"An absorbing and highly charged story of violent payback with considerable collateral damage."                                                              

—Kirkus Reviews

"American Static is an exciting rush of a book, and the sense of menace it creates from its mix of damaged people is constant and palpable."              

—Criminal Element

“Tom Pitts has been writing about life on San Francisco’s avenues for a while. Hustle, republished in 2016, is particularly good. American Static is a welcome return. There are a handful of American authors pushing the boundaries of noir crime including Joe Clifford (recently nominated for an Edgar), Les Edgerton and Tom Pitts, along with the publisher of this novel, Down and Out Books. All producing edgy, dark and gritty material. Street level stuff with a hard edge.

American Static is initially a slow burn tale. There’s clearly something very wrong with Quinn. In fact everyone seemingly has something to hide in American Static. Only Steven is an innocent… well, apart from being a drug trafficker. When Quinn’s murderous intent becomes clear, what follows is a cleverly constructed cat and mouse trawl around the seedier parts of San Francisco, with Teresa the prize. Pitts slowly parcels out the revelations until a hugely satisfying conclusion.

The characters are all really well drawn, the utterly sociopathic Quinn being the best. San Francisco and its grimy undertone make for an excellent backdrop against which the story plays. A really great novel which fans of this particular genre should lap up.”          

—Crime Fiction Lover