Before this book I hadn’t read any Willeford. I had often heard him mentioned in the same breath as David …Read the Rest
Tag: 200 Noirs
Shooters by Terrill Lankford – review
Shooters is complete trash. It’s smutty, sleazy, violent, obvious, and unnecessarily slick. It’s the 90s as crime fiction. Simply put, …Read the Rest
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk – review
Most everyone I know has either read the book or seen the movie so I apologize in advance if I …Read the Rest
Sanctuary by William Faulkner – review
I hate this book. This review will be completely biased and one sided. I’d also like to stress that this …Read the Rest
The Soft Touch by John D. MacDonald – review
Jerry Jamison lives a quaint life. A steady job in construction under his father-in-law’s business. A gorgeous wife. A nice …Read the Rest
Off Season by Jack Ketchum – review
I read this book for the first time two years ago and was floored at how much I enjoyed something …Read the Rest
Red Harvest by Dashiel Hammett – review
I apologize if this seems like blasphemy. The Continental Op is hired by Poisonville local Donald Wilsson but Wilsson is …Read the Rest
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain – review
This book has been written about for close to 80 years so there probably isn’t anything I can contribute to …Read the Rest
Death Wish by Brian Garfield – review
There is something so refreshingly simple about a man (or woman in the case of Sympathy for Lady Vengeance or …Read the Rest
Downtown by Ed McBain – review
The only McBain novels I’ve read are I’m Canon-For Hire/The Gutter and the Grave, Cop Hater, and The Mugger; the …Read the Rest
