Three subplots run through this Joe Donovan novel, the fourth in the series. The main theme involves a book Joe …Read the Rest
Archive for October, 2010
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH by Cammie McGovern – review
Betsy Treading was convicted of the murder of Linda Sue Murphy, a divorcee and a neighbor on her street in …Read the Rest
Death Watch by Jim Kelly – review
As far as British mysteries are concerned, this novel is as far out as they go. An 18-year-old case is …Read the Rest
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook – review
I originally reviewed 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook on December 19th, 2006. 47 Rules of …Read the Rest
Collecting the Short Crime Fiction Scene
While I pine away for an annual best of anthology for short stories published online there is a way that …Read the Rest
Killer Instinct by Zoe Sharp – review
Just having read Zoe Sharp’s eighth and newest book, Fourth Day, the latest in the Charlie Fox series, I had …Read the Rest
Faster trailer
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in an American heroic bloodshed/bullet ballet movie called Faster. Look for two Lost alumni in …Read the Rest
The Grove by John Rector – Review
My love of John Rector’s The Cold Kiss is well documented on these here internets, dear reader. It’s one of …Read the Rest
The Ninth Step By Gabriel Cohen
In his fourth book in the series, author Gabriel Cohen brings back Jack Leightner, a fifteen-year veteran of the NYPD’s …Read the Rest
John Waters narrated documentary on doll house crime scenes
OF DOLLS AND MUDER explores a haunting collection of dollhouse crime scenes and our universal fascination with murder. From CSI …Read the Rest
Sqweegel on CSI
This Thursday Sqweegel makes his appearance on CSI. Brian LindenmuthBrian is the non-fiction editor of Spinetingler magazine and one of …Read the Rest
Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey – review
Two murders confront Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond in this, the tenth in the mystery series featuring the irascible Bath policeman. …Read the Rest
No Dominion by Charlie Huston – review
I originally reviewed No Dominion by Charlie Huston on December 18th, 2006. No Dominion, the second book in the Joe …Read the Rest
Book title stories
A couple of days ago I issued a challenge on Twitter and Facebook: Here’s your challenge. Take a picture of …Read the Rest
Baby Leg by Brian Evenson – review
[Note: I originally wrote this a year ago in an attempt to grapple with a few things including noir, new …Read the Rest
Boardwalk Empire “Anastasia” – review
Review by Mike Dennis Well, this episode is better than last week’s (how could it not be?), but that isn’t …Read the Rest
THE BURNING WIRE by Jeffery Deaver – Review
Any Lincoln Rhyme novel is all in the details. Lots of details. And this book is no different. There is …Read the Rest
Sleepless by Charlie Huston – review
By this time, a few months after being published, folks will have told you that Sleepless is about a dystopian …Read the Rest
THE ICE PRINCESS by Camilla Lackberg – Review
This novel deals with life in a small Swedish town, and events a quarter of a century earlier which ended …Read the Rest
FOURTH DAY by Zoe Sharp – Review
Fourth Day is the name of a once subversive organization formed in the 1960′s and known for its cult-like origins, …Read the Rest
