The Wrong Man

By Matthew Louis

He had no choice but to be as mean as the streets he came from.

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Sam Schuler is starting a new family, trying to begin a respectable life, and trying to extricate himself from the seedy people he once knew.

But when his former best friend involves him in a petty drug theft, a local street gang is stirred to action and Sam finds himself the target of harassment from the gang's leader.

When the situation escalates from threats to violence to the worst transgression imaginable, Sam's reality is warped beyond recognition. Rules of conduct are forgotten and laws lose meaning as the young man attempts to salvage his sanity, his male pride and his family-to-be.

A novel of unforgettable characters, surprising twists and satisfying payoff, The Wrong Man will stay with you long after you've read the final sentence.

About the Author: Matthew Louis is the founding editor of the pulp fiction journal Out of the Gutter and has written various gritty crime novels.

Praise for the Novels of Matthew Louis

For Roots Down to Hell

“Stunningly noir…one of those reads you’ll devour in one or two sittings.”

—Vincent Zandri, New York Times and USA Today bestselling, ITW Thriller and PWA Shamus Award-winning author of Her Darkest Secret and the Dick Moonlight PI series

“Brilliant and brutally real. A searing, sharp tale of a man on the razor’s edge.”

—Paul D. Brazill, author of Stray Bullets and Guns of Brixton

“This is noir. This is what noir is supposed to be…Roots Down to Hell takes risks no censor board, be it of the right or left-wing ilk, would ever allow.”

—Alec Cizak, author of Cool It Down

For The Wrong Man

“A short fast trip down the road to hell with prose as hard as a hammer. If your reading diet requires something tough and bloody, here it is. Grab it.”

—Bill Crider, award-winning author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series

“I read as a writer and believe me, an entire class could be profitably taught using just this novel...one of the best, most interesting, best-paced and plotted novels I’ve read in a long, long time.”