"The New York City financial crisis of 1975 provides the dramatic backdrop for Zahradnik's frenetic sequel to 2014's Last Words... Taylor, who lives for the big story, makes an appealingly single-minded hero." -Publishers Weekly

1. Drop Dead Punk by Rich Zahradnik
A Coleridge Taylor
Mystery
Available from
Camel Press
August 2015

2. Advance Review: Publishers Weekly
"The New York City financial crisis of 1975
provides the dramatic backdrop for Zahradnik's
frenetic sequel to 2014's Last Words... Taylor,
who lives for the big story, makes an
appealingly single-minded hero."
Publishers Weekly, June 22, 2015

3. Set in New York City in 1975
The era of the iconic NY Daily News headline:

4. News: The 40th Anniversary of NYC Financial Crisis
"The release of Drop Dead Punk coincides with the 40th
anniversary of the financial crisis—a good time to remind
the public how close NYC came to disaster and how badly it
had deteriorated at that time,” says journalist turned
mystery author Rich Zahradnik.

5. New York Was Fear City

6. Rich Zahradnik
Rich Zahradnik has been a journalist for 30-plus years, working as a reporter and editor in all major news
media, including online, newspaper, broadcast, magazine, and wire services. He held editorial positions at CNN,
Bloomberg News, Fox Business Network, AOL and The Hollywood Reporter. He lives in Pelham, New York, where
he teaches elementary school kids how to publish online and print newspapers. For more information, go to www.
richzahradnik.com

7. Drop Dead Punk is the sequel to:
Last Words
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8. Praise for Last Words
"I didn't realize how much I missed seedy gritty corrupt crime-ridden
New York City of the 1970s till I read Zahradnik's debut thriller. Last
Words captures the palms-out politicians, the bully cops, the not-so-
hapless homeless, the back-stabbing reporters of a city on the brink.
The pace speeds up; the whispers and clues and leads all come
together for a big empty-the-revolver and fling-the-vodka bottle
finale. Well worth the trip back in time."
Richard Zacks, author of Island of Vice and Pirate Hunter

9. Last Words by Rich Zahradnik
Last Words, now available in paperback and all ebook
formats, won honorable mention for mystery in Foreword
Reviews' IndieFab Book of the Year Awards.

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Drop Dead Punk
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11. Further Information:
Camel Press Announces Release of
“Drop Dead Punk” by Rich Zahradnik
Visit Rich Zahradnik’s Amazon Author Page

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