The Nerd is not one to judge a book by its cover but by its country of origin? Guilty as …Read the Rest
Archive for January, 2011
January 2011 Pull List
After the jump check out the January 2011 releases that I’m looking forward to reading. How about you, what are …Read the Rest
Interview With Anthony Neil Smith about E-publishing Choke On Your Lies
This is the first in a series of interviews with authors about their experiences dipping their toes into the epublishing …Read the Rest
Introduction: Interviews With E-publishing Authors
Every day more and more authors are experimenting with e-publishing their works. Either through Kindle or other sites like Smashwords; …Read the Rest
Five on Friday: Five Great Movie Beatdowns
Five on Friday is a fun bi-weekly look at random but specific topics that ignore the obvious. For example if …Read the Rest
A Sporting Murder by Chester D. Campbell – review
In his fifth fictional appearance, Greg McKenzie, a former cop who had worked for 25 years as a special agent …Read the Rest
Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black – review
Persistence is a virtue, and Theresa MacLean, a forensic scientist in the M.E.’s office exhibits plenty of that in this …Read the Rest
Odds and Ends Links
I decided to clean out the traps again and post some links to some of the odd but cool stuff …Read the Rest
Choke On Your Lies: My Homage to Nero Wolfe
By Anthony Neil SmithThere’s something about the Nero Wolfe novels that really sticks with me. He’s this giant fat guy, …Read the Rest
She Felt No Pain by Lou Allin – review
RCMP Corporal Holly Martin, newly transferred to Vancouver Island, faces adjustment to her new command, along with encountering her own …Read the Rest
Bleed a River Deep by Brian McGilloway – review
Along with the Lincoln Perry novels from Michael Koryta, Brian McGilloway’s Inspector Devlin series is the rare middle-boiled series that …Read the Rest
Priest by Ken Bruen – review
Ireland, awash in cash and greed, no longer turns to the church for solace or comfort. But the decapitation of …Read the Rest
2011 Edgar Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2011 Edgar Awards have been released. The Awards will be presented on4/28/11. Check out the full …Read the Rest
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer, Translated by K. L. Seegers – review
Post-Apartheid South Africa has undergone many traumatic changes. But for homicide detective Benny Griessel, nothing much changes except for the …Read the Rest
The Track of Sand by Andrea Camilleri, Translated by Stephen Sartarelli – review
Strange dreams and perfect intuition and logic are the keys to solving a mystery in this Inspector Montalbano novel. It …Read the Rest
Indian Pulp Fiction: Tehelka’s Pulp & Noir issue
For those that don’t know the pulp industry is thriving in India with some authors publishing up to five novels …Read the Rest
Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960′s – review
To be fair and honest right from the outset I was pre-disposed to like this collection for at least two …Read the Rest
Dying Gasp by Leighton Gage – review
When the fifteen-year-old granddaughter of one of the most important and influential men in Recife, and indeed in all of …Read the Rest
Hill Street Blues – Happy 30th birthday
30 years ago today Hill Street Blues made it’s debut, lasting for 7 seasons and eventually attracting great crime writers …Read the Rest
American Rust by Philipp Meyer – review
American Rust takes vast swaths and bits and pieces of prior Great American Novels; echoes and influences of distinctly American …Read the Rest
