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SHOTGUN BLAST FROM THE PAST : ROBERT B. PARKER'S DOUBLE PLAY

With opening day coming, I decided to read a book that sat on my shelf too long. Double Play is a Robert B. Parker standalone that looks...

"SLIGHT BUT KNOWING DETACHMENT": AN INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG MCDONALD

Craig McDonald is a writer whose books I always look forward to. There is a love and knowledge of crime, pulp, and certain literary...

"THE PERFECT FORM OF NOIR": AN INTERVIEW WITH BLACK IS THE NIGHT EDITOR MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI

Maxim Jakubowski has contributed to fiction as much as an editor of anthologies as well as an author. I discovered many of my favorite...

YOUNG MAN WITH A STAR: A REVIEW OF BLOOD ON THE TRAIL BY TERRENCE MCCAULEY

Terrance McCauley's Blood On The Trail is the first western in series to feature Deputy U.S. Marshall Jeremiah Halstead. McCaulley spun...

"THE WORLD IS FULL OF ABSURDITY": AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DONUT LEGION'S JOE R. LANSDALE

As prolific as Joe R. Lansdale is, a new release of his book still feels like an event. His latest The Donut Legion features Charlie...

WRITING, AGING, DIRIGIBLES: CRAIG MCDONALD'S THE ADVENTURES OF ZANA O'SAVIN #1 BLOOD OGRE

Craig McDonald often writes slam bang genre work that looks at the writing life. His Hector Lassiter series followed the life of a crime...

SHADOWS ON THE PLAINS: SLADE AND MANHUNTER BY ARNOLD HANO

Arnold Hano is best known as the editor of books by the likes of Jim Thompson or Richard Matheson during the height of their talents or...

CELEBRATING THE MASTER OF NIGHT: A REVIEW OF BLACK IS THE NIGHT EDITED BY MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI

Cornell Woolrich is one of the more underrated writers of the twentieth century. His moody tales of desperate characters contributed many...

FOR THE LOVE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW: A REVIEW OF COLIN COTTERILL'S THE MOTION PICTURE TELLER.

Colin Cotterill demonstrates that rare ability that it seems only someone British possesses. He can deliver biting satire while capturing...

"A PRODUCTIVE SEPARATION" : AN INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM RANDOLPH PACKARD HEARSE'S TIM BRYANT

After a hiatus, Tim Bryant returned to his Fort Worth private eye Alvis "Dutch" Curridge in William Randolph Packard Hearse. Tim owns and...

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