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"THE VICTIM HAS TO BE A BELIEVABLE PERSON": AN INTERVIEW WITH FIRST DO NO HARM'S S.J. ROZAN

THE AMERICAN DREAM AND NIGHTMARE: TIMOTHY J. LOCKHART'S BROKEN KITE

A NEW YEAR, A NEW NOIR AT THE BAR

"...A DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY I WASN'T EXPECTING.":THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE'S HARRY HUNSICKER

Harry Hunsicker's latest, The Life And Death Of Rose Doucette follows private eye Dylan Fisher trying to solve the murder of his ex-wife...

HOW A BOY BECAME THE KID: RYAN C. COLEMAN'S BILLY THE KID- THE WAR FOR LINCOLN COUNTY

Henry McCarthy went by many name sin his short life; Henry Antrim, William H. Bonney, and best as Billy The Kid. He also had as many, if...

"I ENJOY CAPTURING THE TIME WE LIVE IN IN MY WRITING." :BUZZKILL'S ALISON GAYLIN

Alison Gaylin's second take on Robert B. Parker's Sunny Randall, has the PI looking into the disappearance of an energy drink mogul as...

SHOTGUN BLAST FROM THE PAST: JOHN & WARD HAWKINS'S THE FLOODS OF FEAR

The Floods of Fear by the sibling writing team of John and Ward Hawkins is the epitome of a fifties potboiler. From the overwrought title...

HOLLYWOOD IN BOOTS: J.R. SANDERS' A KILLING WAY

Even though there are three books before it, winning both Spur and Shamus awards, I discovered J.R. Sanders' thirties private eye Nate...

LOST LOVE & MURDER: HARRY HUNSICKER'S THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCHETTE

It's always exciting to read a book by an author you're a fan of that takes them to another level of their talents. It feels lie...

"IT JUST GROWS AS I TYPE": AN INTERVIEW WITH NORDIC & FINN'S PETER BRANDVOLD

Nordic & Finn, Peter Brandvold's latest western, deals with a large loner, Nordic, who sparks off a range war, when he comes to the...

A FAST LIFE OF CRIME: DIETRICH KALTEIS'S CROOKED

There's something compelling about the Depression era robbers. Maybe it's that the tie to the old west with the outlaws switching their...

NEW START WITH NEW SERIES: STEVE HOCKENSMITH'S HIRED GUNS

My friend Steve Hockensmith had been yearning to do a traditional western for years. He sort of wrote several in a stealth/hybrid form...

THE MYSTERIES OF MURDER AND RELATIONSHIPS: ALISON GAYLIN'S ROBERT B. PARKER'S BUZZKILL

In two books, Alison Gaylin has completely taken over Robert B. Parker's Sunny Randall from the previous caretaker. She both maintains...

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