Jahmal Mayfield
@jahmalmayfield.bsky.social
Crime novelist & avid reader | Who got more style than son do? | Rep'd by Jackson Keeler of InkWorks2 | novel SMOKE KINGS |
Melville House | Released February 6, 2024
Melville House | Released February 6, 2024
Another one for the collection. Happy pub day @blacktopkid.bsky.social! #readerfirstwritersecond
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Another one for the collection. Happy pub day @blacktopkid.bsky.social! #readerfirstwritersecond
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@gabino.bsky.social What's everyone reading today? Smoke Kings is the shit. Get on it. @jahmalmayfield.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Today was a good day! Can't wait to dig into this upcoming gem from the great @keithrosson.bsky.social!
April 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today was a good day! Can't wait to dig into this upcoming gem from the great @keithrosson.bsky.social!
Loving PARADISE on Hulu!!
February 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Loving PARADISE on Hulu!!
True dat!
Walter Mosley is on my author Mount Rushmore. He’s been since I read DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS. One of our finest storytellers. If you’ve never read the Easy Rawlins series, there’s no better time to start than now.
February 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
True dat!
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One of the best debuts I’ve ever read is @jahmalmayfield.bsky.social’s SMOKE KINGS. I can’t wait to read everything he has lined up next.
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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An incredible novel
Now through Dec 17, SMOKE KINGS available in e-book format for $4.99 across all platforms!
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
December 11, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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Do not miss this one!!
Now through Dec 17, SMOKE KINGS available in e-book format for $4.99 across all platforms!
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
December 11, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Appreciate you!
Now through Dec 17, SMOKE KINGS available in e-book format for $4.99 across all platforms!
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
December 11, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Now through Dec 17, SMOKE KINGS available in e-book format for $4.99 across all platforms!
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
A NYT "The Best Crime Novels of the Year."
“Fearless writers like Mayfield are a good sign that the truth will remain ... a thrilling look at vigilante justice.” —The Washington Post
Talking to @vickmickunas.bsky.social was a highlight this year! Appreciate the love!
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BOOK NOOK: My favorite crime fiction novels of 2024
December is the time when we look back at the year that has almost passed and identify what was good. We make lists. A friend documents every music show he attended. He lists every beer he tasted and ...
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December 8, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Talking to @vickmickunas.bsky.social was a highlight this year! Appreciate the love!
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Such an honor to be included! Love me some @sarahweinman.bsky.social!
My Best-of crime novel list is up:
The Best Crime Novels of 2024 (Gift Article)
Our columnist on the year’s most outstanding crime novels.
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December 5, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Such an honor to be included! Love me some @sarahweinman.bsky.social!
Quite an honor!
Congratulations to our author, Jahmal Mayfield, for being on the New York Times Best Crime Novels of 2024!
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December 4, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Quite an honor!
Appreciate you for bringing SMOKE KINGS into the world @melvillehouse.bsky.social!
Congratulations to Jahmal Mayfield, author of SMOKE KINGS, for being included in “100 Notable Books of 2024” in
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100 Notable Books of 2024
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Appreciate you for bringing SMOKE KINGS into the world @melvillehouse.bsky.social!
Humbled and thrilled that SMOKE KINGS made this list. Some incredible books.
Here are the 100 notable books from 2024 — including standout fiction, poetry and nonfiction, all chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
100 Notable Books of 2024
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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November 26, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Humbled and thrilled that SMOKE KINGS made this list. Some incredible books.
Sign me up! Sounds fantastic. Congrats!
Apple sets a date for DOPE THIEF series premier: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
Apple’s Drug Ring Drama ‘Dope Thief’ Reveals First Look at Stars Brian Tyree Henry, Wagner Moura
The Apple TV+ series, launching March 14, has the longtime friends playing DEA agents robbing a country house, only to reveal a giant narcotic operations.
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November 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Sign me up! Sounds fantastic. Congrats!
I want books to start dropping with no warning like Kendrick Lamar.
November 24, 2024 at 3:51 AM
I want books to start dropping with no warning like Kendrick Lamar.
Say word!
November 22, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Say word!
There better be a season 2 of TEACUP.
November 21, 2024 at 4:14 AM
There better be a season 2 of TEACUP.
Congrats, bro!
November 19, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Congrats, bro!
"Mayfield masterfully blends action with raw emotional depth, painting a vivid portrait of friendship tested by greed and violence."
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7 best thriller books of 2024 with crazy plot twists and nail-biting mysteries that will keep you up all night
From murder mysteries to psychological thrillers, here are some of the best thriller books to add to your reading list
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November 14, 2024 at 10:24 PM
"Mayfield masterfully blends action with raw emotional depth, painting a vivid portrait of friendship tested by greed and violence."
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Honest, raw, and inspirational!
Over at Open Secrets Magazine I talked about stuff we're not supposed to talk about as authors: What happens when that splashy book deal doesn't work out and you get dropped by your publisher.
After a Splashy Book Deal, I Got Dropped By My Publisher, But I Kept On Writing
Why stubbornness is the most fundamental skill an author can have
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November 14, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Honest, raw, and inspirational!
Quite an honor!
Picked some of of my favorite crime novels of the year so far:
The Best Crime Novels of the Year (So Far)
Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Here are the best crime novels of 2024 so far.
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May 25, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Quite an honor!
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Raven reviews- Jahmal Mayfield- Smoke Kings
"A powerful, intelligent and necessary read, encapsulating perfectly an examination of modern society along with the grit and thrust of a highly readable thriller."
Jahmal Mayfield
Pub: Melville House
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"A powerful, intelligent and necessary read, encapsulating perfectly an examination of modern society along with the grit and thrust of a highly readable thriller."
Jahmal Mayfield
Pub: Melville House
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Raven reviews- Jahmal Mayfield- Smoke Kings- @jahmal_mayfield @melvillehouse #BlogTour
Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets 62 years after Emmett Till. When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the gra...
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February 17, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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