In this, the tenth book in the series featuring CID officers DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper of the …Read the Rest
Archive for February, 2011
Some cool short films for Saturday afternoon
The Backwater Gospel As long as anyone can remember, the coming of The Undertaker has meant the coming of death. …Read the Rest
Mister X by John Lutz – review
From the attention-getting first sentence of this novel (“Quinn had found a box of paper clips in his bottom desk …Read the Rest
An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd – review
A chance sighting while in Waterloo Station leads Bess Crawford into a long investigation. She recognizes a woman, crying as …Read the Rest
Graven Image by Charlie Williams – reviews
Leon has fucked up something terrible. Never the most stable fella to begin with, Leon managed to enrage local crime …Read the Rest
Justified – “The I of the Storm” – review
Boyd had to deal with a whole lotta shit this week. He’s trying to keep his head down in the …Read the Rest
Bleed a River Deep by Brian McGilloway – review
As this newest book in the series begins, Inspector Benedict (“Ben”) Devlin has set his sights on a very wealthy. …Read the Rest
The Devil by Ken Bruen – review
“The Devil” reads like a cocktail of Xanax and Jameson, with a side of Guiness. Maybe that’s because Jack Taylor …Read the Rest
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay – review
Jeff Lindsay is back, with his totally unique creation, Dexter Morgan. Mr. Lindsay’s trademark alliteration is firmly in place, e.g., …Read the Rest
Rag and Bone By James R. Benn – review
A couple of weeks ago, the Russian Parliament acknowledged that country’s responsibility for the slaughter of more than 20,000 Polish …Read the Rest
Evil for Evil by By James R. Benn – review
The Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series has the protagonist, a former Boston detective now serving as a lieutenant …Read the Rest
Young Junius by Seth Harwood – review
Reviewed by Nik Korpon Sequels and prequels are tricky things. The Original gives us the characters, shows us the architecture, …Read the Rest
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Fiction: THE COLOMBIAN by Fred Snyder
The sedan crunched over gravel on Marco’s driveway. Marco squinted into the early afternoon sun. The visitor stepped out of …Read the Rest
California by Ray Banks – review
I fucking love what Ray Banks does. The guy’s prose is tough, his characters tragically human, his worldview grim yet recognizable, …Read the Rest
Joining the Indie E-Book Revolution by L.J. Sellers
By L.J. Sellers I spent 20 years looking for a publisher, and by time I found one, the industry had …Read the Rest
The Science of Paul by Aaron Philip Clark – review
Ex-con Paul Little’s parole is up and his grandfather’s in the ground, making now the best time to hightail it …Read the Rest
Justified – “The Life Inside” – review
Looks like they fooled the shit outta me, dear reader. Last week I was talking out my ass about Boyd …Read the Rest
Next Time You See Me by Katia Lief – review
Katia Lief’s first book, the thrilling You Are Next, was published by Avon in October of 2010.; this novel, a …Read the Rest
You Are Next by Katia Lief – review
This riveting new book by Katia Lief centers around “a twenty-seven-year-old mild-mannered loner named Martin Price,” a serial killer dubbed …Read the Rest
