TOMMY ONE and the APOCALYPSE GUN By John Simcoe Pre Se Press 205 pgs Comics and pulps, they are literary cousins. They have been from the 20s and 30s on to today’s paperbacks and Marvel & DC offerings. As long as it has colorful heroes, dastardly villains and tons of
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE RIPPER LEGACY By David Stuart Davies Titan Books 234 pgs As someone who publishes Sherlock Holmes anthologies, we are obviously fans of Conan Doyle’s wonderful characters. We are also naturally curious as to what other publishers have done or are presently doing with
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS By Robert A. Heinlein A Tom Doherty Associate Book 382 pgs I discovered science fiction while a high school. As it was always intended to do, the genre fired my imagination aided me to looking beyond the every day world I inhabited and explore
CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT A Pendergast Novel Preston & Child Grand Central Publishing 358 pgs We absolutely love modern pulp thrillers and there is no better series on the market today than Preston and Child’s Special Agent Pendergast books. Pendergast is a wealthy FBI agent who lives in New York
CAVE OF THE BLOOD DEMONS A Man of the Mist Adventure By Darryle Purcell Digital Parchment Press 160 pgs This is the second in writer Darryle Purcell’s new pulp series, featuring his Man in the Mist and the second of his books to land on my review stack. The first
MURDER IN THE BALL PARK A Nero Wolfe Mystery By Robert Goldsborough A Mysterious Press Original 224 pgs As we love both baseball and Nero Wolfe mysteries, this new entry by Robert Goldsborough was a much anticipated read. Happily it did not disappoint in any way offering up another intriguing
KILL THE NIGHT Self-Published By Terry Mark PO Box 272572 Fort Collins, CO 80527 353 pg Writing a first book is always a tricky challenge. All too often most would-be authors spend months, even years, on a project only to end up with pages of uninspired words. It is all
THE GANGSTER An Isaac Bell Adventure By Justin Scott (& Clive Cussler) Putnam Books 416 pgs Of all the cottage spin-off series to come from Clive Cussler, my favorite remains the Isaac Bell stories, as writer Justin Scott knows his history and can write smooth, fast paced action better than
SWIFT VENGEANCE By T. Jefferson Parker Putnam Books 353 pgs Lindsay Rakes is a former drone operator for the U.S. Air Force. In the end, her work of dropping missiles on enemy targets a world away becomes too much for her own conscience. The post guilt eventually ruins her marriage,
CAPTAIN COSMOS The Last Starveyer in Spin a Web of Death By Nicola Cuti Nicolaentertainment.com 297 pgs It would be safe to say most sci-fi readers first encountered writer Nicola Cuti’s work among the pages of comic books. At the now defunct Charlton Comics, Cuit created the hilarious E-Man with
BENTLEY GOES TO SCHOOL Story by Kellie Lambert Art by Jeff Slemons Paws Publishing 24 pgs We love children’s books and though this is not the first such we’ve reviewed; it has been a long, long while since the last. What brought about this review is the amazing artwork of
CUBA : Sugar, Sex, and Scandal Edited by Robert Deis & Wyatt Doyle # new texture 159 pages Once again Bob Deis & Wyatt Doyle have released a new anthology from their series; “The Men’s Adventure Library Journal” titles. As ever, they’ve dug into their amazing collection of vintage Men’s
