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"...WE SEEM TO BE GETTING CLOSER TO THE NOIR I ENVISAGE.": GALWAY'S EDGE'S KEN BRUEN
In Galway's Edge Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor is hired by a Vatican troubleshooter to deal with a Galway preinst involved with Edge. when the...
A COWBOY TOUGH LADY:CHRISTA FAUST'S THE GET OFF
There is no book I waited for with more anticipation for than Christ Faust's The Get Off. The queen of pulp told me she was going to cap...
BEYOND THE SEA: AMBER WAVES OF AUTUMN edited by DAVID M. OLSEN
There is something about coastal life and crime fiction. Both Travis McGee and Tony Rome worked cases off of their houseboats and Kem...
"I WANT TO SEE THE IMPACT ON NOT ONLY THE VICTIM, BUT THE PERPETRATOR.": REAL BAD, REAL SOON'S ERIC BEETNER
In Real Bad, Real Soon Eric Beetner revisits Carter McCoy, a retiree who becomes a vigilante when given a diagnosis that he his dying....
OLD FRIENDS: STEVE KELTON & JOHN BRADHAW'S ELMER KELTON'S THE FAMILIAR STRANGER
One of my favorite characters in western fiction is Elmer Kelton's Huey Calloway. The turn of the last century saddle tramp who rarely...
DARK DEALINGS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA SUN: SACRAMENTO NOIR edited by JOHN FREEMAN
At this point in the Akashic "City Noir" series, when a new title is announced, I think one of two things, "I can't believe they didn't...
"...LOSING TRACK OF GOD, LOSING TRACK OF PURPOSE IN LIFE...": SAINT OF NARROWS STREET'S WILLIAM BOYLE
Few crime authors capture community like William Boyle. He captures a working class Brooklyn, mainly on the turn of the millenium. In his...
WELCOME TO JACK'S TAYLOR'S CRAZY LIFE: KEN BRUEN'S GALWAY'S EDGE
A Jack Taylor novel from Ken Bruen has become a highlight in my reading year. The author's prose style, performing on the line between...
"...HARD TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THEM OR EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE...": WE ARE WATCHING'S ALISON GAYLIN
Alison Gaylin's We Are Watching follows mother and daughter Mag and Lili Russo become targets of conspiracy theorists for their believe...
"COMPRESSED LANGUAGE": ABOUT THAT SNOWY EVENING'S
Stephen Spignesi, Andy Rausch, and Keith Lansdale got together to collaborate on ABOUT THAT SNOWY EVENING, one of the the most unique...
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