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"....AND EVERYTHING CHANGED": AN INTERVIEW WITH MORE GROOVY GUMSHOES EDITOR MICHAEL BRACKEN
A couple years ago Michael Bracken put together the anthology Groovy Gumshoes, a collection of original private eye short stories that...


REVIEW OF EVERY MAN A KING BY WALTER MOSELY
Every Man A King is the second book featuring Joe KIng Oliver. The former cop, imprisoned for a crime he was framed by fellow colleagues...


SPILT BLOOD FROM BLOOD TIES: A REVIEW OF ELI CRANOR'S OZARK DOGS BY MEIKE ALANA
Scott Montgomery is undoubtedly one of the best booksellers in the crime fiction community, and with his encyclopedic knowledge of the...


SMART, SIX GUN FUN: BRETT COGBURN'S RED RUCKUS
Red Ruckus is the latest book from Brett Cogburn in his Clyde Morgan series. The former New York copper transplanted to the wild west is...


SHOTGUN BLAST FROM THE PAST : ROBERT B. PARKER'S DOUBLE PLAY
With opening day coming, I decided to read a book that sat on my shelf too long. Double Play is a Robert B. Parker standalone that looks...


"SLIGHT BUT KNOWING DETACHMENT": AN INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG MCDONALD
Craig McDonald is a writer whose books I always look forward to. There is a love and knowledge of crime, pulp, and certain literary...


"THE PERFECT FORM OF NOIR": AN INTERVIEW WITH BLACK IS THE NIGHT EDITOR MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI
Maxim Jakubowski has contributed to fiction as much as an editor of anthologies as well as an author. I discovered many of my favorite...


YOUNG MAN WITH A STAR: A REVIEW OF BLOOD ON THE TRAIL BY TERRENCE MCCAULEY
Terrance McCauley's Blood On The Trail is the first western in series to feature Deputy U.S. Marshall Jeremiah Halstead. McCaulley spun...


"THE WORLD IS FULL OF ABSURDITY": AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DONUT LEGION'S JOE R. LANSDALE
As prolific as Joe R. Lansdale is, a new release of his book still feels like an event. His latest The Donut Legion features Charlie...


WRITING, AGING, DIRIGIBLES: CRAIG MCDONALD'S THE ADVENTURES OF ZANA O'SAVIN #1 BLOOD OGRE
Craig McDonald often writes slam bang genre work that looks at the writing life. His Hector Lassiter series followed the life of a crime...
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