If Jim Thompson had gotten an MBA, he might have written Cold Caller, a ravingly readable story of a downwardly mobile yuppie who'll just kill to get ahead. Once a rising VP at a topflight ad agency, Bill Moss now works as a "cold caller" at a telemarketing firm in the Times Square area. He's got a bad case of the urban blues, and when a pink slip rather than promotion comes through, Bill snaps... Now he's got a dead supervisor on his hands and problems no career counsellor can help him with.

Jason Starr has retooled the James M. Cain novel of cynical suspense and murder for the fiber-optic age.

Cool, deadpan, a rollercoaster ride to hell * The Guardian *
Well crafted and very scary * The Times *
Tough, composed and about as noir as you can go. Starr is a worthy successor to Charles Willeford * Literary Review *
At the cutting edge of the revival of classic American noir fiction * Daily Telegraph *
A sick, slick dissection of office politics and nine-to-five murder.... Cold Caller recalls the bloody pulp fiction of Jim Thompson and James M. Cain, devilishly updated for the 'work is hell' '90s * Detour *

Jason Starr is the author of Cold Caller, Nothing Personal, Fake I.D., Hard Feelings and Tough Luck followed by Lights Out, The Follower, Panic Attack, Savage Lane and his latest novel, Too Far. He was born in Brooklyn in 1966 and still lives in New York City. Sharm Murugiah is an award-winning British Illustrator & Graphic Designer, living in London and currently working at Scribbler Cards, UK. Sharm also works as a freelance Illustration Artist & Graphic Designer and has contributed a series of striking covers for No Exit Press' Jason Starr titles.