This is great reading.  Jana can throw down.  Turns of phrase at once funny, then piercing in their insight are delivered often in a kind of thought-stream that layers right into your own thoughts while you're reading.

This kind of viscerality, delivered unvarnished is, at times, reminiscent of Elmore Leonard.  Even in plotlines that are off the beaten track, there is an authenticity in the writing that never begs for suspension of disbelief; it can stand on its own, thanks.

I'll definitely be on the lookout for anything forthcoming from Ms. Martin.

Jana did an amazing job reading from her book at the Fair in Miami.  It sounds like quite an interesting read.