Carmen Colangelo never made a promise he didn’t keep, especially a threat, which is why Gavin is fucked. “So what’s your New Year’s resolution?” asks Gavin’s fiancé Jennifer, in the hotel ballroom. “To wake up tomorrow,” he wants to say. “My dentist has been busting my balls for years to stop chewing ice, so I guess that’s it.” “Stop chewing ice? Is that the worst flaw you can come up …Read the Rest
Enter, Night by Michael Rowe – review
Toronto’s ChiZine Publishing is known for their strange, dark, and industrial type thrillers—novels considered too disturbing for mainstream publishers—and it’s …Read the Rest
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet
Thierry Jonquet was a French crime writer who died in 2009 at the age of of 55. Tarantula was published …Read the Rest
Empire State by Adam Christopher – review
Empire State is a complex, twisting, genre-mixing novel that combines aspects of noir, speculative fiction and hardboiled detective stories into …Read the Rest
Rogue’s Gallery: The definitive Noir Director?
ROGUE’S GALLERY – Where three dedicated Noirheads discuss, argue and bat around topics on all things Film Noir. With Jake …Read the Rest
Justified – “Cut Ties” – review
The throwaway story dominated a whole lot more than the serialized elements this week, but what was there was pretty …Read the Rest
Blood Simple – review
I already know what you’ve thought when you saw the title of this review. “Why bother reviewing a classic? If …Read the Rest
Review— In Nine Kinds Of Pain by Leonard Fritz
Leonard Fritz paints a bleak portrait of the city of Detroit in his stylish debut novel In Nine Kinds Of …Read the Rest
Flash Fiction: The Last Hit by Liam Sweeny
The baked, cracked mud caked the road like dandruff as they drove the Monte Carlo, engrossed in Jimi Hendrix wailing …Read the Rest
Raylan by Elmore Leonard – review
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the novels of Elmore Leonard. I know, I know, he’s one of the …Read the Rest
Justified – “The Gunfighter” – review
Last year’s season of Justified is clearly gonna be tough to top. The Bennett clan cast a tall shadow that …Read the Rest
We Own the Night – review
The crime drama is a dying art in the Hollywood landscape. Gone are the days where Francis Ford Coppola and …Read the Rest
Mercury Tilt by Adrian McKinty
Mercury Tilt by Adrian McKinty My new crime novel, The Cold Cold Ground is set in Northern Ireland in 1981 …Read the Rest
Drawing Dead by JJ DeCeglie – review
PI Jack Andrelli’s done with this shit. His girlfriend offed herself in his bathtub and now he’s just fucking done. …Read the Rest
2012 Spinetingler Award: Best Novella
To honor the crime fiction novellas released in 2011 we are proud to announce the first annual Spinetingler Award for …Read the Rest
Collusion by Stuart Neville – review
This follow-up to the highly praised “The Ghosts of Belfast” deserves the same reception. It picks up where the earlier …Read the Rest
Buried Prey by John Sandford – review
Discovery of the bodies of two young girls, murdered 25 years earlier, sets the stage for a look at the …Read the Rest
Rag and Bone by James R. Benn – review
Last year, the Russian Parliament acknowledged that country’s responsibility for the slaughter of more than 20,000 Polish officers at the …Read the Rest
Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid – review
As the book opens, Dr. Charlotte [“Charlie”] Flint finds her professional life as a forensic psychiatrist in tatters, her reputation …Read the Rest
Stolen Lives by Jassy Mackenzie – review
Four subplots coalesce in this second novel featuring Jade de Jong, the South African PI who makes her home in …Read the Rest
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina – review
Each of the first three chapters of this newest novel by Denise Mina, author of the Garnethill trilogy among other …Read the Rest
