Victor Gischler is one of those novelists whose books I devour. I preorder them; I drool over them in anticipation …Read the Rest
Archive for March, 2010
Free Norman Partridge novella
Over at his website Norman Partridge has made his 1998 novella, Red Right Hand, available for free. His site offers …Read the Rest
Beau Bridges to play Rocky in NBC’s Rockford
I had a terrible nightmare this morning that made me jump out of bed. I dreamt, are you ready for …Read the Rest
Interview-Rebecca Cantrell
Last weekend Eric Beetner (Co-author of One Too Many Blows to the Head along with J.B. Kohl) made the scene …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day II
Chandler was a maestro of hard-boiled detective literature – and Carver brought suburban noir-realism to the American short story. Both …Read the Rest
New trailer for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire
Yesterday we saw the release of the second trailer for Boardwalk Empire, an organized crime drama in 1920′s Atlantic City …Read the Rest
Read the Elmore leonard story that inspired the FX show Justified
Using the Browse Inside feature of the Harper Collins website you can read the Elmore Leonard story, “Fire in the …Read the Rest
Deal of the Day: Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell for $6
Right now Amazon has paperbacks of Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone at a bargain price of just $6. The filmed adaptation …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day
Because truth is stranger then fiction and you can’t make stuff like this up. You’ll probably want to read this …Read the Rest
Reminder: Breaking Bad season 3 starts this weekend
There is no doubt in my mind that AMC’s Breaking Bad is by far and away the best crime show …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day II
Okay, I get it, in crime fiction readers want cops to solve the crimes and catch the bad guys. And …Read the Rest
Images from the set of Treme
The NY Times Magazine ran a feature on David Simon and Treme with 16 brand new images from the set. …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day
It has been said that the reader generates just as much meaning from a text as a writer does, and …Read the Rest
On the set of HBO’s Treme
Following on the heels of the plot summaries for the first three episodes and the latest trailer we’ve got a …Read the Rest
Justified – “Fire in the Hole”
The Nerd here, reporting on episode one of the new FX series Justified, created by Graham Yost and based on …Read the Rest
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason & translated by Bernard Scudder
It is strange to think of Iceland as a multi-cultural society, but the fact that it has a fairly substantial …Read the Rest
New Tricks by David Rosenfelt – review
This newest entry in the Andy Carpenter series starts out with Andy being called to a judge’s chambers and assigned …Read the Rest
The Water’s Edge by Karin Fossum & translated by Charlotte Barslund- review
The reader soon knows what is in store on the first page of the first chapter of this disturbing yet …Read the Rest
Rhino Ranch by Larry McMurtry – review
It’s been a long road, but all good things have to come to an end. So we are treated to …Read the Rest
Let it Ride by John McFetridge – review
[Let it Ride was published in Canada as Swap] With some books if a reader doesn’t like a particular aspect …Read the Rest
