International intrigue is at the heart of the plot which joins Emma Cross, former CIA operative and now with St. …Read the Rest
Archive for September, 2010
The White Trilogy by Ken Bruen – review
“Here are your poor, your tired, your hungry; your predatory crack dealers, your arsonists; your killers for money, for revenge, …Read the Rest
The Impossible Bird by Patrick O’Leary – review
I originally reviewed The Impossible Bird by Patrick O’Leary on November 22nd, 2006. Mike and Danny are brothers who were …Read the Rest
Death on the Aegean Queen by Maria Hudgins – review
The third Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery takes the protagonist on a cruise among the Greek islands, along with her friends …Read the Rest
Thunder Beach by Michael Lister – review
Merrick McKnight is a recent victim of the downsizing of The Democrat, the newspaper published in his town in the …Read the Rest
Excerpt of Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
Harper Collins has the first chapter of Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane available as an excerpt. Brian LindenmuthBrian is the …Read the Rest
The Rising by Brian Keene – review
I originally reviewed The Rising by Brian Keene on November 27th, 2006. Jim Thurmond is locked in an underground shelter …Read the Rest
True Grit teaser trailer
Brian LindenmuthBrian is the non-fiction editor of Spinetingler magazine and one of the fiction editors of Snubnose Press. In addition …Read the Rest
Boardwalk Empire “The Ivory Tower” – review
Review by Mike Dennis The hijacking of a truckload of bootleg liquor bound for New York is so far proving …Read the Rest
Red Riding Trilogy by Julian Jarrold, James Marsh & Anand Tucker
David Peace’s English answer to James Ellroy’s “LA Quartet” (The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, and White Jazz), the “Red …Read the Rest
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane – review
I originally reviewed A Drink Before the War on November 22nd, 2006. The job is a simple one; their clients …Read the Rest
The Town by Ben Affleck
The Town is a solid crime movie. It’s got some nifty action, sharp dialogue, a strong narrative, gritty locales, and …Read the Rest
Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni – review
Combining the elements of a thriller and a courtroom battle over a defective toy which apparently has resulted in the …Read the Rest
Half-Price Homicide by Elaine Viets – review
In the latest entry in her Dead-End Job Mystery Series [the other being the popular Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Series], …Read the Rest
Stettin Station by David Downing – review
The chronicle of journalist John Russell begins in Nazi Berlin a week before Pearl Harbor in this, the third novel …Read the Rest
Live to Tell by Wendy Corsi Staub – review
Lauren Walsh is a young Westchester, NY suburbanite still devastated by the breakup of her marriage, made even more so …Read the Rest
An outsiders perspective on noir
Matt Denault, an old online friend, recently reviewed The City and The City by China Mieville and Finch by Jeff …Read the Rest
Boardwalk Empire – Pilot – review
Review by Mike Dennis Does the show live up to the hype? Were the trailers more than just a souped-up …Read the Rest
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie – review
I originally reviewed Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie on November 18th, 2006. Allan Guthrie presents a surprisingly sophisticated and …Read the Rest
In Search of Crime Fiction’s Shadow Cabinet
Too many writers and readers prefer their literature spoon-fed to them, in portions similar to the last, with the same …Read the Rest
