by Admin | Sep 17, 2014 | Evan Tanner, Reviews
I’m a sucker for a good hero. I don’t mean the carbon copy type that can do no wrong. I like heroes with flaws, and those who’ve grown and learned from their mistakes. I especially like heroes, protagonists if you will, who do not fit the typical literary mold. Block...
by LB | Sep 17, 2014 | Matthew Scudder
This blog post, by UK writer EJ Knight of the Allonym Books Collective, is such a thoughtful and perceptive take on Matthew Scudder’s New York that I wanted to share it with y’all. It seems especially apt today, with the opening of A Walk Among the...
by LB | Sep 13, 2014 | Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
As you might possibly have heard, unless you’ve been trekking in Bhutan or meditating in an isolation chamber, A Walk Among the Tombstones opens Friday, September 19, all over the US and the UK and most of the rest of the world. (October 15, I believe, in...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Martin Ehrengraf, Reviews
Ehrengraf is the star of each [story], a dandy who oozes self-regard, a charming sociopath who will murder to free his client and collect his fee. He never really cops to his methods, except to icily hint at them should a client balk at paying. Click here to read the...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Reviews
Although the story is a whodunit, don’t try to solve it before Bernie does. Some of the critical clues aren’t revealed until that final gathering. Instead, just trot alongside Bernie as he tries to figure out what’s going on, devises clever stratagems, and...
by Admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Non-Series Novels, Reviews
The book will make you feel like someone hovering over the entire operation as it goes through the intricate con. If you ever wondered how people are taken in this will show you how it works. Click here to read the review
