The age when you begin to fear that your next chance could be your last
Love, death, and Midwesterners in London.
When Rubicon Baines moved from Illinois to London, she changed her name, her body, and her accent to become an ITV star in the 90s. Years later, now unknown and unemployed, Rubicon meets up with a childhood friend in Waterloo Station.
Jenn is freshly widowed, broad-voweled, and blithely confident that God is on the side of American family values. But when Ruby invites Jenn to meet some of her new friends, it’s an encounter that ends in love, death and tabloid infamy.
THE TAME MAN is a darkly comic crime novel about the impossibility of escaping the past.
PRAISE FOR THE TAME MAN
“Dana Burnell’s dazzling debut is anything but tame, a tale of intrigue that
turns corners at breakneck speed, catapulting the reader into a world where
the past haunts as dauntingly as the present threatens.” -Scott Alexander Hess, author of Skyscraper and The Butcher’s Sons (named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book)
“Reminiscent of scenes from the darker writings of James Thurber. . .
themes explore how commitment is portrayed and betrayed. Those in search of a multi-layered tale need look no further than this one!” -U.S. Review of Books
“Burnell’s witty, pitch-perfect prose subtly interweaves dark comedy
with a murder mystery, creating a reading experience reminiscent of Martin
Amis’s London Fields. The Tame Man is a vertiginous, hilarious reanimation of Blair-Era suburban London.” -Stacy John Haigny, author of Red Front Connection
“Vivid and realistic characters . . . A brilliant story that pulls you in from the start and doesn’t let you go until the jaw-dropping ending.” -International Review of Books, Gold Badge Winner
“A tale of friendship, love, betrayal, and murder, Burnell’s debut, The Tame Man, is a page-turner. A stylish and witty who-done-it of clashing cultures, British slang, and American grit.” –Lori Carson, Author of “The Original 1982”
“An intelligently witty, hyper-entertaining novel and a genuine delight. Fantastic storytelling. The twist is a doozy!” –Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Review
Dana Dunbaugh Burnell 