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Sean Chercover's first novel, Big City, Bad Blood, was a surprising debut. Just when I thought the Private Investigator sub-genre was on life support, along came this gritty, realistic story. Sean Chercover used his real experiences as a PI to make his… Continue reading
PUBLISHER: EccoPAGES: 272BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: Larry Doyle, Writer-American I love teen movies*. I really do. I remember Molly Ringwald as being an early crush when I was a little boy and I thought it was the coolest thing ever that… Continue reading
Will Beall writes what he experiences and he talks the way he writes. He told me to ask him whatever I wanted and he gave me no BS and was honest about touchy subjects like racism in the LAPD and police corruption. His debut novel L.A. REX was a force to be… Continue reading
Duane Swierczynski is one of the hardest working men in the writing business. He runs a fairly decent sized newspaper and has a wife and two very young children. He treats his writing career as a full-time job and is the author of three critically acclaimed… Continue reading
Buy it!: Click Here Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 368 Author Website: Click Here If you think plot is the most important thing in a novel, leave now. This book is not for you. For those of you that enjoy movies like The Royal Tenenbaums or T.V. shows… Continue reading
I want to apologize for my long absence. It was not out of laziness or a lack of things to write about. To make a long story short, you’ll understand if you know anyone that has suffered from pressure sores and if you research them, you’ll understand how bad… Continue reading
Buy it!: Amazon.com: The Blonde: Books: Duane Swierczynski Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pages: 240 pages AUTHOR WEBSITE: Secret Dead Blog Duane Swierczynski’s The Blonde is a crazy kick in the face chase action comedy. It took me by the balls and threw me… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: Forge BooksMSRP: $24.95PAGES: 336 Mad Dogs by James Grady is a slam dunk of adrenaline that does not stop to let you breathe and you’ll beg it to keep going harder and harder until you’re gasping for air. It is an… Continue reading
Buy it!: Click Here! Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages:384 pages Author website: GeorgePelecanos.com The Night Gardener is the best novel of the year. This is what crime fiction is all about, human, dark, with glimpses of hope and real joy and… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: Tor BooksPAGES: 352AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.aleemartinez.com A. Lee Martinez is going to be a great writer. He had a confident debut with Gil’s All Fright Diner which had great dialogue, a fun plot, and had new things to say… Continue reading
Barry Eisler, if he so chose, could probably kill me in a dozen different ways. He’s had a multitude of different careers ranging from the spy section of the CIA to Silicon Valley, and his latest is as a novelist of the brilliant John Rain series. Rain is an… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: William MorrowPAGES: 432AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.WilliamLashner.com If you had told me two years ago that one of my favorite series would be about a lawyer, I would have laughed in your face. Years before Alan Shore was… Continue reading
