It’s the spring of 1981 and Detective Sergeant Sean Duffy has just been transferred to Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. While the …Read the Rest
Author Archive
Double-D Double Cross by Christa Faust – review
Butch Fatale is an ex-cop and down-and-out PI living in East Los Angeles. She’s also a butch lesbian omnivore, down …Read the Rest
Justified – “Harlan Roulette” – review
This season has really wasted no time in setting up the big bads, with this week’s “Harlan Roulette” featuring Robert …Read the Rest
Wee Rockets by Gerard Brennan – review
Fourteen-year-old Joe Phillips is leaving the Wee Rockets. It was a fun gig for a while, him and his mates …Read the Rest
Justified – “Cut Ties” – review
The throwaway story dominated a whole lot more than the serialized elements this week, but what was there was pretty …Read the Rest
Justified – “The Gunfighter” – review
Last year’s season of Justified is clearly gonna be tough to top. The Bennett clan cast a tall shadow that …Read the Rest
Drawing Dead by JJ DeCeglie – review
PI Jack Andrelli’s done with this shit. His girlfriend offed herself in his bathtub and now he’s just fucking done. …Read the Rest
The Drop by Howard Linskey – review
David Blake returns from a vacation in Thailand to his home in Newcastle to find his comfortable life as a …Read the Rest
Dig Two Graves by Eric Beetner – review
Eric Beetner’s Dig Two Graves is the Nerd’s kind of shit, dear reader. It’s dark, funny, fast, and gleefully, wonderfully …Read the Rest
Hell On Church Street by Jake Hinkson – review
The Nerd fucking tore through this one, dear reader, tore through it like it was a stack of pancakes at …Read the Rest
Already Gone by John Rector – review
John Rector doesn’t fuck around in Already Gone. The novel opens with Jake Reese, college professor and author, being assaulted …Read the Rest
Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville – review
Okay, book nerds of internetland, what’s the fucking deal? The Ghosts of Belfast drops in the US in 2009 and …Read the Rest
Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell – review
Here it comes, dear reader, another love letter to the work of Daniel Woodrell from your dear old Nerd. I …Read the Rest
Choke Hold by Christa Faust – review
Choke Hold, Christa Faust’s long-awaited follow-up to Money Shot, starts out quietly enough. It’s been a couple years since Angel …Read the Rest
Dead Money by Ray Banks – review
Ray Banks’ Dead Money is told from the perspective of Alan Slater, a Manchester double-glazing salesman with a wife, mistress, …Read the Rest
The Gentlemen’s Hour by Don Winslow – review
San Diego PI and incurable surf bum Boone Daniels returns in The Gentlemen’s Hour, Don Winslow’s sequel to The Dawn …Read the Rest
Headstone by Ken Bruen – review
Jack Taylor, Ken Bruen’s endlessly put-upon Galway PI, finds himself up to his hearing-aid assisted ears in shit yet again …Read the Rest
All the Young Warriors by Anthony Neil Smith – review
Minnesota’s Best, Anthony Neil Smith, is at it again, this time with All the Young Warriors, a fucking “huge” novel …Read the Rest
The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell – review
I’m pretty sure if I rooted around in Daniel Woodrell’s septic tank I’d find fucking gold, as in “dude fucking …Read the Rest
Interview: Allan Guthrie
Allan Guthrie’s shit is dark, funny, intense, and more than a little twisted. The author of such novels as Savage Night, Slammer and Hard …Read the Rest
