The Seventh is the seventh Parker novel (how original, right?) And, while it conveys interesting ideas about the romanticizing of crime, it's kind of middle-of-the-road.
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The Seventh is the seventh Parker novel (how original, right?) And, while it conveys interesting ideas about the romanticizing of crime, it's kind of middle-of-the-road.
The magnificent Donald Ray Pollock delivers something that's not quite on par with The Devil All The Time here, but it has its own merits....
The mark of a great author is to reinvent himself while still delivering what people love about his work and it is mission accomplished for Frank Bill in The Savage.
Authors like Sam Wiebe not only prove that detective novels aren't dead, but they're raising the bar for the genre.
I haven't had this much fun with a book in quite some time. The Books of Blood are wild, violent and quite clever. Clive Barker is the man.
The adventures of Greg Salem are coming to an end and, of course, I had a first row ticket for the farewell tour.
Whether you love it or hate it, Scott Adlerberg writes fiction nobody else could even conceptualize. Jack Waters is another brilliant entry in such a peculiar career.
The Brambles shines by its execution more than it does by its ideas. Leah Erickson explores a concept many authors have explored before her, but she does it better than most.
That was a long, uneventful and slightly disappointing. Nothing against it, but coming of age novels have an expiration date.
Horrifying is a good word to describe this book. But is it horrifying-good or horrifying-bad? That is up for your to decide, really.
Pro wrestling's not the first thing you'd think about in reading circle, but you should consider Wrestle Maniacs anyway. There are peculiar treasures in there, penned by the likes of Eryk Pruitt, Adam Howe, Patrick Lacey, Tom Leins and Handsome Ed Kurtz.
A non-Tunnel Island novel by ferocious Australian writer Iain Ryan. Is it good. You bet your ass it is.
I miss reading David Foster Wallace, so I bought this book hoping to find a little, tiny piece of that spark again.
If you haven't read Jordan Krall yet, this is both a great and terrible place to start. I could say that of all his books really, but this one holds up to his reputation.
Down in the Street was full of ups and downs for me. Mainly I wanted to know who the characters have been and not exactly who they were at that point in their lives.
Quarry's Climax is the fourteenth novel in Max Allan Collins' iconic series. While it feels fresh and original it's...I don't know, ideologically muddled?
Is this a new beginning for Vic Valentine or is this a well-deserved last waltz into the sunset? Time will tell, but that one was... puzzling.
The long-lost novel of Lawrence Block. I have opinions on it. Mostly that other writers should use it as blueprint for good noir, but other stuff too.
Gut check on my love for Matthew Scudder novels. Still intact. In fact. It's stronger than it's ever been. Lawrence Block is still one of the best in the business.
A novel you will thoroughly enjoy if you're bored of self-important crime fiction.
