] memorable, dark and gritty tale… Laced with dark humor and insights into a wide assortment of passenger behavior, this slim paperback has strong characterization and a great sense of location.”

Bookreporter.com: “NOBODY’S ANGEL is a powerhouse of a book, a genuine work of noir and one of the best books of the year. Clark can write….This is an incredible book that you will not soon forget”